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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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C’mon local Democrats (and Republicans)!
Anyone who has watched the drama unfolding in our local political parties has to wonder what’s going on. The dissolution of the Troup County Democratic Party and the reasons why have a lot of local residents wondering what’s really going on. Perhaps the chair of the third district Democratic Party had a good reason for getting rid of the local leadership of the party that’s not known to me. I’m sure he could point out that I’m not a member ...
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Genes and racism are not linked
During decades of watching both collegiate and professional football, I have seen hundreds of touchdowns scored by black players — but not one extra point kicked by a black player. Is this because blacks are genetically incapable of kicking a football or because racists won’t let blacks kick a football? Most of us would consider either of these explanations ridiculous. Yet genes and discrimination were the predominant explanations of blac...
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Reality — good versus bad
Our first “deep topic” of reality is this: what is “good” and what is “bad”? Last week I gave you this short story, “Tale of the Lion,” as an example: “The young male lion approaches the pride his eye on the feeble dominant male and rushes in to take command. The young male kills the old male, and then, ripping them apart, kills the three cubs running with the pride – he kills them to ensure the females will return to “heat” and his bloodline...
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A dose of reality
Perhaps the most read series of columns a columnist can produce would be related to politics and/or social issues – especially if the issues were “negative” and “emotionally-charged.” And, of course – the columns would be developed to match the politic opinions of the majority where the columns are published – surely generating a favorable audience. However, I don’t think that is what an educated and “thinking” reader truly desires. I believe...
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Community newspapers: A vital cog in democracy
Buried somewhere in my parents’ house in Watkinsville is a stack of aged newspapers – copies of the Athens Banner-Herald, The Oconee Enterprise and the dearly departed Athens Observer. You see, in my family, community newspapers have always been the chroniclers of family lore, of scholastic achievements, of the fleeting fame of youth. In the bottom of that pile, I know, are some of my most prized possessions: stories I wrote as a budding jo...
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Blaming muslims, political conservatives for Boston
When the New York Post reported that a Saudi national was the chief suspect in the bombing, there were more than 500,000 hits on Yahoo on the subject. A number of them emphasized that he was “MUSLIM” (and yes, they used all caps). There were another 1.4 million sites linking Islam to the Boston Marathon bombing. There were 93,500 hits on Yahoo linking anti-government and the Boston Marathon tragedy, along with another 1.15 million tying con...
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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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