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- Sunday, May 19, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Community columnists
King: Movies take us to new realities
Cinema is the leading art form of this era. Nothing matches today's movies for size, reach, and verisimilitude.
Yarbrough: Random thoughts on wingnuts, Chipster, teachers
Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss is catching heat from right-wingnuts for doing exactly what he should be doing: trying to help the federal government find a way out of the financial morass the country is in.
Crawford: Federal health care law has GOP roots
On the day after the Nov. 6 elections, U.S. House Speaker John Boehner conceded that the reelection of Barack Obama as president, along with a Republican-controlled Senate, made it effectively impossible that the federal health care act known as Obamacare will ever be repealed.
Yarbrough: Seceding from US won’t succeed yet again
In case you have been busy doing mundane stuff like eking out a living, you may have missed the news that there is a petition going around that would allow Georgia to secede from the union. As of this writing, there have been 24,579 signatures to the petition.
Glazer: A hard lesson in Web treachery
I didn't just fall off a turnip truck. I've been using a computer for well over 20 years. I've been selling on eBay since 1997. That was about the same time the Beanie Baby craze hit.
Guest column: Time to tell the truth about taxes
My voting record as a member of the House, and now as a member of the Senate, confirms that I am not in favor of tax increases. I have never supported or voted for tax increases, and I don't intend to start now.
Crawford: Who will take on Chambliss for re-election?
Sen. Saxby Chambliss is hearing thunder from the right - and plenty of it - as he prepares for a possible run for re-election in 2014.
King: Power company always gets its way
The Times: March 31. "Ga. Power files request to drop fuel rates" The Times: Nov. 3. "Ga. Power bills to rise starting in January." What happened? According to Georgia Power, lower natural gas prices made it possible to decrease residential customer's bill by about $8 a month. In March, it asked the Public Service Commission for permission to do so. But the Southern Co. and Georgia Power, its subsidiary, had already contracted to build two ...
Yarbrough: We’re all to blame for decline in church attendance
A recent study from the Pew Forum on Religion and Life reveals that for the first time in our history, fewer than half of American adults say they are Protestant (48 percent). This marks the first time in Pew Research Center surveys that the Protestant share of the population has dipped significantly below 50 percent.
Crawford: Barrow again proves he’s a political survivor
There is something about John Barrow, the U.S. House member from Georgia's 12th District, that drives normally even-tempered politicians into a frenzy.
Yarbrough: Junior Lee weighs in on election
I have just received Junior E. Lee's analysis of the recent election. Junior, as you know, is general manager of the Yarbrough Worldwide Media and Pest Control Company, located in Greater Garfield, Ga., and a certified pest control professional.
Glazer: A purple tribute to a brave girl I never met
I never met Summer Dale. In fact, I've never met her father or stepmother, Al Dale and Cynthia Gentry. I've heard of Al, of course. He's the Hall County boy who for almost 20 years was a correspondent for ABC News. I'm not sure what Cynthia does but it involves travel to exotic places like Croatia. I suspect the two of them are always the most interesting couple at any cocktail party.
Crawford: Tallying election’s winners, losers in Ga.
The election is over and we know who our president and members of Congress are going to be. Let's take a few minutes and look at some of the other winners and losers in Georgia politics.
King: Time to heal the earth’s fever
The election has come and gone. Nothing has changed. Same president, Barack Obama. Same U.S. House, Republican. Same Senate, Democratic.
Yarbrough: Honoring our heroes on canvas
As imperfect as we may think ourselves to be, this is still the greatest country on earth. The only thing that can change that is our own apathy and lack of appreciation for the freedoms we have.
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Yarbrough: Dalton mayor ponders uphill fight in 2014
David Pennington, the mayor of Dalton, is making noises about challenging incumbent Gov. Nathan Deal in the 2014 Republican primary.
Collins: All of Obamacare must be repealed
This week, I have my first opportunity to cast a vote to repeal Obamacare. While I have been working to stop Obamacare since I came to Congress, including my efforts to pass the Defund Obamacare Act with fellow Georgia Rep. Tom Graves, I'm looking forward to fulfilling my promise to support full repeal on the House floor.
Crawford: New Ga. ethics law is half a loaf
Until last week, Georgia had been one of only three remaining states that put absolutely no limits on how much money lobbyists could spend to influence the passage or defeat of legislation in a General Assembly session.
Commentary: It’s time for Tennessee to ‘volunteer’ over border, water
During the 2013 session, the Georgia legislature tackled a variety of issues ranging from the budget to ethics reform. One of the most notable debates revolved around whether Georgia should take action in correcting our northern boundary line along the Tennessee River.
King: Root of gun violence can be found in human brain
Last week, NPR announced that a bullet had been successfully fired from a plastic gun. The big news is this: The gun came from a 3-D printer. So much for gun control, for background checks and any other measure to reduce the number of easily available handguns in the nation.
Yarbrough: LaGrange College senior triumphs over adversity
This is the story of courage. This is a story of tenacity. This is the story of Hill Daniel.
Glazer: How Xena and Jonny rescued each other
Over time, I've fallen into a morning routine that has become invariable. I wake up, feed the animals, make coffee, read the headlines on gainesvilletimes.com and then log on to Facebook.
Crawford: Georgia’s leaders fix a past mistake
It's no secret that politicians often make mistakes - a lot of them.
Guest column: Those who teach give back to us all
As the school year ends, the nation recognizes our teachers during this Teacher Appreciation Week. There is no more influential group to appreciate as teachers have touched the lives and impacted the futures of each one of us.
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