The crisis of leadership in the General Assembly is a result of no one’s wanting to deal with House Speaker Glenn Richardson and his abrasive management style. When things don’t go his way, his temper flares.

Thanks to the state’s busy ports, the coast of Georgia is on a roll. A recent study showed 15 new private industrial parks in Savannah, with 20 million square feet of space.

We only have to look at our struggles in Iraq and the governments in Venezuela and Zimbabwe to see that many parts of the world do not embrace Western principles of freedom.

Two prominent economists, Robert Sumichrast and Albert Niemi, predict, with some caveats, that Georgia’s above-average population growth and other factors will help shield us from a major downturn.

Gov. Sonny Perdue is the only person in a position to stop the GREAT plan. The power of the governor’s office can be used to stop legislation that will do harm to the citizens of Georgia.

Some favorite quips covering taxes, friendship, marriage, money, meetings, committees, small dogs and trophy wives.

A visit to Arlington National Cemetery provides a different view of the Confederate general who celebrated the end of slavery, saying he was “rejoiced” that it is abolished.

One critic calls Glenn Richardson’s tax proposal the “antithesis” of basic Republican concepts and says it might just as well have come from Ted Kennedy.

Some of Georgia’s best coaches – Doc Ayers, Escue Rogers, Wright Bazemore and Vince Dooley among them – have excelled at teaching lessons that apply to life off the field.

Glenn Richardson wants to change the constitutional system for collecting taxes in Georgia. This would greatly increase the power of his office.