Trouble in God’s Country is taking a break
I’ve decided to step away from the column and other recent endeavors – although only a bit and only for a while.
Charlie's Latest Articles
Jimmy Carter’s forgotten legacy as a champion of rural causes
In the flood of tributes following Jimmy Carter’s passing, one major aspect of his legacy was largely overlooked: his unwavering commitment to rural America.
Applying Jack Welch’s business strategies to rural Georgia
The Georgia General Assembly convenes in Atlanta next Monday for its 157th session. Naturally, this got me to thinking about Jack Welch.
Carter’s funeral and Trump’s inaugural: Bookends to a troubled half-century
No doubt like many Americans, I had been wondering since the November 5 General Election how America could have gone from Carter to Trump in a mere half-century and, more important, what that metamorphosis says about us as a nation.
South Georgia vs. Gwinnett County
Here’s an easy way to understand the widening gap between Metro Atlanta and the rest of Georgia: Just compare all 56 counties of interior South Georgia to Gwinnett County alone.
All you need to know about Georgia’s economic development strategy, on the same sheet of newsprint
On the morning of December 10th , The Atlanta Journal-Constitution featured a column by Maureen Downey, its longtime education writer, lamenting the Georgia state government’s inability to come up with sufficient funding for public education.
Now is the time to start planning for the next election year hurricane
Back then nobody ever woke up and worried about whether a hurricane might have an impact on an election.
Decades to grow, minutes to destroy
Hurricane Helene traversed 8.9 million acres of Georgia’s timberland, affecting approximately 37% of the state’s total timberland.
The race for the White House is over. Time now to focus on upcoming gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races
With the 2024 presidential election now mercifully behind us, we can now get down to the serious business of crystal-balling Georgia’s 2026 campaign cycle.
Time for a Democratic autopsy?
The anti-Trump wing of what’s left of the old Republican Party had been predicting that his loss would clear the way for a rebuilding process. Instead, it appears the Democratic Party is the one left in a shambles.