By: Randy Evans 

As the last two years of President Barack Obama’s second term expire, many will focus on the legacy he leaves. While presidents leave legacies through the policies and appointments they make, so do governors. There is probably no better example of this than one legacy left by Georgia’s first Republican governor in over a century.

By: Randy Evans

In 1989, then-Congressman Dick Cheney left the U.S. House of Representatives to become the secretary of defense for President George H. W. Bush. At the time, he was the minority whip for the House GOP Caucus.

Then 6th District Congressman Newt Gingrich, with no leadership position or experience, surprised all of the Washington, D.C., establishment when he ran for and was elected as Cheney’s successor as the … Read more...

By: Donald S. Conkey

Over the years I have often pondered the Preachers words on life in Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, words that read “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.” In 3:11 he declares God “hath made everything beautiful … Read more...

By: Randy Evans

When it comes to political primaries, scheduling can mean everything. Over the years, incumbent governors and legislatures of both political parties have manipulated the election calendar to maximize their chances of re-election. Yet, for Georgia in 2014, it was a judge — U.S. District Court Judge Steven Jones — that has set the boundaries for the timing of Georgia’s 2014 elections.

By: The Citizen

The story of the March 2013 EU bailout of Cyprus continues to unfold and the devil is in the details. This case is a benchmark in US financial history because the status of shareholders of bank stock and bonds and of bank depositors has changed. By now, most of us know that the banks in several European nations are insolvent, that is, they do not have sufficient … Read more...

By: Jerry Kotyuk

My conclusion from the election results is simply this…

50% of our fellow Americans are either woefully ignorant, foolishly selfish, or both.

That is, they are ignorant of American history and heritage, also of economics and capitalism; and/or they are selfish in voting for goodies for themselves, without regard for the good of the nation, or even of the future for their children and grandchildren. Now that … Read more...

By Donald S. Conkey

Choices have consequences — both personal and political — and in 32 days Americans are going to make a political choice, a political choice that could have negative consequences, a choice that could likely affect their lives and the lives of their posterity for decades to come.

Americans are going to make a choice between two men who would be president of these United State of … Read more...

By: Donald S. Conkey

The Constitution of the United States of America will be 225 years old on Monday September 17, 2012. It was crafted in controversy during the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was signed in controversy on September 17, 1787 by only 39 of the 55 men who attended that Constitutional Convention, men whom 21st century Americans honor as theirs Founding Fathers. That Constitution was ratified … Read more...

I think the Goldman Sachs story epitomizes destructive jungle-ethics financialism as opposed to constructive free-market capitalism. We and our country need and must have a revival of capitalism but I fear that will not be possible for as long as we have no-ethics, no personal honor kleptoparasites running the show in Washington and jungle-ethics financialists running the show on Wall Street.

A revival of true and actual free-market capitalism is … Read more...