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When I was much younger and still a “girlchild,” I was fascinated by those who expressed delight in my mother’s weekly columns. I remember thinking it was cool to have a mother wh...
Touch a gun, go to jail
Confessedly, I have very little to exactly no patience for complete idiocy. It forces my heart to pump so feverishly that my very capillaries feel as though they may explode at any moment. Idiocy ...
Confessedly, I have very little to exactly no patience for complete idiocy. It forces my heart to pump so feverishly that my very capillaries feel as though they may explode at any moment. Idiocy ...
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Opposition to health plan is Southern thing
In the movie “Men in Black,” Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) selects supermarket tabloids instead of the New York Times, for information. As Agent J (Will Smith) asks why, Agent K responds, ...
In the movie “Men in Black,” Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) selects supermarket tabloids instead of the New York Times, for information. As Agent J (Will Smith) asks why, Agent K responds, ...
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Open letter to Andrea Lovejoy: Thank you!
Dear Andrea, It’s hard to believe that you’ve laid down your editorial pen and moved on to life south of retirement. I suppose that one of the final jobs you undertook was editing this...
Dear Andrea, It’s hard to believe that you’ve laid down your editorial pen and moved on to life south of retirement. I suppose that one of the final jobs you undertook was editing this...
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I’m thankful that I can go out full of gratitude
Legendary Atlanta sports columnist Furman Bisher and I have something in common – and not just that we are retiring. Bisher stepped down at the AJC last month. I’m retiring today. I&...
Legendary Atlanta sports columnist Furman Bisher and I have something in common – and not just that we are retiring. Bisher stepped down at the AJC last month. I’m retiring today. I&...
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I am writing because I want to bear witness against the dark
I am writing because I want to bear witness against the dark. I want to push back against the night. I want to tell of love that cancels hate, of life that conquers death, of spirit that triumphs ...
I am writing because I want to bear witness against the dark. I want to push back against the night. I want to tell of love that cancels hate, of life that conquers death, of spirit that triumphs ...
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Mother-in-law Nana was gifted, one of a kind person
Last week, Hurricane Ida cruised through the Gulf of Mexico and then proceeded up the Georgia-Alabama border as a tropical depression dumping 5 inches of rain at my house. The former storm shared ...
Last week, Hurricane Ida cruised through the Gulf of Mexico and then proceeded up the Georgia-Alabama border as a tropical depression dumping 5 inches of rain at my house. The former storm shared ...
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EDITORIALS
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The Troup County school system touts the slogan, “It’s about learning.” Troup County, in general, could borrow the concept. For all of us, in today’s economy, “It...
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For years, Troup County commissioners have bemoaned a lack of money-generating opportunities and the resulting need to raise almost all local revenue via property taxes. LaGrange, on the other hand...
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LaGrange College President Dan McAlexander moved into his new office in renovated Banks Hall on Oct. 1. After three months on the job, he can finally unpack the boxes of photos and personal memorab...
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Troup County residents, especially those in West Point, have followed the heart-breaking stories of flooding across north Georgia with compassion - and comprehension. The tragic tales - losses of l...
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At last something we can agree about on health care. Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina was way out of line - off the charts wrong and inexcusably disrespectful - to call President Obama a liar du...
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Eight years ago, with smoke still drifting from the ruins of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, shocked and sickened Americans vowed never to forget the events of Sept. 11, 2001. The day ...
LETTERS
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Dear Editor, A very wise man once said, “Government cannot give anything to anybody that it doesn’t first take from somebody else.” Think about it. If government is to be our sa...
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Dear Editor, I recently, in the last year, started recycling; and I am appalled at the trashy conditions at the recycling bins by Granger Park. Not only are some people too lazy to break down the...
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Dear Editor: Socialism, smocialism! Why does the patriot mob continue to complain about socialism? Maybe because they do not know what the word means. Oddly, whatever the patriots think sociali...
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Dear Editor: Re: Gun Control Let’s clarify the Second Amendment. All able-bodied people were in the militia. “Well-regulated” meant well-trained. What do you think wouldR...
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Dear Editor: On Oct. 22, despite the lively and well-informed testimony of some 60 citizens against it, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division approved the air permit for “Greenway R...
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Dear Editor: This will probably be just one of many responses to the recent letter advocating “gun control.” Nonetheless, I thought I would take pen (actually computer) in hand and at...
MORE OPINIONS
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In 1885 in his “Hand-Book of Proverbs,” H.G. Bohn included, “An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.” Maybe so, but I doubt he put my idle thoughts into my brain. I thi...
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No More “Star Wars” Sequels Please by John A. Tures Associate Professor of Political Science LaGrange College As a kid, I loved the Star Wars movie series. I also was an early c...
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A little bit of this, a little bit of that and a few things I learned on the way to someplace else. Sweet 16 My young-at-heart friend Lillian Champion offered the best prescription for retire...
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Recently, as I came back from the American Experience class I teach on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I got the news about Andrea Lovejoy’s retirement from the editor herself. It’s not somethi...
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How out of touch are they in the Washington, D.C., “bubble,” in which Congress and the media live? Recently, a national poll was touted in the national news, with a typical headline r...
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It says something about the LaGrange community that Maj. Gen. Todd Semonite would allow news of his promotion to be broken at the annual West Point Lake Coalition meeting Tuesday. After years of ...
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