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- Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Viewpoint
Commentary: Like FDR, Obama has saved capitalism by harnessing its excesses
The canard that President Obama is anti-business is a propaganda remnant from Mitt Romney's failed presidential campaign.
Commentary: One nation ... but maybe not so indivisible
We in the blue states hear from the talking heads on Fox News and MSNBC that many of you in the red states are so distressed about the outcome of the elections that you would like to secede from the Union. Now, it seems that at least six of you - Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina - have submitted enough signatures (25,000) on petitions to the White House website to merit a formal response, with more petitions on the way.
Commentary: Lincoln looked toward a new birth of freedom ‘under God’
Gather together a few friends today, friends who love words and freedom and American history, and revisit a high peak in our long struggle to move closer to the ideals of the Declaration: The dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetery at Gettysburg on Nov. 19, 1863, 149 years ago Monday.
Full text of the Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address Delivered by President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg, Pa., November 19, 1863 Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and dedicated, can long endure. We are ...
Commentary: If there's an Electoral College tie, a Romney-Biden White House isn't far-fetched
"Congress to pick the president." - headline, Nov. 7, 2012. Sound ridiculous? Daft? Not at all. The magic number is 270 - electoral college votes that is - to win the big prize. According to 270towin.com, there are now 11 "battleground" states and, statistically, 32 permutations from these up-for-grab states that could produce a 269-vote Electoral College tie in the presidential election. Based on the site's simulated polls, the mathematical probability of a tie increased ...
Commentary: Only 4 in 10 say they are better off; the rest may deny Obama a second term
Is the country better off than it was four years ago? Are you and your family better off than you were four years ago? How you answer those questions may determine who wins the presidential election.
Commentary: The president has worked to correct the inequalities of the past
It was in the 1980 presidential contest that Ronald Reagan first asked the question, "Are you better off than you were four years ago?"
The brink of war
In 2007, when President George W. Bush's White House representative Dana Perino was asked a question about one of the biggest foreign policy crises in American history, she drew a blank. "I was panicked a bit because I really don't know about ... the Cuban missile crisis," she later told NPR. "It had to do with Cuba and missiles, I'm pretty sure."
Commentary: Does the role of vice president really matter?
It's clear that Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan want the No. 2 job. But why?
Commentary: Is America still the land of great promise?
Is America still a land of promise? The biblical metaphor was used in 1785 by George Washington, who described the new United States as a "second land of promise." More than a century later, the progressive journalist Herbert Croly wrote: "From the beginning the Land of Democracy has been figured as the Land of Promise."
Commentary: In debates, why don't candidates just answer the question?
In next month's three presidential debates, President Obama and Mitt Romney will be asked a wide range of questions crucial to the future of America. But if history is any guide, they are unlikely to answer many of them. Even worse, most of us won't even notice.
Commentary: Blaming teachers for poor performance of their students is counterproductive
To some, the Chicago teachers' strike that ended Tuesday proves what they've been saying all along: That the teachers and their unions, when you get right down to it, care more about protecting bad teachers, seniority and pay than they do about what is good for kids.
Charter school amendment: Pro
What is best for Georgia students? That is the question that should always be front and center when discussing education reform.
Charter school amendment: Con
What will the result of the constitutional amendment on the November ballot mean to Northeast Georgia school districts? How will it impact Gainesville and Hall County schools?
Who is to blame for the middle class squeeze?
AUSTIN, Texas - A friend is barely able to pay for a child's education. Another nearly loses her business. Yet another nearly loses his home. And for those who lose good jobs, like a woman in New York, "It's overwhelming."
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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