by Fred Johnson | Nov 25, 2022 | The Forum
In my Athens high school civics class back in the day we learned about our Declaration of Independence, our U.S. Constitution and its Bill of Rights and our form of government. We studied Thomas Jefferson’s statement in the July 4,1776 Declaration of...
by Robert Crain | Nov 16, 2022 | The Forum
In our divided political world today, our nation needs leaders in Congress who are willing to step across the political divide and engage in bipartisan efforts to help America. And that’s exactly what the Precision Agriculture Loan Program Act (PAL Act) is:...
by Phil Kent | Nov 15, 2022 | The Forum
To ensure a win in Georgia’s Dec. 6 runoff election, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker should follow the lead of Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr. Kemp and Carr laudably focused on the root cause of exploding violent crime—...
by Seema Verma, Randy Pate, and Peter Nelson | Nov 8, 2022 | The Forum
Upon taking the oath of office in 2019, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp quickly became a national leader in health care reform after he introduced two innovative, first of their kind proposals to partner with the federal government to expand access to affordable,...
by Audrey Nue | Nov 3, 2022 | The Forum
Publisher’s note: InsiderAdvantage welcomes opinion columns on state and local races leading up to the 2022 midterm elections In Cobb County, one of the most critical Board of Education races in Georgia is at hand. Republican incumbent David Chastain is facing...
by Inger Eberhart | Nov 2, 2022 | The Forum
One of the first things I learned in my years as an occasional citizen lobbyist under the Gold Dome was that one should not accept the hype or the “trust us” narrative on any legislation unless and until you actually read the bill. As the old adage goes, “the...