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Secession impressions
I GUESS I’M SUPPOSED to be upset that this weekend the Sons of Confederate Veterans will hold a “Secession Ball” in Charleston — complete with hoop skirts and a band […]
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‘I’m a f***ing Ranger’
Shortly after three o’clock in the morning an officer on patrol overheard an argument between three men. One man had gotten out of his car and was yelling, “why the […]
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Some things don’t fit in a big box
The new building doesn’t really stand out from the Southside’s tradition of sprawl, and there are no signs announcing the imminent arrival of a new business opening soon, despite how […]
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Grad inflation
At the end of October, just a few days before the mid-term election and the beginning of his “lame-duck” denouement as the state’s executive, Governor Sonny Perdue announced that Georgia’s […]
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Where’s a Tea Party when you really need one?
SO THERE WAS an anti–incumbent wave pretty much all over the country last week. Except here. Great. While in last week’s elections the rest of the country underwent either a […]
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Interview: Dr. David Hurst Thomas
Dr. David Hurst Thomas is the curator of North American Archaeology with the American Museum of Natural History, and while he’s worked on sites around the country, the one he’s […]
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Governor’s race: John Monds
A third party candidate never has it easy in what are essentially two-party elections in this country. But in a year most notable for voter outrage and anti-incumbent sentiments, Monds […]
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Governor’s race: Nathan Deal
Republican gubernatorial candidate Nathan Deal came out on top of one of the most toughly contested primaries in recent memory, and then won a run-off vote against former Secretary of […]
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Governor’s race: Roy Barnes
Roy Barnes is a familiar face in the Governor’s mansion, but that doesn’t mean he’s had an easy time during this campaign. Since winning the Democratic primary, he’s been part […]
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Meet your machete
A man was sitting at his mother’s house when a woman came to the door and asked to speak with him. His sister, who’d answered the door, left the house […]
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District 2: Michael Gaster
In the wake of his battle against the City during the 2009 jaywalking scandal, Michael Gaster decided to take his civic clout to a larger stage — the state legislature […]