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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.

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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.

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Common man’s buying guide

Features column

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

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Bright of the Day - May 22, 2013

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Fredericksburg makes you feel at home

Features column

The founding of Fredericksburg, Texas, came about in 1846 owing to German influence, and you may still hear Texas German-a dialect spoken by the original settlers — in the streets.

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Triumph can turn to tragedy

Features Columnist

When Peggy Sue went away, just fell off the face of the earth with no warning or even a holler, we all wondered where she had gone.

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Someone’s asking for an IRS audit

Opinion Column

Things you notice — and other thoughts that pop into your head — while riding alone on the pleasantly solitary back roads between Southwest Georgia and Florida’s Gulf Coast, listening to some old Dylan....

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Immigration fight moves to house with deep divide

Opinion Column

There will be an event on Capitol Hill this week that will tell us a lot about the future of comprehensive immigration reform.

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Phipps excellent choice for chief judge

Editorial

Herbert E. Phipps, presiding judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals, will take an even bigger role with the court next month.

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Squawk of the Day - May 22, 2013

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Bright of the day - May 21, 2013

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Squawk of the day - May 21, 2013

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Higher learning and the college mind

Opinion Column

This time of year, as college students return home for the summer, many parents may notice how many politically correct ideas they have acquired on campus. Some of those parents may wonder how they can undo some of the brainwashing that has become so common in what are supposed to be institutions of higher learning.

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What is going on with democracy in this country?

Opinion Column

We know American politics are dysfunctional. But after a week of scandal obsession during which the nation’s capital and the media virtually ignored the problems most voters care about — jobs, incomes, growth, opportunity, education — it’s worth asking if there is something especially flawed about our democracy.

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Some whistle-blowers have lost their nerve

Opinion Column

Two weeks after the press partied hearty with President Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the administration admitted that federal authorities had secretly combed through phone records for dozens of Associated Press journalists.

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