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Common man’s buying guide

May 22, 2013

Recently I was reviewing a brochure with hundreds of tracts of land for sale and also the same number of houses.

High school uniforms a lesson in control theory

Guest commentary

Ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you that there are a few things that brand me, which include my affinities for great teaching and learning, good food, fashion and travel. In fact, my emphatic conviction that fashion is a channel for individuality and a very common form of self expression would lead one to question why I would vie for high school students in the local public school system to wear uniforms.

Wimps take on the barbarians

Opinion column

An all too familiar scene was enacted on the campus of Swarthmore College during a meeting on May 4th to discuss demands by student activists for the college to divest itself of its investments in companies that dealt in fossil fuels.

Wimps take on the barbarians

Opinion column

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Looking Back - May 12, 2013

History column

Each week Albany Herald researcher Mary Braswell looks for interesting events, places and people from the past. You can contact her at (229) 888-9371 or mary.braswell@albanyherald.com.

Motherhood, new respect for different moms

Features Columnist

I thought I was a good mother. After learning of the extraordinary feats of some other mothers, however, I gained a whole new respect for another mothering world — the four (and more) legged one.

Mama always ‘figured it out’

The Dixie Diva column

Mama was stubborn. “Set in her ways,” is what country folks call it and, boy, was she. When she made up her mind, nothing stopped her.

Squawk of the day - May 12, 2013

For more squawks, pick up a copy of today's Herald.

Bright of the day - May 12, 2013

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Pink line over Damascus precarious

Opinion Column

You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama’s fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to The New York Times that Obama’s initial statement had been unprepared, unscripted and therefore unserious.

South Carolina answers cry for a second chance

Opinion Column

The state of South Carolina has a new motto: If you’re governor and you need to take a few days to hike the Appalachian Trail down to Argentina, it’s no big deal.

The numbers are in for America’s moms

Editorial

Today is the nation’s 99th observance of Mother’s Day, the second Sunday of May that is set aside to honor the moms of America for all that they have done, and the sacrifices they have made.

Make gun use a child safety issue

Opinion column

After a rural Kentucky family suffered an unspeakable gun tragedy late last month, that sad story, unfortunately, became new fuel for the scorching debate over gun control. When news broke that 5-year-old Kristian Sparks had shot his 2-year-old sister with a rifle he had been given as a gift, opposing factions latched on to either defend rural America’s gun culture or to denounce it.

The word ‘child’ keeps getting in the way

Opinion column

They lost me at the word “women.”

Gun proposals are attacks on our freedoms

Guest commentary

The anti-gun proponents frequently use the phrase “commonsense gun control” or “commonsense gun safety” when nothing could be farther from the actual truth.

All publications should go through an edit or two

Opinion column

"Nobody should self-publish,” says Philip Corbett, the standards editor of the New York Times. “Everything should go through an editor. Ideally, it should go through two editors.”

Learn from history, remember veterans

Opinion column

History is one of our greatest teachers. It's just too bad so many of our young people think history started with the death of Princess Di or the birth of the iPhone.