November 5, 2008 RSS feed / Opinion

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Up The Creek Without A Paddle

We've been bought and sold with our own money
by Terry Toole
As I write this column Saturday morning, prior to THE election on Tuesday, I have the feeling that it may be settled. More...

Nightmare on Main Street?

Georgians see steady rise in cost of car insurance.

ATLANTA - Since January, Georgia's car insurance rates have increased 6.8 percent. According to filings with the state insurance commissioner, 18 companies increased their rates this year - both large corporations and small insurers. More...

Where are they now?

submitted by Charles Grimes

Here is a quick look into three former Fannie Mae executives who have brought down Wall Street. Franklin Raines was a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Fannie Mae. More...

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Most want ice cream, the rest must feed the cow

submitted by F.C. Garrett

The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade in 2000. The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest. I decided we would have an election for a class president. More...

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As You See It

A real source of news provides unbiased, or at least balanced, reporting. I believe the authentic spirit of the "Liberal" has been lost and replaced with ignorant, one-sided "stories". More...

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..In A Pear Tree

by Alex McRae

A few weeks ago, the same federal government that once encouraged banks to consider unemployment benefits as income on mortgage loan applications did something even worse. More...

Cheaters Never Win

Infidelity and the heartbreak it produces are on the rise
By Randy Hicks, President of Georgia Family Council

The New York Times recently reported some surprising and discouraging trends about men and women who are unfaithful to their spouse. More...

Ebony Dots & Dashes

by Katie Smith

Victoria Reynolds spent some time in the Hospital in Donalsonville last week. She was dismissed on Sunday. Much improved. Birthday wishes go out to Mrs. Georgia M. Jaye on Nov. 1, also to Mr. K. C. Jones Jr. Nov. 1st, he is 67 years young. More...

How much time is left?

submitted by Brenda McNease

About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier: More...