Mike's Greater Athens Area Blog and Then Some

I rarely agree with anything Congressman Anthony Weiner, D-NY, has to say about politics. But when asked about Brown's victory over Coakely, he had this to say. In case you don't want to watch the 34 second youtube video, here is a transcript of it: They’re talking as if, like “what our deals are...

For the second year in a row Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine has rated the University of Georgia in it's top 10 values for colleges and universities in the U.S. This year, UGA has been rated # 6. It joins 3 other colleges in Georgia on the list of Kiplinger's To 100 Best Values for 2009/201...

The following charts show the month to month residential real estate sales volume of the Greater Athens Ga metropolitan area for the months of June through December 2009. Chart 1 shows the trends for both the number of residential units sold and the average number of Days on Market (D.O.M.) for t...

Yesterday Haiti sufferred a 7.0 earthquake. Thousands are dead. Up to 3 million people are estimated to have been severely affected by this event, homes destroyed, services interrupted, etc. The private citizens of America have always been generous with their time and their money when such disast...

In recently released data, Gallup states that the largest plurality of Americans classify themselves as Conservate, 40%, while the smallest number classify themselves as liberal, 21%. The rest classify themselves as Moderate. The percentage growth of those calling themselves conservative came at ...