VALDOSTA — The Quality of Life Association celebrates black history month with a narrated living timeline showcasing many famous Black history figures of yesterday and today. The fundraising event titled, “All Shades Art Exhibit and…
“Why President Obama Should’ve Fired Shinseki”
[caption id="attachment_13146" align="alignleft" width="300"] Former VA Secretary Eric Shinseki testifying before a congressional budget hearing. Source: Roll Call.[/caption] EDITORIAL—Executive cabinet secretaries act as proximate ministerial frontbenchers of unitary systems in our own unique federal arrangement. …
“Bikram Mohanty and the New Georgia”
[caption id="attachment_12754" align="alignleft" width="300"] Source: WTXL[/caption] Note: This week’s editorial focuses on the Democratic nominee, Bikram Mohanty, in the race for the 8th District State Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Tim Golden (R-Valdosta). The…
“Americans Want to Talk About Jobs”
EDITORIAL—As the 2014 midterm cycle heats up, so is the campaign rhetoric and confounding debates rooted in divisive wedge issues. On Friday, May 9, House Republicans, under the leadership of Speaker John Boehner of Ohio,…
“Democratic Resurgence in Dixie?”
EDITORIAL - The large, ornate room was teeming with clamoring onlookers as the Congress conducted hearings regarding the greatest scandal in American political history—Watergate. The Senate intensely questioned members of President Richard Nixon’s senior staff…
“Why Hillary Shouldn’t be President”
[caption id="attachment_11720" align="alignleft" width="300"] Hillary Clinton, then-Secretary of State at a congressional hearing regarding the Benghazi incident. Source: CBS News.[/caption] EDITORIAL - Is Hillary going to run?—that’s the $64,000 dollar question. As the 2016 presidential…
“In Defense of the Affordable Care Act”
EDITORIAL - With Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announcing her conditional resignation on Friday, April 11, it presents an opportunity to re-litigate and reevaluate the landmark legislation the Department of Health and Human…
“A Panopticon for Our Time”
[caption id="attachment_10622" align="alignleft" width="300"] Panopticon prison model as conceptualized by computer-aided rendering.[/caption] EDITORIAL— Washington media outlets, pundits, and policymakers have been clamoring and demanding answers in recent months from the National Security Agency (NSA) regarding…