Infinite growth, finite water
By James E. Butler Jr. Special to the News
      Hidden behind the mindnumbing technical detail and protestations about being "fair" to all lies the ugly core truth of the "state water plan" that will be debated in the legislature in January: The primary point is to legalize piping water to metro Atlanta from downstream rivers and aquifers.
More ...

All That's Fit to Print
It's almost tomato time
Brenda Wall
      It is almost tomato season. I have four sitting on my counter. They aren't real tomatoes, the kind ripened on the vine in the hot summer sun. They don't smell like tomatoes, but they look pretty good. If nothing else, they serve as a reminder of things to come.
More ...

Cartoon
Read the Story...

Mumbles
Pogo... and the buzzards
Billy Fleming
      Anytime you get a group of people together to discuss our community's problems and what can be done to make improvements, the word "blight" comes up. It doesn't just come up, it dominates the discussion. You see, blight encompasses more than just eyesores, it is symptomatic of a worse problem.
More ...

Climate not the only thing changing
Alex McRae
      As Gomer Pyle used to say to his fellow U.S. Marines, "Surprise, surprise, surprise!" Looks like the climate isn't the only thing that's changing these days. Case in point, France.
More ...

Shipp's Georgia
Could Newt be the answer?
Bill Shipp
      Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Sen. Johnny Isakson broke a cardinal rule for Georgia Republicans. They allowed Sen. Ted Kennedy to smile upon them. If you're a Republican lawmaker, receiving approbation from Kennedy is akin to getting good wishes from Osama.
More ...

Other Voices
Tax increase denials spin from Congress
Robert Novak
      In routine party-line votes last week, both houses of Congress completed action on a Democratic-crafted budget containing the biggest tax increase in U.S. history. That this was overlooked attests to the legerdemain of Sen. Kent Conrad of Bismarck, N.D., chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.
More ...

From our Files News from the past
Methodist chapel now complete
      10 YEARS AGO June 5, 1997 STATE REP. Dan Ponder of Donalsonville - who represents Early County in the legislature - announced last week he is switching from the Democratic to the Republican party effective immediately.
More ...