Are guns in schools a good idea? What about other places?
Tweet As WALB reported, there are a couple of bills in the General Assembly that would permit guns in new places, including college campuses. Clearly, these are going to be hotly contested bills, as all gun legislation tends to be, even without the current political climate. As WALB reported:
Read More →Cutliff Grove’s request shows a profound lack of preparation
Tweet Back when I was in the Navy, I had a Chief that used to tell us, “Lack of preparation on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.” I took that to heart. Oh, I screw up from lack of preparation. I’m human, but I do my best to not expect others [...]
Read More →Will raising the drop out age accomplish anything?
Tweet Yesterday, we ran Jim Wilcox’s take on the high school drop out age. We asked what you, our readers thought, something we plan on doing more. I was curious if I was alone in my thinking on the issue. Surprisingly, I wasn’t.
Read More →College isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Tweet I’m a student of the world, which is a fancy way to say I’ve learned most of the things I know outside of a classroom. That’s not to say I’m actually down on a college education. However, after years of people telling our kids that they need to go to college, it’s probably a [...]
Read More →Leave SPLOST funds alone
Tweet The Dougherty County Commission wants to replace the roof on the Northwest Library. Contrary to popular opinion, I don’t oppose every expenditure, and this is one I have no issue with. What is an issue is that commissioners want to use SPLOST funds earmarked for utility relocation.
Read More →What a weekend for women in sports
Tweet Women have made a lot of headway in sports over the last few decades. The biggest starts in Tennis are the Williams sisters, and the WNBA has showed that women’s basketball has a place. However, this past weekend, women made headway in typically “guy” sports and they should be applauded for that.
Read More →Why our gun rights matter
Tweet Guns are a big part of the news these days. I’m sure we can all understand why. Sandy Hook was a real tragedy, and the fact that the victims were so young only compounds that fact. It’s easy to want to make sure that things like that never happen again, but there’s a right [...]
Read More →Why I have a hard time with downtown efforts
Tweet There are some great things downtown, and Aaron Blair has done some good things as well. Nothing I’m about to say have anything to do with Blair. In fact, most of this stuff happened long, long before Blair. In fact, a lot of it dates to my childhood.
Read More →So what does SCOTUS decision mean for Albany?
Tweet Yesterday, news broke that Phoebe Putney has lost its bid to become the sole hospital in town. In a rare unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the purchase of Palmyra violated anti-trust rules, despite the fact that the Hospital Authority technically bought the hospital. The question remains of what this actually means for [...]
Read More →Why have citizen journalists
Tweet I’ve had a couple of people contact me, interested in providing content for our new offer to citizen journalists. However, there have also been a couple of questions about why we’re doing this. Well, that’s fair enough, and we’re more than willing to answer those questions. However, since a couple have come up repeatedly, [...]
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