OPINION: A rose by any other name

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Frank Gillispie
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Friday, March 20. 2009
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OK, so I have reached that time of life where we are supposed to slow down. Or, as the old suggestion is, “Stop and smell the roses.” [ Full Story » ] 

OPINION: No need for dependence on government for our basic needs

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Frank Gillispie
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Sunday, March 8. 2009
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How do you make a slave? There are two ways to do it. You can make a slave with chains and whips. If you punish the slave enough he or she will finally be obedient just to avoid the pain. But making a slave that way is never permanent.
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OPINIONS: Satisfaction possible without living high on the hog

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Frank Gillispie
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Saturday, January 17. 2009
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You do not have to have a large income to live well. That is, unless your definition of living well is buying all the latest gadgets and eating “high on the hog.” [ Full Story » ] 

OPINION: Journalists write first draft of history, but seldom get it right

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Frank Gillispie
in Opinions
Friday, November 28. 2008
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I read somewhere once that journalism is the first draft of history. That may be true. It would explain some of the gross mistakes and distortions of facts that can be found in our history books. [ Full Story » ] 

OPINION: Broun had a very good point

Posted by
Frank Gillispie
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Wednesday, November 19. 2008
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I am not sure what President-elect Barack Obama’s proposed “Civilian National Security force” is supposed to be. It appears to have emerged during a speech he made in the heat of the presidential campaign. [ Full Story » ] 

OPINION: I fear the worst from the Democrats

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Frank Gillispie
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Thursday, November 13. 2008
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The 2008 Elections have brought good news and bad news to the national Democrats. The good news is that they won everything. That means that they will be able to put their agenda into effect with only minimal resistance. The bad news is that they won everything. When their policies fail and the national economy collapses even more than it is now, they will have no one but themselves that they can blame. [ Full Story » ] 

OPINION: 13-year-old clearly defines conservative principles

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Frank Gillispie
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Saturday, November 8. 2008
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I have just finished reading a remarkable little book. The book is “Define Conservatism for past, present and future generations” by Jonathan Krohn, published by nuePoint, llc of Alpharetta. [ Full Story » ] 

OPINION: Every ballot should have ‘none of the above’

Posted by
Frank Gillispie
in Opinions
Saturday, October 11. 2008
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Well, here I go again: making suggestions that the powers that control our state will never consider. These have to do with election reforms. [ Full Story » ] 

OPINION: An update on my battle with cancer

Posted by
Frank Gillispie
in Opinions
Saturday, August 23. 2008
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About this time one year ago I revealed in this column that I had just had major surgery to remove a cancer from my colon. I wrote that my doctors said my chances of full recovery were good because the cancer had been detected before it started to spread to other parts of my body. I praised my doctors, especially Dr. Hart who had insisted that I have the test that discovered the cancer. [ Full Story » ] 

OPINION: It’s time to reclaim our government

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Staff Writer
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Wednesday, July 2. 2008
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BY FRANK GILLISPIE

How many of you have read the Declaration of Independence recently? How many of you know what it says, or what it means to our culture? How many of you are aware that this document is what we celebrate on Friday, July 4
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