Desegregation Order Outlives Its Usefulness

Posted on October 11, 2012 by metrospirit

Jack Ruffin was an amazing hero. The pioneer black attorney, civil rights champion and eventual Georgia state appeals court chief first secured his place in local history books as the man who guided the case against the Richmond County education…

American Voters Seemingly Have No Clue

Posted on October 4, 2012 by metrospirit

Take a quick look at the top 10 stories that time.com (as in Time Magazine) listed as the most viewed on their website during a one-hour period on Tuesday of this week: 1. WATCH: Justin Bieber Throws Up On Stage…

Time for ASU Faculty to Step Up

Posted on September 27, 2012 by metrospirit

If the current faculty and staff at Augusta State University had been working during the civil rights era, which end of the bullhorn would they have been on? If they had to remain true to their current mindset, apparently neither.…

Justice, Peace and Answers… Delayed and Denied

Posted on September 20, 2012 by metrospirit

For five days the family and friends of Jordan White prepared themselves for their final earthly goodbyes. There were services to arrange, details to be sorted through and, yes, the medical process of reclaiming this precious young woman’s physical strength…

Local Teachers Could Use Some Union Help

Posted on September 13, 2012 by metrospirit

Thirty-one years ago last month, Ronald Reagan went from mild-mannered politician to superhero in the Conservative Justice League. That was the day he busted the PATCO union, and forever showed organized labor that they could dare to cross him, but…

Roundtree and Peebles: Batman and Robin or Oscar and Felix?

Posted on September 6, 2012 by metrospirit

Regular readers of this column were not shocked last week when Scott Peebles announced he was “voting” for Richard Roundtree for sheriff in November. Surprised at the timing, maybe, but not shocked by the statement. I certainly was not, and…

Will Roundtree Melt in the Spotlight?

Posted on August 30, 2012 by metrospirit

There have been two distinctly different schools of thought emerge in the last week with the somewhat surprising victory of Richard Roundtree over Scott Peebles in the Richmond County Democrat primary for Sheriff: 1. That it was time for a…

This Is Why Strength’s Involvement Mattered

Posted on August 22, 2012 by metrospirit

This Is Why Strength’s Involvement Mattered There has not been a political bait and switch this bad since the Bay of Pigs. Sheriff Ronnie Strength actively backed, guided, pushed and poked Captain Scott Peebles to be his successor since the…

Dr. Azziz: Read Before You File This Away

Posted on August 16, 2012 by metrospirit

Little known fact about institutions like ASU/MCG/GHSU/GRU-ED: Every write up they get in the press gets clipped and put in a file for posterity. So this little essay is going to end up in that file, right there next to…

Dr. Azziz: Cool or Stool?

Posted on August 9, 2012 by metrospirit

What in the hell is wrong with the political leadership in Augusta? Our leaders seem to be able to tackle serious, complicated issues with a decent record of success, but when it comes to equally important, yet simple things, they…