Month: July 2009
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Headline of the week
From Tuesday’s edition of the Raleigh News & Observer: Sotomayor hearings set off broad debate I certainly couldn’t argue with that.
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Profiling Atlanta Mayoral candidates: The Mary Norwood Edition
The second in a five-part series by 11 Alive features Mary Norwood, candidate for Atlanta Mayor. I’m an Atlanta voter and am currently undecided on who will get my vote. I don’t have a chosen candidate. My yard is void of any Atlanta Mayoral candidates’ yard signs and I’m ready for a yard sign that…
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Why Is It Always in Georgia?
You must admire the tenacity of these people. U.S. Army Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, set to deploy to Afghanistan, has filed a federal lawsuit requesting an injunction against his deployment. He claims that Barack Obama was never eligible to be president because he wasn’t born in the United States. . . . Cook’s lawyer, Orly…
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Profiling Atlanta Mayoral candidates: The Kasim Reed Edition
All this week, 11 Alive is profiling each of the top contenders for Atlanta Mayor. They will air a nightly piece on Kasim Reed, Mary Norwood, Jesse Spikes, Glenn Thomas, and Lisa Borders. I’m an Atlanta voter and am currently undecided on who will get my vote. I don’t have a chosen candidate. My yard…
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What’s Cooking
The new season of Top Chef premieres August 26th, and not one, not two, but three (three!) of the contestants are from Atlanta: Hector Santiago of Pura Vida; Eli Kirshtein of Eno, and Kevin Gillespie of Woodfire Grill. Alas, no Chef Wendy of Eurasia Bistro in Decatur. We’re down to four finalists on the Next…
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Questions I’d like to hear Sotomayor ask
When the Senate Judiciary Committee holds its hearing this week on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, the ranking Republican member of the committee will be a white senator from Alabama named Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. Sessions, who has been one of the most outspoken critics of the Latina judge, has a very…