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Comment: The Real Risks of School Privatization

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

A Clarke County school handed over to a private education corporation is now more vulnerable to the uncertainties of the capitalist marketplace.

Comment: White Bread and Mayo, Served on a Plate of Snow

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

A debate among candidates for the Republican nomination for governor of Georgia was mildly revealing.

Comment: Conservatism as a Painful Rectal Itch

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Maybe Saxby and his fellow Republicans are withholding more than their support for health care reform.

Comment: Climate Change - What Do You Believe?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

As the United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Copenhagen, it’s time for Americans to think about when they will address an issue that isn’t going away.

Comment: We Die Individually. We Live Collectively.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Republicans in Congress have one plan for health care reform: make sure the Democrats' plan fails.

Comment: In the Republican Tool Box

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Saxby Chambliss is not a health care expert; he just plays one in the Republican alternate reality.

Comment: Raw Milk Revisited

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Opening up the debate to larger issues of production and consumption.

Comment: Rethinking Government

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

And why Obama must not only rethink but restate a progressive vision of government.

Comment: Governance as a Herpes Virus

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Saxby Chambliss doesn’t put our money where his mouth is.

Comment: Why Not Raw Milk?

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Some folks think the risks of raw milk are outweighed by its benefits.

Comment: Call Racism What It Is

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Southerners know racism, and there’s an awful lot of it to be seen in the reactions against President Obama.

Comment: Abolish Insurance

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

A conservative looks (quietly) at health care.

Comment: Health Care Reform and the American Apocalypse

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Extremist right-wing paranoia is seeing a resurgence, and this is all about far more than health care.

Comment: Georgia Theatre Report

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Georgia Theatre owner tells us where things stand with his piece of our history.

Comment: Remembering Michael Jackson

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:40:00 -0700

An honest expression of mourning from an admittedly jaded, somewhat confused perspective.

Comment: Defining Public Morality

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:30:00 -0700

Don't we want our elected officials to have their own moral code?

Comment: Paul Broun, Jr. Is Crazy—Part 2

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:12:00 -0700

Continued from last week.

Comment: Buy Local—Like You Mean It

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Some things you may not know about the restaurant business, from the perspective of an owner.

Comment: Paul Broun, Jr. Is Crazy—Part 1

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Somebody had to say it! The first of two parts.

Comment: Torture and the Tablets of Eternity

Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Legal? Moral? Right? Professor Wilkes weighs in on the question of torture.

Comment: Confused by Cowsert

Wed, 20 May 2009 17:40:00 -0700

“We didn’t borrow money,” state Sen. Bill Cowsert says of this year’s state budget. Really?

Comment: Domestic Violence and the Zinkhan Case

Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Rather than seeing them as a random act, what can we learn as a community from the murders of Apr. 25?

Comment: On “Grandstanding”

Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Leon Galis follows up on the closure of the home for veterans in Milledgeville, and the politics therein.

Comment: Sweet Tea for the Rich

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:30:00 -0700

Why has the tax-cut dogma in this country become so devoid of common sense?

Comment: Budget Cuts and the Illusion of Access

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Basic liberal arts courses at UGA tend to level the playing field. But where will the cuts leave them?

Comment: A Betrayal of Veterans

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:30:00 -0700

Save elderly, ill veterans or line the pockets of the Jekyll Island developers? Unbelievably, the state Senate did the latter.

Comment: Trust Your Guts

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

And don’t trust - not for a minute - Wall Street’s “reform” agenda, saysThe Nation’s William Greider.

Comment: The Great Jekyll Island Giveaway

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:35:00 -0800

Stepping back a bit and looking at just what’s been going on with Jekyll.

Comment: Towards a Theatre That Matters

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:28:00 -0800

Comment: Just Say No to School Vouchers

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

And remember, the guy who’s pushing vouchers is only running for Lieutenant Governor.

Comment: Gay Marriage: The Issue

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:10:00 -0800

A local lawyer and writer responds to a recent op-ed, with a simple message: Marriage matters.

Comment: A Scientific View of the Feral Cat Problem

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:00:00 -0800

A local wildlife biologist weighs in on the downsides of Trap-Neuter-Release.

Comment: Obama’s Vietnam?

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:05:00 -0800

Turning Afghanistan into a second Vietnam is the wrong strategy, isn’t it?

Comment: Leaving “No Child” Behind in Clarke County

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:43:01 -0800

What will Obama’s education policies mean for local schools?

Comment: Why Gay Marriage Is the Wrong Issue

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:55:20 -0800

Looking beyond Rick Warren to ask where the gay rights movement is, and where it’s going.

Comment: A Terrible Waste of Perfectly Good Oil

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:14:29 -0800

Not satisfied with his already all-but uncontested designation as the biggest fool in the 111th Congress, Paul Broun has now made a bold bid for recognition as the biggest fool ever to serve in any congress.

Comment: The Economic Civil War

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:42:52 -0800

The South’s attempt to kill the North’s auto industry is the latest battle in an ongoing conflict. It’s time for a Third Reconstruction to put an end to it.

Comment: The Gift of “No Gift”

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:05:58 -0800

Local Sheridan Soileau explores an alternative way of celebrating the holidays.

Comment: The Public Trust Betrayed

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:29:10 -0800

State Sen. Jeff Chapman lays bare the facts on Jekyll Island and the sketchy dealing there.

Comment: Season of Giving

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:35:33 -0800

Athens’ Maureen McLaughlin encourages donations to local non-profits this holiday season.

Comment: Candor Missing in Lab Communications

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:33:29 -0800

What to expect when Homeland Security makes its bio-lab decision, expected as soon as this week?

Comment: I Brake for Hummers

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:17:43 -0800

It happens every year with the seasons, but it’s easy to miss: migration.

Comment: “Never Waste a Crisis” - Can Obama Change the Game?

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:15:45 -0800

Thoughts from London-based international affairs writer Gwynne Dyer.

Comment: The Difference Between Brains and Broun

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:53:31 -0800

Oh, Paul Broun… what are we going to do with you?

Comment: Book Recycling from a Used Bookseller's Perspective

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:06:59 -0800

Re-cycle, re-use, re-think, says the bookseller and book-lover.

Comment: Sustainable Seafood

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:56:41 -0800

A local ecologist shares his knowledge and encourages you to get informed.

Comment: This I Believe - Oct. 27, 2008

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:58:58 -0700

A young American votes, awaits the election’s results and reflects on her country.

Comment: Voting the Fate of the Nation

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:51:42 -0700

Author Chalmers Johnson looks at just how meaningful the November election may be.

Comment: School Board Matters

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:14:47 -0700

Former school board member Jackie Saindon on this fall’s Board of Ed elections.

Comment: Undoing Cumberland

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:25:30 -0700

Motorized tours in the Wilderness Area on Cumberland Island? Come again?