Torpy At Large

Starting next year, Georgia’s elementary and middle school students will have to go cold turkey from their phones during school hours.

It was 10 minutes before Sunday’s service at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Atlanta’s Grant Park when the amplified hell-and-brimstone squad arrived at its steps.

When Atlanta discussed changing its tree ordinance, columnist Bill Torpy wrote it would be finished "not long before the leaves change color.” That was in 2019.

The proposed 2-mile streetcar extension that I’ve called a boondoggle in the making and an expensive bar-hopping party vehicle gets shelved.

The sudden introduction to a “manly” job gave the teen a feeling of capability, as did the 50 bucks a week.

Less than 30 million people rode MARTA’s rail last year. By comparison, almost 62 million did in 2019, the year before the pandemic.

A nasty squabble among Democrats last week was a chance for Republicans to sit back with some popcorn and watch progressives devour one of their own.

DEI is the new boogeyman of the right, replacing “woke,” which replaced “politically correct,” which, I think, replaced “bed-wetting liberal.”

Kemp’s adviser Cody Hall let it be known that the governor is ready to use his considerable war chest to primary any Republican who has the temerity to go against his will.