Liberty
Biden, Democrats Have Good Reasons to Be Nervous
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online analyzes new polling results from one Southern state. A new survey in the key swing state of Georgia finds Donald Trump leading Joe Biden…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
daily newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia
Elections & Public Integrity
Voter ID remains popular despite Democrats’ attacks
Kerry Picket writes for the Washington Examiner about the continuing popularity of voter identification. According to an Associated Press poll, 72% of respondents support showing a photo identification in order…
Expanding Rural Broadband Access in North Carolina
Executive Summary North Carolina policymakers have made good progress in recent years to help broadband providers close the state’s rural broadband gaps. Nevertheless, some gaps remain, and the impact of…
Elections & Public Integrity
Republicans across the country seek stricter voting rules
Mica Soellner writes for the Washington Examiner about a common response among Republicans across the country to 2020 election integrity concerns. GOP lawmakers in statehouses across the country are calling…
Elections & Public Integrity
Voting lines spark cries of suppression
Tobias Hoonhout reports for National Review Online on an interesting response to voting lines in Georgia. Footage showing long lines of enthusiastic early voters in a Georgia county drew predictable…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Why film incentives don’t grow state economies
How can this be? If the government gives money to incentivize economic development, how can that not promote economic development? An economist explains.
Budget, Taxation & Economy
“The truly progressive position is to say people have a right to camp out and sleep in front of a store but not buy a bag of pretzels there.”
That’s Walter Olson’s take on the left’s current campaign to shut down dollar stores. For a full discussion of this latest piece of progressive lunacy, see Unjust Deserts by Steven Malanga:…
Education
“Anywhere you live, you’ve got to have rules and regulations. Otherwise, you would just have whatever.”
The comment above is from Forest Park City Manager Angela Redding, explaining to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter why the city shut down a fruit and vegetable stand operated by an area…
Liberty
What if Hollywood’s threat against Georgia were empty? P.S. It is, you know.
Georgia's policymakers rely on a made-up multiplier to claim "billions of dollars in economic activity" from film. Are they prepared to follow through with their charade to the point where…
Regulation
Meth is back and cheaper than ever, while allergy sufferers are still under suspicion
If we're to believe that government restrictions on cold medications to fight meth "worked," then why is it that the drug is "everywhere" and cheaper than ever?
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Another sports stadium doesn’t deliver the promised economic benefits
This time it’s the Triple-A stadium in Gwinnett, just outside of Atlanta. Per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: When they agreed to spend $64 million to build Coolray Field for the Atlanta…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Meanwhile in Atlanta…
The housing market is doing strange things. As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution puts it, “the housing market is stuck in middle gear.” A large part of this is that there just…