By J. Randolph Evans
Governor Nathan Deal has started downsizing the size of government in Georgia, kicking off the process in his proposed state budget with the de-authorization of thousands of government jobs that are currently unfilled.
Next, Governor Deal plans a steady re-organization of state government with an eye toward eliminating redundancy, streamlining services, and applying technology to move Georgia into the 21st Century. These are the necessary fundamentals … Read more...
By Tom Kiser
IN THE BEGINNING…..WE, THE PEOPLE …..BUT THEN WE PLACED TOO MUCH TRUST IN TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROVEN TO BE UNTRUSTWORTHY
Something to always keep in mind: All of a nation’s governments must stand on the shoulders of the working people whose efforts and energy is keeping the nation’s economy operating and producing whatever prosperity that a nation may have: Working people whose feet are on … Read more...
BY JOHN D. VAN BRINK
Preface – Benjamin Franklin mused, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Due to a revolution in medical technology, including mapping the human genome, nano machines, and advanced pharmaceuticals, some predict that mankind is on the verge of conquering death.
As for taxes, well, not so fast. If we start with the premise that government is necessary, and … Read more...
By Tom Kiser
The political left refer to themselves as liberals. They are not liberal in any way other than the liberal, cavalier manner with which they treat facts and truth. But then those of us on the political right go along with and assist with their deception by using the word ‘liberal’ which they use to mislabel themselves. We must find a way to do better.
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By Donald S. Conkey
Last Friday the Tribune’s editorial staff gave Charles Krauthammer’s outstanding column a caption that inspired this column. It read “The Constitution – Liberals who sneer at it do so at their own peril.”
And indeed anyone who “sneers at the Constitution” today, or ever, does so at their own peril. And what would that peril be? Enslavement and a loss of those freedom guarantees … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans Column No. 1051 (1/14/11)
Governing Georgia will be a lot tougher than it looks over the next couple of years. Georgia Republicans will now have to deliver without excuses on some of the toughest problems in the history of the State.
It is the price of success. With complete control of every Constitutional office and both chambers in the Georgia General Assembly, Georgians have given Republicans … Read more...
By Michael Opitz
The cold weather and snow extending from the southern United States to the Northeast twice in the past three weeks give us pause to consider that this cold may be the beginning of a global shift in weather. Europe has also been affected, and in some European countries record lows have been set. There have also been massive flooding of an unprecedented scale in Australia.
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