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- Saturday, May 25, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Viewpoint
Commentary: We should promote democracy around the world, but which approach works best?
The vast majority of Americans take democracy for granted. Despite ever present political disputes among people as to the political party in charge, the distribution of wealth, health care benefits and continuing involvement in Afghanistan, the United States has maintained its political system for over two hundred years and consistently broadened and deepened the civil and political rights it provides to all its peoples regardless of race, gender, or ethnicity.
Commentary: Schools that always push for innovation can compete globally
Two weeks ago, 40 community members joined Hall County School District personnel for a "Bus Tour of 21st Century Education" at six of our local schools. Organized by our district team, participants visited numerous classrooms and were encouraged to look at all that we do with a critical eye.
Economy: America seems poised to take off during 2012
The U.S. economy has been doing poorly for so long now that it's easy to get dispirited. But there are several reasons to think 2012 might be a good one for American economic performance.
Economy: We are 10 million jobs short of boom times
The U.S. recession officially ended in June 2009, but most Americans don't feel like we are in a recovery. That's because it's been a weak recovery, with the size of the economy barely bigger today than it was four years ago, when the recession started.
Commentary: Jefferson Bible a study in how politics and Christianity mix it up in America
Rick Santorum's near-miss in Iowa provides a reminder that, for many Republican voters (and not a few candidates), religion and politics overlap. If you need another reminder, though, consider this: recently, the Smithsonian has restored and put on display a weird and fantastic 19th-century book known as "The Jefferson Bible." That's Jefferson as in Thomas, and this private, personal document offers a useful case study in how politics and Christianity have mixed it up in ...
Orr: Remembering Ed Jenkins, honest, bipartisan, in touch with the people
We lost Ed Jenkins a week ago. But in a larger sense, we will never lose Ed. For his legacy - his exemplary record of accomplishments and legislative successes in the U.S. House as North Georgia's 9th District representative - will remain with us and those who will come after us for a long, long time.
Health care: Law is a hopeful step forward
The United States has a terribly dysfunctional health care system, unique among the rich countries in the word in its waste and abuse of its citizens.
Health care: Law is already sending costs through the roof
There may never have been a law more misnamed than the Affordable Care Act. President Obama's health overhaul law already is driving up health insurance costs for businesses and consumers and will inflict even higher costs on American taxpayers in the years ahead. Obama repeatedly promised the American people he would cut a typical family's premium $2,500 a year before the end of his first term. But costs are rising now even faster than before ...
Commentary: The story of Christmas and how it should speak to Americans
Christmas tree or "holiday tree"? Manger scenes on public property or a "naked public square"? These are long-standing American arguments, historically associated with the desire of religious communities to receive visible public acceptance and respect.
Medicare: The problem is producing more grads, not increasing fees for doctors
The latest scare tactic by right-wing opponents of the Affordable Care Act aims at convincing Americans that reasonable trims in Medicare spending will make it very difficult for seniors to find a good doctor in coming years.
Medicare: Reasonable reforms can give fair fees and ensure patients receive quality treatment
No matter how you slice it, the Medicare program as it stands today is financially unworkable.
NO: Democrats must unite behind Obama to thwart a takeover by right-wing
The writer is addressing the question: Should a Democrat challenge President Obama in the 2012 primaries?
YES: In time of crisis, Hillary Clinton’s the one person with the needed experience
The writer is addressing the question: Should a Democrat challenge President Obama in the 2012 primaries?
Commentary: Caroling with friends, family and Mr. Dickens
For anyone reading this column and yearning for another special and thoughtful evening this Christmas season, you might consider doing this: Invite a handful of family and friends over and read "A Christmas Carol" aloud.
NO: Social Security is sound, admirably run and needed
The writer is addressing the question, Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme?
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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: Proposed trade helps Big Pharma, other corporate sectors, not workers
WASHINGTON - The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a very special trade agreement. It is so special that our government officials who are negotiating it want to keep it completely secret from us.
Commentary: To protect American jobs, we need more global trade, not less
WASHINGTON - Those who think we can protect U.S. jobs by turning inward have got it exactly backward.
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.
Commentary: Schools scandal in Atlanta reveals the dark side of offering incentives
Earlier this month, 35 public school teachers and administrators indicted for allegedly cheating to raise test scores in an Atlanta school district began turning themselves in to authorities. They may be the tip of the iceberg; a state investigation implicates 178 educators in the scandal.
Commentary: Feds need it in order to rehire public employees
America's economy is poised to roar ahead if only Washington would stop holding it back.
Commentary: Government shouldn’t spend beyond its means
With Tax Day upon us, American families and employers are keenly aware of the deep cut the government is taking out of their household incomes and hard-earned profits - especially during the slowest economic recovery since the Great Depression.
Commentary: Follow FDR’s sage advice: Tax those most able to pay
America's economy is in the midst of a Great Stagnation that almost rivals the Great Depression of the 1930s, and the nation is fighting a costly and prolonged worldwide war against relentless Islamic terrorism.
Commentary: State, local collaboration helps spur today’s economic growth
In January, the Georgia Economic Developers Association hosted more than 50 state legislators at a luncheon to celebrate economic development accomplishments over the past 12 months. We also launched a year of celebration complete with a proclamation from Gov. Nathan Deal, as 2013 marks GEDA's 50th Anniversary.
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