July 28, 2010 / Editorials

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One bad apple doesn’t spoil the whole bunch
So now it appears that some college football players at a few Southern schools, including — perhaps — Georgia have had improper contact with agents, and now the players’ eligibility is in question. More...

Mumbles

That was back in the day!
Billy Fleming

Do you reckon some students are wondering this week “Where did my summer vacation go?” I agree with them. It seems like only a couple of weeks ago we were putting together graduation articles. Actually, it was nine weeks ago. More...

LETTER

Thank you to all the friends I made in my 2010 run for Congress, including all of you in the media who gave me the opportunity to discuss the issues. Congratulations and good luck to Mr. Keown in his race for Congress! God Bless you all. More...

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Mama can’t find a doctor, and other fallout from new democratic legislation
Matt Towery

Lately, even the most elite in media have started to report some of the intended and unintended consequences of the rushed and ill-conceived federal health care bill passed earlier this year by the Barack Obama administration and the Democrat-contro More...

Cancer, wreck overwhelms family

Bob Sharpe of Sharpe Systems has been a member of the peanut industry since 1972 and has touched many lives in the industry over the past 30 years. Bob’s wife, Rita, was diagnosed with breast cancer in March of 2009. More...

All That’s Fit to Print

Looking for snake stories
Brenda Wall

I have a friend who doesn’t watch the news. Rather than get all agitated, like the rest of us, she just quit tuning in to any news cast. More...

Farmers of any kind are a rare breed

Alex McRae

On my first trip to Wisconsin, I was so impressed by the dairy farms I saw from the car, I was determined to see one up close. That dream just came true. More...

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‘Financial Reform’ and America’s march to marxism
Howard RIch

Contrary to Barack Obama’s rhetoric about protecting consumers, his new financial reform law represents a dangerous big government power grab that willfully ignores the true roots of the recent financial crisis. More...

From our Files

Gay defeats two opponents for mayor
News from the past

10 YEARS AGO July 26, 2000 MR. AND MRS. Charles J. Slaton of Blakely and Ms. Patricia A. Jackson of Atlanta announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Nakiea Vashay Slaton, to Elroy Trenton Sims, son of Ms. More...