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Blog: Help for our troops

I have emailed Jack Kingston two times now. I feel that I have been pushed to the side or "swept under the carpet.

August 09, 2007 | By Kathy_Weaver70 Blogger | Opinion

Fairness Doctrine threatens our rights

Even while we are busy defending our Second Amendment rights against efforts to enhance the Brady Law, there is a movement afoot to restrict our First Amendment rights as well … a movement that can make the defense of our liberties much harder.

August 07, 2007 | By Larry Pratt Special to the Courier | Opinion

Shaping policy is hard work

You can interpret the Senate's recent rejection of the immigration reform compromise several ways.

August 07, 2007 | By Lee Hamilton Special to the Courier | Opinion

Burying the 'N-word'

I'm sure, by now, many of you have seen it, read it or heard about it. The NAACP buried the "N" word during its annual convention in Detroit this past week as part of its "STOP" Campaign, an initiative of the organization's Youth & College Division. The division works to eliminate the demeaning images of African-Americans in the media, especially the portrayal of African-American women. Hundreds of onlookers watched as NAACP delegates from across the ...

August 02, 2007 | By Andrea Washington Staff Writer | Opinion

Learning to identify a xenophobe

I've been getting a ton of mail about my column of last week. My main point: "All the posturing about illegal immigrants is really an attack aimed at everybody whose name ends in 'ez.'"

August 02, 2007 | By Roger Hernandez Columnist | Opinion

Civilization tipping toward catastrophe

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the West was convulsed by religious wars that, in the words of historian Paul Johnson, "were without redeeming features and were destructive of the Christian faith itself, as well as human life and material civilization."

August 02, 2007 | By Rich Lowry Columnist | Opinion

Our Dr. Phil goes to war

Congressman Phil Gingrey phoned the other night to tell me and a few dozen other folks the war in Iraq was going a lot better than we had been led to believe.

July 31, 2007 | By Bill Shipp Columnist | Opinion

Structural imbalance of talk radio

Rush Limbaugh, the conservative talk-radio pioneer, has been called many nasty things before, but never a "structural imbalance." That's the fancy term a liberal think tank uses to characterize his success - and to dress up its proposal for counteracting that success through new government regulation.

July 26, 2007 | By Rich Lowry Columnist | Opinion

Xenophobia: Fear of 'the others'

A supposed letter to the editor making the rounds of the Internet compares today's immigrants (bad) with the immigrants of yesteryear (good). A good response to that fantasy is a Teddy Roosevelt quote that several readers have sent me:

July 26, 2007 | By Roger Hernandez Columnist | Opinion

Eminent domain protection meek

This month marks the second anniversary of the infamous Kelo v. New London decision, a case where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the taking of private property (the practice known as eminent domain) from an individual or a group of individuals and giving it to a private entity on the basis of economic development is a legitimate function of government.

July 24, 2007 | By Jason Pye On behalf of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation | Opinion

LCHS classmates reunite

By Marjory Varnedoe Guest columnist Coastal Courier (Hinesville, GA) "LCH School, our Alma Mater, to thee we'll e'er be true. We adore thee for leading us higher to nobler things anew ... Your ideals we'll share ... And so we pray that we'll never stray from memories of LCH." Those words resonated through the hearts of the Golden Seniors of the 1967 Liberty County High School class celebrating their 40th reunion. Forty years ago, 87 ...

July 24, 2007 | By Marjory Varnedoe Guest Columnist | Opinion

Inevitability of the auto

Americans have arrived at an answer to high gas prices and concerns about global warming - buy more cars.

July 21, 2007 | By Rich Lowry Columnist | Opinion

Blog: Patronizing local establishments

Topic: Patronizing local establishmentsThis is a word to those people brave enough to own their own business in Liberty County. I live and work in Liberty County, and I try to always give my little bit of business to those who have risked much to be their own boss (been there, done that). Just because you own a business in Liberty County does not mean that people need to give you their business. You have ...

July 20, 2007 | realucky42 Blogger | Opinion

Our future depends on dialogue

Wherever I go these days, people want to talk about how much trouble we have talking reasonably to one another about current public policy challenges. The quality of the public dialogue, they say - our ability to reason with one another and to sort through issues - is lamentable.Al Gore's new book, "The Assault on Reason," decries the decline of public discourse. In my view, he's hit a nerve. And for good reason.Our political system ...

July 20, 2007 | By Lee H. Hamilton | Opinion

July 4 celebration comes a little early

On July 1, 1776, delegates of the Second Continental Congress entered what John Adams called, "the greatest debate of all." Even after over a year's worth of conflict against the mightiest military force on earth, declared independence from Great Britain was far from a forgone conclusion. Just weeks earlier, the majority of the men in the Congress were hoping some formula for peace could be found with Great Britain.In "The Light and the Glory" by ...

July 20, 2007 | By Trevor Thomas Gainesville Times Community Columnist | Opinion

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Georgia court ruling is setback for state

Columbus lost a huge one in court this week, and it wasn't even close. The Georgia Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that a 2012 Muscogee County Superior Court decision protecting trees along Georgia rights-of-way is invalid.

May 14, 2013 | Columbus Ledger | Opinion

Hinesville makes mark with water conservation

Congratulations to Hinesville for placing among the top-10 cities in its category for the 2013 National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation sponsored by the Wyland Foundation.

May 14, 2013 | By Sara Swida Columnist | Opinion

Thanks to great humanitarian

Editor, Saturday, May 11, was the birthday of well-known Hinesville entrepreneur and philanthropist Gary W. Dodd. I'd like to thank my dear friend and Kirk Healing Center for the Homeless co-founder for all he has done for Hinesville and, especially, for the homeless men and women we serve.

May 13, 2013 | Staff Report | Opinion

Do something, big or small, for mom

Although you, my devoted readers and fans, likely are reading this on Mother's Day, it was written several days ahead of time, so I have no idea what kinds of surprises this special day will hold for me.

May 13, 2013 | By Hollie Moore Barnidge Columnist | Opinion

Fire service fight continues

Editor: I see that Liberty County is still trying to take away Midway's fire department by using fear tactics. If Liberty County wants full-time firefighters in Midway, all the county has to do is send some of Midway's property taxes back to the city so that the city can hire the full-time firefighters.