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Tom Purcell: Understanding ?Presidents Day easier said than done
by Tom Purcell
Columnist
February 09, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
"I thought the purpose of Presidents Day was getting steep discounts on furniture and linen." "Ah, you speak of the confusion surrounding that federal holiday. Snopes.com does a fine job clarify...

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Bill Lewis: Obama's budget: Do we really need all those zeros?
by Bill Lewis
Columnist
February 09, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
As I have often stated in this space, I am not an economist. But I do have at least an average bit of monetary intelligence. I know, for example, if I walk into a store with $100 and want to purcha...

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Jonah Goldberg: Hollywood has seen the enemy - and the enemy is us
by Jonah Goldberg
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February 08, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
It's Oscar time. Unfortunately - or perhaps fortunately - I haven't seen anywhere near all of the contenders. For that reason alone, I can't write an Oscar column. Throw in the fact that I think th...
Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin
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Michelle Malkin: Supersized census boondoggle is under way
by Michelle Malkin
Columnist
February 08, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
If only the federal government were as responsible with our money as Pepsi is with theirs. The soda giant has been in the Super Bowl ad business for more than two decades. But this year, Pepsi dete...

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Deroy Murdock: Execute the Terrorists
by Deroy Murdock
Columnist
February 08, 2010 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The Obama Administration wisely is considering moving from Manhattan the trial of five September 11 conspirators. Team Obama's original idea of trying Team al-Qaeda in civilian court cannot be scra...
Don McKee
Don McKee
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Don McKee: School board needs to admit problems so it can start fixing them
by Don McKee
Columnist
February 08, 2010 01:00 AM | 2 2 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The late Herman Talmadge, once a giant of Georgia politics, found himself in deep trouble as a sitting U.S. senator in the late 1970s when his drinking got out of hand. He lost his seat in the next...
Kathleen Parker
Kathleen Parker
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Kathleen Parker: Don't Ask
by Kathleen Parker
Columnist
February 07, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Repealing "Don't ask, don't tell" may be the right thing to do, but there's only one reason to do it: military effectiveness. Yet, repeatedly, we hear the argument that disallowing gays and lesbia...
Bill Kinney
Bill Kinney
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Bill Kinney: Saving the Planet
by Bill Kinney
Columnist
February 07, 2010 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Most of us have old TVs, old phones, old cell phones, old toasters, old radios, old alarm clocks and old VCRs piling up in our house. Well, the Tommy Nobis Center in Marietta has just what you need...

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Nelson Price: Tebow a reminder of value of all human life
by Nelson Price
Columnist
February 07, 2010 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Coach and athletic director Bill Peterson of Shorter College, told me that when his dad, who was sort of a Yogi Berra of football, was coach of the Houston Oilers, he told his team at the start of ...
Melvyn L. Fein: GOP should put responsibility at top of agenda
by Melvyn L. Fein
Guest Columnist
February 08, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The game has changed! Ever since the election of Scott Brown, everyone - with the possible exception of Nancy Pelosi - understands that it may be impossible for Democrats to enact comprehensive med...

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Bill Press: Obama tougher on terror than Bush was
by Bill Press
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February 08, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
"What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered," asks Bill Murray, playing weatherman Phil Connors in "Groundhog Day," one o...

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Joe Kirby: Bad economy taking aim at historic preservation
by Joe Kirby
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February 07, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Hard times and shaky economies have their good and bad when it comes to historic preservation. We've seen their good in Marietta and Cobb through the years - and we're seeing some of the bad right ...

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Chip Rogers: Who determines proper learning environment?
by Chip Rogers
Guest Columnist
February 07, 2010 01:00 AM | 3 3 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Dick Yarbrough is one of the finest columnists in Georgia. His work is usually right on target and the MDJ made a great decision to carry his columns. Unfortunately, his recent column criticizing m...

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Tom LaBarge: High-speed rail makes sense - if done right
by Tom LaBarge
Guest Columnist
February 05, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Last week, headlines squawked of President Obama's latest salvo in rejuvenating the economy through award of $8 billion in so-called stimulus money for passenger rail improvements and high-speed ra...

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Ann Coulter: Straight Answers?
by Ann Coulter
Columnist
February 05, 2010 01:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
In a "Special Report" on the president's question-and-answer session with Republicans last Friday, MSNBC's jock-sniffers Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow produced a museum-quality ...

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Otis Brumby III: Tradition at a Crossroads
by Otis Brumby III
Guest Columnist
February 04, 2010 01:00 AM | 3 3 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The recent announcement by Marietta High School athletic director Paul Hall that he plans to hire a new head football coach within a few weeks has been embraced with great anticipation by Blue Devi...

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Susan Estrich: Time to junk 'Don't ask, don't tell'
by Susan Estrich
Columnist
February 03, 2010 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
I don't get it. Since 1993, more than 13,000 soldiers have been discharged from the military under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Countless others are effectively denied access to mental healt...

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Pete Borden: Nobody's asking the tough questions of school board
by Pete Borden
Guest Columnist
February 03, 2010 01:00 AM | 6 6 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
A local TV station has a segment during which they purportedly "ask the tough questions" on a variety of subjects, including grades received from the health department by local restaurants. Frankl...
George Will
George Will
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George Will: Barack Obama is populism's 'avenging angel'
by George Will
Columnist
January 31, 2010 01:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Barack Obama tiptoed Wednesday night along the seam that bifurcates the Democratic Party's brain. The seam separates that brain's John Quincy Adams lobe from its Sigmund Freud lobe. The dominant l...
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