Albany Herald - Jim Hendricks
Jim Hendricks
Jim Hendricks
Last Updated: 10:37 AM 06/11/10 - Jim Hendricks is editor of The Albany Herald. He is in charge of the editorial page and is responsible for news, sports, desk, photography and library operations. Phone: (229) 888-9352. E-mail: jim.hendricks@albanyherald.com (Full Story)
Filibusters put brakes on government train
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Last Updated: 9:55 PM 08/21/10 - The shortsightedness of some politicians and political commentators has always amazed me. Take, for instance, the recent talk of changing the U.S. Senate’s cloture rule.

- Jim Hendricks, editor (Full Story)
Larsson novel lives up to the hype
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Last Updated: 9:51 AM 07/02/10 - There’s been a great deal of buzz lately about Stieg Larsson, a Swedish novelist who died six years ago.
After reading the first installment of his Millennium trilogy, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” I can understand it. (Full Story)
Sunny day and a good book a great mix
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Last Updated: 10:57 AM 06/11/10 - Everyone complains that despite hundreds of TV channels these days that there’s nothing worth watching. Well, there are shelves filled with books worth your while. And a slow, lazy summer day — whether you’re sitting by your umbrella at your patio table or under an umbrella at the beach — is a perfect time to catch up on what you’ve been missing. (Full Story)
Reports of 4-H’s demise are greatly exaggerated
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Last Updated: 11:26 PM 03/06/10 - I have to admit that before the University System of Georgia Board of Regents laid the Head part of the 4-H Club on the chopping block last week, I hadn’t really thought much about the organization lately.

But let me say this right off the bat — the organization is not going to be chloroformed.

No how. No way.

- Jim Hendricks, editor (Full Story)
Wings don’t make the angel
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Last Updated: 12:21 AM 02/07/10 - Angels, regardless of the paintings and drawings you have seen, don’t have wings.
They do, however, have a spirit that goes beyond the confines of their body. (Full Story)
Santa Claus escapes criminal charges
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Last Updated: 10:50 PM 01/31/10 - Night court has always had its share of odd cases. None are odder, however, than the ones that come up during last night’s Christmas Eve session.
- Jim Hendricks, Editor (Full Story)
The answers all lie in the numbers
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Last Updated: 10:50 PM 01/31/10 - What happens if you have an election and nobody votes?

In Smithville at least, you get a new term anyway.

In perhaps the oddest election story of the night Tuesday, a Smithville City councilman was re-elected without receiving a single vote - not even his own. (Full Story)
Balloon boy story just father’s hot air
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Last Updated: 10:50 PM 01/31/10 - So, what exactly has America turned into?
I mean, it used to be that parents went out of their way to protect their kids from harm.
- Jim Hendricks, editor (Full Story)
Government yard sales the coming thing?
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Last Updated: 10:50 PM 01/31/10 - Arnold "The Guvernator" Schwarzenegger may have had a heck of an idea in dealing with California's money woes - a state government yard sale.
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