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Of course, the members say they don’t want to run as a third party, but what if the Tea (Taxed Enough Already) Party did run as an alternative to the two political parties in 2012 or 2016? A ...
EDITORIALS
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Dear Editor: Congratulations to Cpl. Brent Railey for his selection as Department of Natural Resources Ranger of the year for the state of Georgia. I have personally known Brent for many years, a...
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It’s always good to hear kind words spoken about those in our community. Two recent incidents prompted out-of-towners to praise how LaGrange treated them. We heard from Pam McCurley of Syla...
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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...
LETTERS
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Dear Editor: A memorial fund has been established at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, honoring the late Dolph Honicker. The Honicker family became closely related to the cancer center ...
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Dear Editor: The beauty of America is that at exactly the right time a group of very bright and selfless people congregated to create something very different. While European countries had been f...
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Dear Editor: Dick Cheney confessed to playing a key role in the commission of war crimes, boasting on ABC News that he was a big supporter of waterboarding. According to the Geneva Conventions, t...
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Dear Editor: Subject: Clarity and objective definition and answers to serious questions asked in regard to the principles of Tea Party Patriots referred to as “abstract concepts.” T...
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Dear Editor: Last week a beautiful young girl was kidnapped, sexually molested and murdered in California. And over the weekend the skeleton remains of another young girl, missing since last summ...
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Dear Editor: On Wednesday, debate on our continued military presence in Afghanistan finally occurred in the halls of congress, thanks to one of the few politicians in this country who hasn’...
MORE OPINIONS
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What a thrilling ride it has been. The boys are 30-0; enough said. The girls are 21-9 and playing Cinderella. Both are in the State Final Four this weekend. I am talking about LaGrange Granger bask...
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Former state Rep. Jeff Brown of LaGrange was invited to be chaplain of the Georgia House of Representatives recently and offer “remarks of spiritual wisdom and insight.” He provided thi...
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They’re everywhere, it seems. Lined up like tiny soldiers on a mission - a mission to get me to forget my pledge to eat clean, eat healthy.
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When the doctor told my daughter that back surgery couldn’t be put off any longer, it wasn’t the promise of severe pain or a long recovery that upset her. It was the missed volleyball s...
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Recently, Time magazine published a pair of articles questioning the value of college education. Let’s see if Time is onto something. In her article “College Degrees More Expensive, W...
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March 6, is my son Malachi’s 30th birthday. I never really felt old until now. My youngest child is now almost as old as I am. That’s pretty amazing. My son was only four when I start...
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