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Thank you, W, you got one right
There are many things I don't like about Pres. George W. Bush, actually there are many things I don't like about him and many other politicians - Republican and Democrat. But I read something the other day that for once made me shout, "You go, boy!"
Chambliss prescient or pandering?
If they gave politicians awards for swimming against the national tide, Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss would win a gold medal.
Paranoia and the U.S. attorney issue
In "A Beautiful Mind," her bestselling biography of mathematician John Nash, Sylvia Nasar describes the process whereby he went mad. He spun coincidences and unrelated incidents into a pattern utterly detached from reality.
When guns enter the classroom
The spirit reels at the immensity of 32 college students and professors randomly shot to death in their classrooms on a bucolic campus, and at the pain that will diminish but never go away for some families - at the unfathomableness of it all.
Jail term doesn't prove guilt
In my darker dreams, I picture being handcuffed and stuffed into the back of a police car, while yelling, "It wasn't me. It was the one-armed man!
Silence of the lambs
By now, just about everyone in Georgia has heard about the disaster that was this year's General Assembly session.
On water, education, primaries
Walthourville water problems It's nice that Walthourville has decided to start enforcing the water ban. If I had known they didn't care before, I'd have been outside with some of my neighbors washing the cars and watering the lawn. Oh well, that's what I get for trying to follow the rules. - Coastal Courier blogger lroome Graduation not the end of growth "I'm about to graduate college. I still don't know who I am, ...
Legislation approved by House
Editor's note: This is the second part of Williams' column that was published in Sunday's Courier highlighting legislation approved by the House of Representatives during the final week of the session.
Home, mission on troops' minds
Like so many of the soldiers I lead, I miss family and friends at home in the Coastal Empire and beyond. There is not a second that goes by that I don't think about the families and the community we left behind. Our reunion will be sweet for sure, but for now we do our duty and focus on the mission at hand.
Governor causes overtime for session
This has been an extremely long session, but I am honored and grateful to represent the people of House District 165. Although the General Assembly adjourned our 2007 session at midnight April 20, all indications are that Gov. Perdue will call lawmakers back for a special session in the near future.
Ethics code for dummies
Wake up! Read this! Georgia needs a strict code of government ethics. Don't roll over and go back to sleep. Listen! This is serious.
Growing the fight for farm subsidies
Spinach might not seem to have anything to do with military operations. But there it is, in an emergency supplemental bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: $25 million for California-spinach growers, whose vigorous, martial-like spinach-growing had heretofore not been seen as part of the war effort.
Man and machine
During the past year or so, I have noticed many of my fellow Americans are hopping aboard the Bluetooth bandwagon.
Misunderstanding and Iran
Iran wants to quit the international community, but the international community won't let it. No act of warfare against the civilized world, no defiance of the United Nations, no violation of international norms, no brazen lie is ever enough to mark Iran as unworthy of outreach, dialogue and the art of sweet persuasion.
All we can do is pray for victims
With the aftershock of the Virginia Tech shootings rocking the minds of many, it is quite difficult to collect the logic of the killer amidst the bullet casings and the carnage.
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Extra! extra! newspapers are not dead
"Extra! Extra! Newspapers aren't dead!" This is quoted from a recent headline in USA Today. The article, by Rem Rieder, reports a new business model has taken shape that makes newspapers a mature industry and, at the same time, an emerging industry.
Sick baby throws life into disarray
This column almost didn't happen. I didn't think I'd have time to write it.
Tolerance important on both sides
On Monday, NBA center Jason Collins publicly announced that he is gay. He is the first athlete in one of the four "big sports" - NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB - in the United States to come out of the closet.
Q and A on recyclable items
When you toss those items in the recycling bin, do you ever wonder how much difference that water bottle or aluminum can will make?
Get to know Lincoln's telegrah operator
His name is Charles Almerin Tinker, and he was the great-great-grandfather of my beloved.
Good luck to Kingston on campaign
U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., has a tough road ahead of him, make no mistake about it. Getting elected to any statewide office requires everything an individual has to offer, plus some. Just ask those who have committed to running on the ballot in Georgia's 159 counties.
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