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OPINION: Confessions of a ‘pursaholic’

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Margie Richards
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Thursday, March 18. 2010
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OK, I’m going to come clean about a facet of my personality that anyone who knows me well is already familiar with – I am obsessed with purses. [Full Story »] 

Updated: OPINION: When cotton was king in Madison Co.

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Frank Gillispie
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Tuesday, March 16. 2010
Updated: 8 hours ago
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When the first European settlers arrived in what was to become Madison County, they brought with them their plows, livestock, seed and knowledge of farming. From the beginning, Madison County was an agricultural society. Even the native Americans who preceded them raised squash, beans and corn in their gardens. [Full Story »] 

LETTER: Lawmakers return; budget games have just begun

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Monday, March 15. 2010
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By Rep. Alan Powell

Well, folks, state government in Georgia keeps getting more interesting by the day. Since last week’s report, the Appropriations Committees of the House and the Senate just completed two weeks of hearings on the annual state budget for fiscal year 2011, for the purpose of balancing the $18.2 billion spending plan proposed by Gov. Perdue. [Full Story »] 

Updated: OPINION: ESP pageant shows a lot of heart

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, March 12. 2010
Updated: 2 days ago
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Like many men, I’ve never been a pageant lover. But I drove over to North Oconee High School Feb. 27 for the “Big Hearts Pageant for Special People of Northeast Georgia.” And it was a worthwhile trip. [Full Story »] 

Updated: LETTER: How are people satisfied with current health system?

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Wednesday, March 10. 2010
Updated: 3 days ago
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Dear Editor:

I do not understand how the majority (they say) of Americans are satisfied with their health care and their insurance. [Full Story »] 

Updated: LETTER: Fuse has been lit; Georgia budget is in a state of chaos

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Monday, March 8. 2010
Updated: 3 days ago
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I recently joined fellow members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for the first half of a two-week round of hearings on the annual state budget for fiscal year 2011. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: My brother was a good man

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Frank Gillispie
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Saturday, March 6. 2010
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Young men dream dreams and wonder how to make them happen. Old men remember memories and wonder why things happened the way they did. [Full Story »] 

Updated: OPINION: Health care, where is the personal responsibility?

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Zach Mitcham
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Saturday, March 6. 2010
Updated: 6 days ago
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There’s been so much shouting about health care, but little real talk about specific problems that desperately need attention. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Thinking about ‘the rest of the story’

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Margie Richards
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Wednesday, March 3. 2010
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If you’re of a certain age and/or generation (like I am) you will remember the great commentator Paul Harvey and his “Rest of the Story” segments of his radio program. Harvey died last month at the age of 90, after a long and respected career in radio. [Full Story »] 

LETTER: We shouldn’t give up on space exploration

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Monday, March 1. 2010
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Dear Editor:

In the 1960s, as America struggled with Civil Rights, the counter-culture movement, political assassinations and the Vietnam War, America’s space progam helped to unify this country at the end of that troubled decade with the moon landing.
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