Dick Yarbrough: Phone service out? Don't call 'new' AT&T unless you really like robots 09/01/2008
When my alma mater, BellSouth, was absorbed by Southwestern Bell, aka the “new” AT&T in 2006, then-BellSouth CEO F. Duane Ackerman said, “Technology changes and convergence are shaping a new competitive dynamic and creating tremendous opportunity.”
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Pete Borden: New SPLOST plan filled with non-essentials 09/01/2008
With a scant three weeks left before the costly special election for the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax for schools, forced upon the taxpayers by the school board in order to assure low voter turnout and indirect control of the results of the voting, it is time to debunk some of the statements being made by those working to get this tax passed.
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Editorial: Surprises keep coming in astonishing political race 08/31/2008
Mitt Romney - a vigorous and tested politician with a national name - would have been the "safe choice" as John McCain's running mate.
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Bill Kinney: Blame Wall Street 08/31/2008
It's not every day that a Republican blames Wall Street for economic problems, but U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson was pulling no punches during his turn as guest speaker at Wednesday's Marietta Rotary Club.
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Nelson Price: Pitch your mental tent over Golden Rule 08/31/2008
In 1938 Congress passed the first minimum wage of 25 cents per hour.
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Around Town: Palin VP pick gets thumbs up; Mariettan new 'Miss Atlanta' 08/30/2008
GOP PRESIDENTIAL nominee John McCain's surprise choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as running mate was just that to Cobb Democrats and Republicans.
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Mary Kirkendoll/Letter to the Editor: Smyrna residents deserve better than getting with TADs 08/30/2008
The Marietta Daily Journal does an awesome job shining the spotlight on the Marietta City Council, not letting secret deals slip by without scrutiny.
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Bill O'Reilly: The Peacock Network 08/30/2008
DENVER - With much of the nation sampling TV coverage of the Democratic Convention, things are getting a bit dicey for NBC News. For months that organization has tilted heavily toward promoting Barack Obama for president, thereby violating traditional journalistic tenets.
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Editorial: MRC vote for sunshine will benefit taxpayers 08/29/2008
It took a while, but the Marietta Redevelopment Corp. did the right thing on Wednesday when it finally voted to junk its policy of using taxpayer dollars to buy land in secret.
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Charles Krauthammer: A Mysterious Gatsby 08/29/2008
Barack Obama is an immensely talented man whose talents have been largely devoted to crafting, and chronicling, his own life. Not things. Not ideas. Not institutions. But himself.
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