Updated: OPINION: Freedom of speech cannot be murdered

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, January 16. 2015
Updated: 3 days ago
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Those who carried out last week’s attacks in France aimed not just to kill but to send a message — keep your mouth shut about Islam or we’ll take your life. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: The Great War — 100 years in the rearview mirror

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, January 9. 2015
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As I get older, I’m becoming more interested history and the vast universe of lives that came before us. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Man, it’s hard to shake the energy blues

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, January 2. 2015
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Small children seem to have battery packs attached to their backs, some high-voltage charge that sends more energy than necessary. Cushions are tossed from sofas. Feet find armrests as kids imitate monkeys. And ill-advised leaps are made, repeatedly, for laughs. Laps are made around yards and kids come back in with that sweaty-dog smell. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Star gazing from the car’s back window

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, December 19. 2014
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I remember the days when the prime spot in the car was that nook right under the backseat window. You could lie there and watch the stars at night. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: RFK and his brother’s murder

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, November 28. 2014
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Next to 9/11, the Kennedy assassination was probably the most shocking event in the nation since Pearl Harbor. The murder happened 51 years ago Nov. 22. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Why ‘Net Neutrality’ is important

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Zach Mitcham
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Saturday, November 22. 2014
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The president just weighed in this week on the net neutrality debate, saying he believed that the web should remain “neutral,” with all traffic online getting equal priority from Internet Service Providers (ISPs). [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Remembering youth sports in a different age

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, November 14. 2014
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Even though I didn’t suit up in actual pads, when fall came, I’d spend weeks running routes and throwing passes in the neighborhood with several guys, or on the school field where a tree and fence post served as goalline markers. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Ebola is scary, but fear shouldn’t consume us

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, October 31. 2014
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In the first season of The Walking Dead, a pandemic virus kills much of humanity, but the sickness has a second act. It “reanimates” its victims. And the dead become zombies, walking the land looking for flesh to eat. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: The saga of Todd Gurley and the signatures

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Zach Mitcham
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Thursday, October 16. 2014
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There are many more important matters in the world than the eligibility status of a college running back, but I’ve been emotionally invested in Georgia football and basketball since early childhood, and I can’t help but be pretty chapped about how the Todd Gurley saga unfolded last week. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Behind the outpouring of passion about the monument

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Zach Mitcham
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Thursday, October 9. 2014
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There is a deep wound in all of us. We all know we’re going to die, along with everyone we love. This is terribly painful. [Full Story »] 
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