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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Loran Smith: The Varsity

Since the Varsity on Broad Street in Athens closed its doors, I have not had a chilidog and ...

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Thomas Knapp: What I Saw At My City’s “No Kings” Rally

It’s always dangerous to accept “participation” statistics about public events, so I’ll take equal grains of salt with ...

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Dean Collins: Each new day offers a new challenge to seize each new opportunity

When we woke up this morning we were blessed with a new allotment of time. I imagine most ...

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Richard Ingram: Lafayette the Nation’s Guest

Editor’s Note: This year marks the Bicentennial, 2024-2025, of Lafayette and his farewell tour, “Guest of the Nation”, ...

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Lynn Gendusa: The Plain Truth

Throughout my life, I have often discovered profound wisdom in the most unexpected places.  For example, the morning ...

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Bill King: The Longest Journey of My Life

By this point in my life, I have been on quite a few journeys. I do love to ...

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Dick Yarbrough: Paying tribute to one who made this a better world

The late Jasper Dorsey, my boss and mentor at Southern Bell, taught me a lot about the business ...

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Dean Collins: Each new day offers a new challenge to seize each new opportunity

When we woke up this morning we were blessed with a new allotment of time. I imagine most ...

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Bill King: Fifty Years Didn’t Take as Long as I Thought

It happened 50 years ago, on Saturday, June 14, 1975. I remember that day so well that it ...

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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – John Tures: Why Pell Grants Matter To YOU, Not Just College Students

There’s a good chance that the budget being proposed in Congress will seriously gut the Pell Grant programs. ...

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