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Water on the brain
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY might be described as a starving patient with water on the brain. Well, those in the field of hospitals/health care, the latest target for politicians who believe leeche...
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You are so great and I am so small
From the many volumes that rest on my library shelves, I have selected from among the old books a copy of Lippincott’s Fourth Reader by Marcus Wilson, illustrated by J. B. Lippincott and Company of...
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Anarchism's lament
Let me begin this column referring to all of us older in years by a word not used often in polite society. Before the word is introduced it needs to be noted that someone is sure to conclude that ...
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We can all do better
All of us could be better than we are. Only a few people reach their potential. We must learn to respect and forgive others. God made us to be like Him. There is nothing more devastating to a huma...
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Recent snow was a joy
“Let it snow, let it snow” are the words of a top popular song back in the late 1940s. Last Friday night the words rang true for our area of North Georgia. It wasn’t much but it was enough to excit...
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Column: Robbing our children
STUDENTS WHO cheat on exams aren’t cheating the system. They’re cheating themselves. If teachers helped them with the right answers, the theft is compounded. Shame on them. Public dollars spen...
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Column: Coaches Past and Present
Whatever the age of an athlete, there is one thing you can be sure of. He will reflect upon his or her experiences with the coach from younger days. Often younger generations don’t even realize th...
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Column: American Clean Energy and Security Act
The news media have been talking about a Clean Energy Act that is referred to as Cap And Trade. Specifically they are referring to House Bill HR2454 officially called “American Clean Energy and Se...
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Digest blessing for readers
by Jerry Smith
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If the words written today for this column were a lecture I would be trying to impress on your mind the importance of reading. Much too often I boast of writing “off the top of my head.” That simp...
Column: Life requires faith and perseverance
by Rober V. Ozment
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These are tough and uncertain times for many around the world. Surrendering and giving up is not the answer. What you believe about God, life and the reason for you being will determine your destin...
Column: Defending Israel
by Ken Herron
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From time to time I take a few minutes and read The Jerusalem Post on the Internet. It is easy to learn what is going on in Israel and what the leaders are thinking. During the past couple of readi...
TOBI Says, ‘A conversation with … ’
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Prayer is a conversation with God. That means pray and be quiet as God guides your mind to other people and things to pray for at the time. Do you remember mom teaching you to say please and thank...
Column: What is it costing you to stay warm this winter?
by Jerry Smith
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In view of the recent cold weather this is a valid question. The treatment of the question is not an attack on the validity of the cost of fuel used to heat our homes. For the sake of expediency, w...
Column: Georgia needs jobs
by Tom Graves
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The economy is job one of the legislature and that must begin with getting Georgians back to work. A working Georgia will be the economic beacon and national leader in recovering from this recessio...
Column: The magic of success- never give up
by Robert Ozment
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Many are out of work and searching for jobs they cannot find. America is facing the greatest debt in her history. Some are dedicated to the idea of erasing the name of God from the mystical and mag...
Column: TOBI Says, ‘are you afraid?’
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In the Bible, Moses told Joshua that God had chosen him to lead the children of Israel into the promised land. He may have been surprised or scared. It was a big job. There were over two million p...

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks at the American Health Insurance Plans 2010 National Policy Forum in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)The Newsroom - If you want to understand why we need to reform our health insurance system, you need to know about Americans like Natoma Canfield. Natoma is a 50-year-old cancer survivor from Medina, Ohio, who wrote to President Obama last December. Like a growing number of Americans, she's self-employed and can't get health insurance through her job. But until this January, she always made sure to maintain a policy for herself on the individual market. It was the responsible thing to do.


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Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., heads for the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, march 9, 2010, following the weekly caucus luncheons. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)The Newsroom - Tom Coburn is a U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. He is also a practicing physician and author of the "Patients' Choice Act" along with Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina and Representatives Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Devin Nunes of California.


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The Christian Science Monitor - A big thank-you for your article "High-speed rail: How far will $8 billion go?" and your editorial titled "All aboard for speedy trains."
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