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OPINION: Herman Buffington leaves a lasting influence

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Wednesday, July 16. 2014

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Herman Buffington had pretty much retired from newspaper work by the time I showed up as a new hire at The Jackson Herald office in 1996 with longer hair and fewer inches on the belt loop than now. [Full Story »]

OPINION: MCHS — the community made a worthwhile investment

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Monday, July 14. 2014

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When I look at the expansion at Madison County High School, I see evidence of a community wanting a good place for its youth. [Full Story »]

OPINION: My estranged relationship with golf

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Friday, June 27. 2014

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If golf is a marriage of person and sport, then mine is estranged. We’re not divorced. We could still get back together. But we’re certainly not close like we used to be and we have some serious issues to work out. [Full Story »]

OPINION: My musings on memory

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Friday, June 20. 2014

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I spend a lot of time thinking about my memories and memory itself. How do certain people retain so much more than me? And how does the brain, this three pounds of flesh, hold shapes and sounds from the past, electric sparks tying 1985 to now? [Full Story »]

OPINION: How will the Internet change?

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Monday, June 9. 2014

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The Internet has already evolved significantly over the past two decades. That old dial-up squeal was fascinating, the fact that your phone line could grab words and photos out of some knowing ether, some invisible cloud. Actually, that’s still amazing, but that dial-up sound has been passed by like a 35mph driver on the technology interstate. [Full Story »]

OPINION: For the parents of high school graduates

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Friday, May 23. 2014

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This year’s Madison County graduating class won’t get to enjoy the pretty new facilities going up at the high school campus. Their MCHS expansion experience is one of backhoes, signs and mud, which I’m sure is a disappointment, but that’s hardly a downer for them this week as they leave the campus and hurl their caps to the sky. [Full Story »]

OPINION: For money's sake, NCAA let's shaky fields of study get a pass

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Friday, May 23. 2014

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Should college athletes get paid? Well, most of us say they already do — they get an education, which they can use to secure a livelihood. As the NCAA proudly repeats, most of its student athletes “will go pro in something other than sports.” [Full Story »]

OPINION: The lives of the served and the servers

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Zach Mitcham

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Friday, May 16. 2014

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I could never live at “Downton Abbey.” [Full Story »]

OPINION: New gun law is about identity, not safety

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Zach Mitcham

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Friday, May 9. 2014

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Given how hot headed people get over politics, it seems the Georgia State Capitol would be as good a place as any to carry your gun for self protection. [Full Story »]

OPINION: What’s in the mind of the litterer?

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Zach Mitcham

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Tuesday, April 22. 2014

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I ride down the road and am always amazed by the beer cans, McDonald’s bags, even full trash bags left in the grass off the roadway. [Full Story »]

Entries tagged as Mitcham

OPINION: Herman Buffington leaves a lasting influence

OPINION: MCHS — the community made a worthwhile investment

OPINION: My estranged relationship with golf

OPINION: My musings on memory

OPINION: How will the Internet change?

OPINION: For the parents of high school graduates

OPINION: For money's sake, NCAA let's shaky fields of study get a pass

OPINION: The lives of the served and the servers

OPINION: New gun law is about identity, not safety

OPINION: What’s in the mind of the litterer?

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