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A Georgia judge ruled this week that county election board members cannot block the certification of votes based on suspicions of fraud or error. The ruling, if it stands, puts to rest the question of whether local election officials would be allowed to throw out individual precincts from ...
Tariffs — a tax or customs duty imposed by a country at its border on goods imported from another country — are wildly misunderstood and have come into the lexicon since their use by the Trump admin and during this presidential election campaign. They are not wildly understood, sort of lik...
One marker for our level of emotional intelligence is the speed with which we differentiate between those who care about us and those who pretend to care about us while their interests are aligned with ours. This is particularly challenging because folks in the pretend group can be savv...
I grew up a very impatient person. It showed in everything I did. I used to rush to the end of a detailed math problem and miss a word or two that had the clue to unlock the right answer. “Careless mistake” was the refrain that followed me through those years. In truth, “careless” ...
I lost power during Helene the Hurricane — lots of wind and rain in Savannah, lots of trees down and windblown tree debris. No power meant no Internet. Adding insult to injury, I had no phone though I could slip into another part of Savannah and get some 5-bar G+. I am now repowered and re...