After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg.

There is no country on earth with a stronger tradition of protecting the public's right to know.

Neither political party is clean when it comes to tactics that divide our people.

Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we cant rest on our laurels.

The law should be a shield for the weak and powerless, not a club for the

But the fact is, no matter how good the teacher, how small the class, how focused on quality education the school may be none of this matters if we ignore the individual needs of our students.