Alcohol has perils, but it’s still legal
Tweet The recent discussion regarding a liquor store near Albany State University has clearly illustrated how our community is divided by ideas on alcohol. Many still see it as a great evil that government should fight. Unfortunately, this crusade may well fall on the wrong side of the First Amendment. The First Amendment is supposed [...]
Read More →Grow our democracy; let 16-year-olds vote
Tweet Government representation – or, the lack of it – has come down to this: Some of the people who say they aren’t voting this year – for the first time in their lives — seem, well, rational to us. The lesser of two evils, the new nonvoters have justifiably concluded, is still evil. Why [...]
Read More →Tickets for Fountain City Classic game now on sale
Tweet Tickets for the 2010 Fountain City Classic are now on sale. Tickets for the Albany State versus Fort Valley State University football game, which kicks off at 2 p.m. on Nov. 6, are available for purchase on the Albany State campus and in various locations in Albany, Ga. The game will be played at the A.J. [...]
Read More →Taking our country back
Tweet Dear Editor: I have a T-shirt that says “I’m taking my country back” and I keep getting asked “back to what?” So here is my answer and it is not TO what, it is FROM what. I want to take my country back from this power hungry federal government who is slowly taking not [...]
Read More →A MEERKAT AND A SMILE
Tweet This photo snapped Oct. 16 at Chehaw’s Wild Animal Park by Americus resident Chris Barr of his beaming son, David, and wife, Christi, is sure to be on a Chamber of Commerce brochure someday. Meerkats, members of the mongoose family that live in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and in South Africa, are among [...]
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