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Embrace – a Trinity of peace
I was once approached – quietly and nicely, and asked this question, “Did you know you use the word embrace all the time?” Yes indeed I do. Embrace, embraced, embraceable – I’m not sure how many times I’ve used these three words in my writings, perhaps hundreds of times – but I know this, they are a “Trinity of peace.” I write from my heart, not just my mind – from my life, not simply my wishes – and from a sense of what is self-evident, not ...
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Obama administration scraps free speech
Two years ago, this column, along with others, raised an alarm about the Obama administration’s decision radically to diminish the due process rights of those accused of sexual harassment on American campuses. There’s a new outrage today, but first, a recap: In a 2011 letter to colleges, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) mandated that in cases of suspected sexual harassment or sexual assault, universities were ...
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Alphabet soup: E is for empathy
Empathy: identification with and understanding of the thoughts or feelings of another, from Greek roots meaning “in” and “feeling.” First, let me apologize for the extended hiatus between columns. Life has thrown me a few curve balls this spring – not all bad, just, well, distracting shall we say. The month of March is mostly a blur in hindsight because of the most unwelcome of the pitches – a bout with kidney stones. I’d had no even seco...
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Thanks mom, for everything
A lot of what I believe strength really is, I learned from my mom. Those years between my parents’ divorce and my mom marrying my stepfather was a time of transition and adjustment for everyone. My father has always been an active part of my life, and that never changed. I’m grateful that both my parents put me and my brother as priorities over any of their personal differences. However, during the week, it was my mom, my brother and I at...
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The perfect pift to find for Mother’s Day
The most recent book I read is called “The Lost Paradigm.” It’s written by a local author, Pamela Scotto Tremblay, who works at LaGrange College. It’s a spiritual book. And it contains the best present idea for Mother’s Day. In the book, loved ones are disappearing one by one. The president’s daughter, a spouse, a parent, another child, and even a dog, go missing. The numbers go from the hundreds to the thousands. America is panicking. Coul...
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Bouncing ball politics imploded economy
If you are driving along and suddenly see a big red rubber ball come bouncing out into the street, you might want to put your foot on the brake pedal, because a small child may well come running out into the street after it. We all understand that an inexperienced young child who has his mind fixed on one thing may ignore other things that are too dangerous to be ignored. Unfortunately, too much of what is said and done in politics is based...
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An absent father…
Walking his seven-year old son Billy into his bedroom, Hank stopped near the bed and said, “Hey my buddy, jump up on your bed and I’ll tell you a nighttime story”. Hank’s son jumped up on the bed, turned onto his tummy and said, “Hey dad, while you tell me the story please rub my back.” After a story and a back-rub, Hank’s son turned over on his back and said, “I love you daddy.” Hank pulled the covers from under him and drew them up under hi...
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The art of the impossible
Someone called politics “the art of the possible.” But, in the era of the modern welfare state, politics is largely the art of the impossible. Those people morbid enough to keep track of politicians’ promises may remember how Barack Obama said that ObamaCare would lower medical costs — and lots of people bought it. But if you stop and think, however old-fashioned that may seem these days, do you seriously believe that millions more people...
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Master Muslim extremist terrorists? They wish.
After the bombing suspects from the Boston Marathon were identified, then killed or captured, folks zeroed in on their religion. Noting (1) at least one was spotted in a mosque or two, (2) that they claimed to others they were Muslim, and (3) declared at least some allegiance to al-Qaeda or an al-Qaeda type group or affiliate, we just assumed they were part of a group that knew Islam backwards and forwards, and were so hyped up on every aspec...
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All wet thanks to Georgia
You can thank a Labrador retriever named Georgia for that shot. Georgia was one of several dogs in the first session of Dixie Dock Dogs’ big air competition Friday morning at the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament. The dogs are allowed a few “practice runs” before the big moment, and I decided to use the time to “practice” taking pictures. Unless you have a fancy camera – and even the people experienced at taking these pictures tell me th...
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I’ll just knock you down
“Big” Jimmy-Bob closed his locker and started to walk away with his best-bud “Slim” when he spotted Tommy walking down the hall. Jimmy-Bob (called “JB” by his Mom, an absent Dad, and all three friends) reached out with his elbow, tapped Slim and smiled, and then walked towards Tommy. As they came close JB stepped in front of Tommy and sprayed-out “get outa my way boy!” Tommy tried to sidestep JB, but once again JB stepped into his path and re...
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Obama is inconsistent on terrorism, as are his critics
After the Boston Marathon Bombings, we have been treated to a series of columns by Obama critics, blasting him for (a) not blaming terrorism sooner, (b) not blaming Muslims sooner, (c) Mirandizing the suspect, (d) serving on a committee with Weather Underground’s Bill Ayers. It’s all part of a campaign to claim that Obama is soft on terrorism. Is it a smart policy? And what does the actual evidence show? First of all, this obsession with ...
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Is thinking obsolete?
While it is not possible to answer all the e-mails and letters from readers, many are thought-provoking, whether those thoughts are positive or negative. An e-mail from one young man simply asked for the sources of some facts about gun control that were mentioned in a recent column. It is good to check out the facts — especially if you check out the facts on both sides of an issue. By contrast, another man simply denounced me because of w...
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Support your newspaper
Dear Editor, I have read with appreciation your articles urging more people to support their hometown newspaper. I cannot tell you how many friends I have chastised for not doing so. I even sent one a six month subscription. One cannot be a knowledgeable member of this wonderful community without reading about the diversity of its activities, well covered by LDN. However I would hope for more diversity of opinion. Speaking of diversity,...
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Thanks for supporting exchange students
Dear Editor, Heart-felt thanks for placing international friendship celebrations in our city on the front page of your weekend edition in Barbara Henigin’s wonderful report! Host families are the crucial decision making link for any future young visitor from abroad. They are the new American moms and dads, siblings and extended relatives, neighbors and church members, to welcome their foreign student to share in their daily lives here i...
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Obama’s improving his act
“Personal charm may be Obama’s last best hope” headlined the Washington Post on Monday. That charm was on ample display at the annual vanity fest called the White House Correspondents Association dinner over the weekend. The dinner always features two comedians — one professional, and the other, the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Skilled joke writers contribute the one-liners, but delivery counts, too, and President Obama has clearly...
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Immigration gambles: Part II
Whose interests are immigration laws supposed to serve — and whose interests do current immigration reform proposals actually serve? In order to have any immigration policy serve any purpose, the border must first be secured. Otherwise American immigration policy exists only on paper, and is mocked by what happens on the ground, as masses of people cross the border illegally, in disregard of whatever policies are embodied in our laws. Mor...
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Summerour: Rand Paul in 2016
The 2016 battle for the presidency of the United States is already underway. I am convinced that former secretary of State Hillary Clinton will definitely be the Democratic nominee. To put it bluntly, she has no serious competition from any of the other Democrats. Beating the Clintons will not be easy. She has the benefit of the infamous Clinton political machine. There are also millions of Americans who want a woman president. Now that P...
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Wolfe not ‘king’
Unfortunately, Troup County Commission Chairman Ricky Wolfe and his select cadre of cohorts are still at it, with regard to the unnecessarily controversial refuse collection issue. The secrecy, smoke & mirrors, exclusion, and manipulation continues, despite claims to the contrary. The latest chapter of the refuse collection scheme was particularly egregious, in my mind. The Georgia Open Meetings Act (GOMA) is supposed to keep the mechanisms...
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Problems faced by the working poor
This article is the, “now for the other side of the story,” as Paul Harvey would say to the article I wrote in early April titled “Dependency to independence: we all gain,” (see lagrangedailynews.com under Opinion). That article said that all but the most severely handicapped need to have some type of job and since this isn’t possible with our present economy we need to create jobs like we did during the depression. In that article, I said ...
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Letters
Charen sank to new low
Dear Editor: Columnist Mona Charen sank to an all-time low last Friday (“Akin guilty of having facts wrong, critics worse”)in her rabid devotion to all things Republican. She actually denied...
Aug 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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I have always supported Turner
Dear Editor, In your article entitled “Woodruff to face Hairston in Nov. election,” the LDN reporter erroneously proclaims that I have identified myself as a “Woodruff supporter.” Please be ad...
Aug 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Can officers ask for Social Security number?
Dear Editor, This letter is directed at LaGrange Police Chief Lou Dekmar. About a week or two ago, I was questioned by a law enforcement officer, not in another town. He just asked me for my n...
Apr 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Speak Up for the Affordable Healthcare Act
Dear Editor Our current health care system is going away – collapsing on its own as its costs reach unaffordability. We do have excellent doctors, hospitals and treatments, but not for the 50 ...
Mar 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial
Police getting more and more sophisticated
Here’s a weird and welcome fact: Violent crime rates in the United States have continued to go down despite the deepest and most persistent recession since the Great Depression. This defies hist...
Jun 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vote no on TSPLOST
Voters statewide on July 31, will have the opportunity to vote for a transportation special-purpose, local-option sales tax that would fund improvements to roads and infrastructure. Formally cal...
May 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Join the Great American Cleanup project
It’s time to put on some old clothes, roll up your sleeves and grab your trash bags and head out to the annual Great American Cleanup project Saturday sponsored by Keep Troup Beautiful. Every ye...
Apr 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Army Corps needs to revise water controls for West Point Lake
It’s high time the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revised its water control manuals to allow West Point Lake to have higher lake levels during the summer months. The corps has been working on a revi...
Apr 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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