Hall: Liberals overreacting to Georgia election reform
By BILL HALL
McMinnville
As I received my edition of the April 9 News-Register, I was totally blindsided although, truth to tell, not entirely surprised by the reprinting of the op-ed hatchet jobs perpetrated by Dr. Wim Laven and CNN.
Georgia’s recently enacted election reform law has sent the left into a feeding frenzy of spurious charges of “racism,” “suppression” and, their most recent favorite, “Jim Crow.”
Even President Biden joined in the knee-jerk reaction calling for boycotts. The most egregious act was committed by Major League Baseball, when it relocated its all-star game from Atlanta to Denver.
Laven: Big chickens rig the voting in Georgia
By WIM LAVEN
Political science professor
When I first moved to Georgia, I received a quick education on a different way of life.
As an icebreaker for my first day of teaching at Kennesaw State, I asked my students, “Why did I see so many Confederate flags when I went for a jog through my neighborhood?” One of them responded, “My uncle says there wasn’t a lawful surrender, so he still flies his because we’re still at war.”
I remember the first time I heard about the Big Chicken. It was part of directions I received many times: