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- Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Viewpoint
Many young people are going without health insurance
Jennifer Rafanan hasn't been covered by health insurance since 2001. This means no doctor visits, eye exams, dental check-ups or annual women's tests.
Want to start a business? First, prove you’re legal
The issue has caused some noise statewide, but it went unnoticed on July 13, when Oakwood City gave its final approval.
Boundary wars: New law lets parents choose school
Tane Shannon felt she had no choice. When the parent of a rising Johnson High School freshman stood before the Hall County school board last November, she asked if there was anything board members could do to improve the school that some perceive as lackluster.
Full for now: Summer heat could affect Lanier
After a rainy spring, Lake Lanier has filled up, to the delight of businesses and users alike. But after a steamy, mostly dry June, Gainesville-Hall County is back to a rainfall deficit - although a slight one - and slowly dropping lake levels.
Massive I-985 project nears completion
OAKWOOD - Montie Robinson remembers his newly adopted city having a much different look when he began serving as a councilman in 1976. He recalled a general store named Jimmy's, two beauty salons and the post office.
High and dry: Belmont residents want water
Roy Crowe lives in a nightmare where the source of clean water is visible but beyond his reach. At the corner of Belmont Highway and Mabery Road, Crowe has four wells that have gone dry. The one that does work produces water so dirty, so full of iron that Crowe and his wife Elizabeth buy their drinking water and wash their white laundry elsewhere.
Will Georgia go from roads to rails?
Could high-speed rail really be within the grasp of automobile-loving Southerners?
Happy campers, worried parents
With all the news about the crumbling economy, Liz Hansen decided to cut out the option for her 7-year-old son, Smith, to go to day camp this summer.
Locked out? Some question Field of Dreams' usage
The Field of Dreams was built as a safe and accessible place for special-needs children to play, but some Hall county residents are concerned that as programming is being developed, few children are allowed to play on the costly field.
Korea: The forgotten war
Stuck between two other events that defined generations, the Korean War has unfortunately become a forgotten war for too many Americans.
Hall recycling: A lot goes in, but it could be more
The Hall County landfill is one of many graveyards of American consumerism.
Rewriting the book on Lanier
Plenty of physical improvements appear on the way for Lake Lanier and Buford Dam, thanks to millions pouring in from federal stimulus money. But the one project that excites many lake advocates the most has nothing to do with park improvements or shoreline fixes.
Seeking a few good men (and women, too)
In an unsteady economy, it's hard to count on anything except more layoffs. With the national unemployment rate being the highest it's been in more than 20 years, many people are looking for a way to have a guaranteed income. For some, the answer that they were searching for turns out to be the U.S. armed forces.
An inmate work force
The sorting line at the Hall County recycling center is a busy, noisy place. A flurry of gloved hands separate clear plastic water bottles from yellow plastic milk jugs that whir by on a conveyer belt. As uniformed detention officers look on, inmate laborers toss the plastic from the steel catwalk where they stand onto mountains of recyclables below.
Articles by Section - Viewpoint
A peek beyond the great wall
Perhaps no nation has navigated such massive change in so short a time as China has since the late 1970s. My most recent trip there reconfirmed what an endlessly fascinating blend of opposites the country encompasses: East meets West, ancient meets modern, Third World meets First World, and political communism meets economic capitalism. Yet China has skillfully integrated these contradictions to create its most successful society in 5,000 years.
Con: Will immigration reform help boost America’s workforce?
WASHINGTON - How can "comprehensive immigration reform" benefit our American children and grandchildren, who will prosper from or suffer the consequences of our decisions?
Pro: Will immigration reform help boost America’s workforce?
WASHINGTON - Throughout our nation's history, the world's biggest risk takers, boldest thinkers and hardest workers have flocked to America's shores in pursuit of greater freedom and opportunity.
Pro: Will some young Americans opt out of health care coverage?
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Virtually all Americans will be required to have health insurance under the Affordable Care Act starting in 2014, and President Obama especially wants young, healthy people to sign up.
Con: Will some young Americans opt out of health care coverage?
WASHINGTON - What's generally termed ObamaCare wasn't the brainstorm of President Obama, but an Alice in Wonderland "witches brew" concocted in 2010 by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with generous advice from Big Pharma, Big Insurance and the AARP.
Commentary: Assessing life's urgency
The most important fact of life is death. Yet, we spend our whole lives busily running away from that fact to create an ever-more complex world of endless trivial tasks and diversions. But the ultimate reality is that our time here is so limited and ever closer to the end.
Commentary: Are we sending the wrong message on assimilation?
In the aftermath of the Boston bombings, many are asking how someone who came to America at the age of 9, attended some of our best schools, captained the wrestling team, went to the prom and became a citizen could have inflicted such a devastating attack on our society.
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