Author

Jay Bookman

Jay Bookman

Jay Bookman, a columnist for Georgia Recorder, covered Georgia and national politics for nearly 30 years for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, earning numerous national, regional and state journalism awards. He has been awarded the National Headliner Award and the Walker Stone Award for outstanding editorial writing, and is the only two-time winner of the Pulliam Fellowship granted by the Society of Professional Journalists. He is also the author of "Caught in the Current," published by St. Martin's Press.

Commentary

Georgia’s $141M school voucher program likely mere down payment on what’s to come
By: - March 25, 2024

In its attempt to shove school vouchers down the throat of reluctant voters, Georgia Republicans have argued that the state’s existing structure of public schools is not capable of providing an adequate education to many students, especially to those in “failing schools.” If that’s true, it’s basically an admission of failure by the GOP, since […]

Commentary

Rudy’s mark of Cain in American history
By: - December 18, 2023

Rudy Giuliani has no regrets. No regrets, he says, for falsely accusing two election workers of stealing a presidential election here in Georgia. No regrets for coming to the state Capitol bearing “proof” that the two workers had been secretly passing vote-filled memory cards between them, “as if they’re vials of heroin or cocaine.” In […]