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I’ll be blogging and tweeting about the results tonight, so please join me here (or, on Twitter, here).

In between, I’ll be analyzing the results on Georgia public television’s Super Tuesday special, off and on from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., so please join me there as well. (Well, on the television, not at the studio. Well, not on the actual television … OK, you get what I mean …)

Oops. Miscommunication: We’re at the TV studios but doing radio … so tune into WABE (the local NPR affiliate) to hear me. And as a bonus: You won’t have to look at me!

– By Kyle Wingfield

Continue reading Programming note(s) — Updated »

A couple of quick notes:

• I’ll be covering the Rick Santorum rally at Peachtree-DeKalb airport in about an hour. Depending on how long it runs, I might put out a quick blog post immediately afterward — or it might have to wait, because …
• At 12:40 p.m., I’ll be on CNN talking about the GOP race as we approach Super Tuesday. Unlike my last couple of appearances at O’dark-Thirty, this one is in the middle of the day. So, no excuses for not watching!

– By Kyle Wingfield

Continue reading Programming notes »

A couple of months ago, there was a hubbub about a federal agency’s proposal to ban all use of cell phones by motorists, even the use of hands-free devices. Although the chances that such a ban would be enacted appear to be low, I’ve thought about that story every time I saw people driving recklessly near me since then. The conclusion I’ve reached — based on my admittedly limited and anecdotal evidence — is that the danger of distracted driving pales in comparison to the danger of plain-old bad driving.

Two such incidents from just this morning:

• A man ran a red light right in front of me at maybe 35 mph on Peachtree near the intersection with Piedmont. The light had been red — not just yellow, but full-on red — for at least five seconds, long enough for the car in front of me to have already made a right turn into his path. If I hadn’t noticed him coming — if, say, I’d been looking to my right to make sure there were no pedestrians crossing or cars stopped in the lane into …

Continue reading Forget ‘distracted driving.’ How do we address crappy driving? »

Thanks to everyone for their well-wishes (and patience waiting for a moderator to post them in my absence) — as well as all the name suggestions! We didn’t wait this long to name the boy, but I’ve been trying to stay away from the computer and pay attention to him, his mom and/or his big brother.

But without further ado, I’m pleased to announce that his name is …

Owen

Like it? Think he’s cute? I’m glad to hear it.

Don’t? I trust you’ll understand that I’d just as soon not know about that.

I’ll have a new, now-where-were-we post on another topic up momentarily. Oh, and commenting is out of moderation and back to normal.

– By Kyle Wingfield

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Continue reading The moment you’ve all been waiting for … »

I’ll be off-line for the next week or so: My wife and I welcomed our second child into the world this morning! It’s another boy — name still TBD — and he and his mama are resting well this afternoon. Life truly is miraculous, and I’m a thankful, proud papa today.

– By Kyle Wingfield

Continue reading Gone parentin’ »

I’ll be on CNN’s Saturday morning show around 6:30 should you want to hear what I — and DeKalb County Commissioner Lee May — have to say about the GOP race in Nevada and elsewhere, the unemployment numbers and the Obama administration’s decision not to grant religious-based employers an exemption on Obamacare coverage mandates.

– By Kyle Wingfield

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Continue reading Programming note »

I’ll be away this week and returning Monday, Sept. 19. Have a great week.

– By Kyle Wingfield

Continue reading Gone fishin’ »

I might not actually be fishing — I’m not totally sure what my plans will be, besides running the Peachtree Road Race — but I do know that I’m taking off the week of July 4. I’ll be back on Monday, July 11. Until then, have a happy Fourth.

– By Kyle Wingfield

Continue reading Gone fishin’ »

My best wishes this Memorial Day to everyone who has served our country, whose family and friends have served our country, or who is simply grateful to all those who have served. Below, I’m republishing a piece I wrote last year about this annual day of remembrance. Wherever you are, whatever your politics, I hope you’ll find a way today to remember our fallen soldiers.

The train trip from Brussels lasted two hours, with a change at Liege. On most days, Welkenraedt was a sign post you blinked past on the way to attractions in Germany: Cologne, Monschau, the only Wal-Mart for 100 miles. On this Memorial Day, it was a place to stop.

A few dozen miles to the south lay the northernmost bulge from Hitler’s Ardennes Offensive in 1944. A couple of miles to the north, in Henri-Chapelle, lie the remains of 7,992 American soldiers who never made it out of Belgium.

A couple of miles was more than my wife and I had anticipated. A young woman sat behind the ticket window. Was there, we …

Continue reading Memorial Day: Greet them ever with grateful hearts »

On my blog, that is. I’m taking a few days off and will be back on Monday, April 11. We’ll have to wait and see whether the federal government wants to join me on hiatus.

Big stuff coming up next week, including the end of the legislative session. Be sure to rejoin me for it.

– By Kyle Wingfield

Continue reading The temporary shutdown begins today »