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TURES COLUMN: With weather, you only have one chance to get it right
When a series of tornadoes slammed into Troup County, Georgia yesterday, putting our town of LaGrange, Georgia as the lead on the Weather Channel yesterday ...
John A. Tures, Author at LaGrange Daily News - Page 4 of 30
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TURES COLUMN: Good news about the murder rate in cities: It’s falling!
There’s some good news about the murder rate in the United States. After two years on the rise, it’s declined for 2022, along with gun-related ...
by John A. Tures, Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:30 am
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TURES COLUMN: Jan. 6 led GOP to current House speaker mess
When Jan. 6 occurred, Americans watched with horror as the insurrectionists tried to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election. It was ...
by John A. Tures, Friday, January 6, 2023 9:30 am
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TURES COLUMN: Want to win the World Cup? Embrace freedom and democracy
As Argentina prevailed over France 3-3, winning the penalty kicks shootout 4-2, it’s a great time to point out that both countries have embraced political ...
by John A. Tures, Thursday, December 22, 2022 11:30 am
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TURES COLUMN: Remember when we didn’t hate American hostages, and tried to free them?
In this new hyper-partisan political era, nobody is safe, not even someone held hostage by terrorists or an authoritarian regime. These times aren’t improved by ...
by John A. Tures, Tuesday, December 13, 2022 9:30 am
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TURES COLUMN: Campaign on this, not that: how to in an election in 2024
Several years ago, several “Eat This, Not That” books took America by storm, dispelling a lot of myths about our eating habits, giving us smarter ...
by John A. Tures, Thursday, December 8, 2022 5:31 pm
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TURES COLUMN: Warnock, Walker take different approaches to runoff
Georgia’s Senate Runoff Election may not decide party control of the upper branch of the legislature, but the battle is no less fierce between the ...
by John A. Tures, Tuesday, December 6, 2022 10:30 am
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TURES COLUMN: Support workers and parents with kids by backing early voting
On Election Day, I got to do some exit polling in a conservative town in a bright red county. I assure you, the results were ...
by John A. Tures, Friday, November 18, 2022 9:30 am
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TURES COLUMN: Did Jan. 6 prevent the big red wave?
The people have spoken. You have spoken. The results of the election are the results. Even though the results are not final until the election is ...
by John A. Tures, Saturday, November 12, 2022 9:30 am
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TURES COLUMN: Is the border really wide open?
The other day, I read a mailing, which claims that President Joe Biden (and Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock) have created a “Wide Open Border” with ...