OPINION: Big questions should be answered before BOC SPLOST vote

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Zach Mitcham
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Monday, May 6. 2013
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It will be a shame if county commissioners move forward with a sales tax referendum without giving more thought to helping the city of Danielsville and without resolving whether or not to expand the county jail. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Trying to make sense of the meanness

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Zach Mitcham
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Thursday, April 25. 2013
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I remember looking at the hill down the street and thinking that the Atlanta child murderer was still out there. He could be on my street just as any other. The next car could be him. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: My friend’s holy war against mayo

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, April 19. 2013
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A friend of mine is a zealot in a holy war against, of all things, mayonnaise. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Ripped meat and the art of sharing

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Zach Mitcham
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Thursday, April 4. 2013
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The idea of sharing space with strangers on a rocking boat for days at sea ranks far down my list of vacation wants. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Maybe I’ll just send my drone

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Zach Mitcham
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Saturday, March 30. 2013
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If you could phone the 1980s and talk to a resident, you could tell them about the computers in people’s pockets, how some flat-voiced woman named “Siri” will respond to your questions with answers from thin air. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: SPLOST is vital to Madison County

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, March 22. 2013
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It’s certainly become fashionable to raise a fist and shout “No!” toward any taxation. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Bombs and basketball in ‘bizarro world’

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, March 15. 2013
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Seeing Dennis Rodman take a seat next to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un recently reminded me that life under despots is a life of the absurd. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Legislators must accept that ‘gifts’ are ‘bribes’

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Zach Mitcham
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Thursday, February 21. 2013
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If you try to buy influence with an officer enforcing a law, you may wind up in jail for bribery. But if you try to buy influence with the person making a law, you are playing by the book. [Full Story »] 

The ad hominem world of American politics

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, February 15. 2013
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The term “ad hominem” argument is a fancy-sounding Latin phrase for something pretty simple: to attack a person, not their argument. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Should Atlanta keep up with the Joneses?

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, February 1. 2013
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Perhaps some football fans would like to see the Georgia Dome — the site of recent Georgia football heartbreak — torn down and a new, nicer stadium constructed. Yes, fresh beginnings can be nice. [Full Story »] 
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