February 21st

Friends, Happy Thursday. This edition of the Lens is going to focus, almost entirely, on a New York Times article posted Tuesday entitledIntimidation, Pressure and Humiliation: Inside Trump’s Two-Year War on the Investigations Encircling Him. I strongly suggest you read the entire article, however, I have pulled out the most salient information for your consideration. … Continue reading February 21st

February 11th

Friends, With valentine’s day on the horizon, it seems Congress is feeling the love. Congressional negotiators have agreed in principal to an immigration deal to avoid another shutdown. Elsewhere, the world is a little less rosy – a new Presidential candidate with a temper, anti-Semitic tropes, and a “forgotten” Khashoggi report. Let’s dig in. Immigration … Continue reading February 11th

February 7th

Friends, The week past three days started with the State of the Union and ended with a Green New Deal. Somewhere in the middle, the state of Virginia devolved further into chaos after another statewide official admitted to wearing blackface and the Lt. Gov’s accuser went public. So, all in all, unfortunately, it’s just another … Continue reading February 7th

January 31st

Friends, While the majority of the country dealt with frigid temperatures, in the nation’s capital, the block, as they say, remained (blazingly) hot. Kamala Harris publicly called for nationalizing the health care industry, bipartisan appropriations negotiators began immigration talks, Venezuela’s socialist dictator threatened another Vietnam war and Trump disagrees with his own intelligence chiefs… what … Continue reading January 31st

January 28th

Friends, The City of Atlanta is expecting 1 inch of snow tomorrow. All essential state employees have been told to stay home, the City has issued a freeze warning, Emory University is closed and the City is grinding to a halt. God bless the South. That being said here are a few things that aren’t … Continue reading January 28th

January 9th

Friends, Happy hump day! We are halfway through the work week… only two more days until two more days until Monday (again). Alas, unless you’re a federal employee, which I doubt you are, this week hasn’t been (relatively) that bad. How, you ask, can I make such a definitive statement? Aside from the fact that … Continue reading January 9th