Monthly Archives: January 2017

Unflattering Views of the Georgia Legislature, 2017 and 1817

Posted on January 9, 2017 by georgelamplugh

[Note:  Four years ago, just in time for the adjournment of the Georgia legislature,  I came across a lovely description of the state’s solons from 1817.  Re-reading that post today, as the 2017 session of the legislature convenes, I realized that … Continue reading →

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A Post for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, 2017

Posted on January 3, 2017 by georgelamplugh

The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has long been one of my  heroes, beginning when I was a youngster growing up in an industrial suburb of Baltimore in the 1950s.  In the 1960s, when I decided that I wanted to teach … Continue reading →

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