By: Randy Evans
Comprehensive ethics reform is never an easy process, and Georgia is certainly no exception. Yet, House Speaker David Ralston has promised it; Sen. Josh McKoon has pushed it; and Gov. Nathan Deal supports it. Ethics reform will come again to Georgia in 2013.
… Read more...By Randy Evans
Yes, the re-election of President Barack Obama is the end of a contentious 2012 election cycle. No, it is not the end of the Republican Party. Republicans need to just calm down.
Yes, voters let President Obama keep the keys to the White House, but they did not give him the checkbook. The place where all spending must start (the U.S. House of Representatives) remains in Republican … Read more...
By: Jerry Kotyuk
My conclusion from the election results is simply this…
50% of our fellow Americans are either woefully ignorant, foolishly selfish, or both.
That is, they are ignorant of American history and heritage, also of economics and capitalism; and/or they are selfish in voting for goodies for themselves, without regard for the good of the nation, or even of the future for their children and grandchildren. Now that … Read more...
By: Michael Opitz
Our nation is in serious jeopardy of collapse and take over by those who would destroy us. We have placed ourselves in this position by ignoring the warning signs over the past 40 years. It has happened slowly, but now the pace has quickened as the end game approaches. The left with help from many on our side who have been intimidated by the allegation that we … Read more...
by Donald S. Conkey
Apparently, according to the polling results, most of the 70 plus million Americans who watched the presidential debate last week saw what I saw: the reality of the unmistakable stark contrast between two men – Mitt Romney and Barack Obama – who want to be president of these United States. What I saw was that one man, Mitt Romney, came prepared to debate the real issues … Read more...
By Donald S. Conkey
Choices have consequences — both personal and political — and in 32 days Americans are going to make a political choice, a political choice that could have negative consequences, a choice that could likely affect their lives and the lives of their posterity for decades to come.
Americans are going to make a choice between two men who would be president of these United State of … Read more...
by Donald S. Conkey
Recently I was asked to speak to the Woodstock Tea Party on the 225th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States, a Constitution that was crafted with divine assistance to protect the “unalienable rights” Thomas Jefferson had embedded in the Declaration of Independence, the document that declared the colonists right “to assume among the powers of the earth” to become an independent … Read more...
By: Donald S. Conkey
The Constitution of the United States of America will be 225 years old on Monday September 17, 2012. It was crafted in controversy during the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was signed in controversy on September 17, 1787 by only 39 of the 55 men who attended that Constitutional Convention, men whom 21st century Americans honor as theirs Founding Fathers. That Constitution was ratified … Read more...
By Les Dunaway
This past week brought more information about President Obama to the attention of more Americans than any time since he was a community organizer for Acorn in Chicago.
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By: Donald S. Conkey
A TV station we watch has a slogan that reads “See the good in the world today.” I ponder that slogan every morning as I prepare for the new day. I even ask the Lord to help me to be a part of the good in the world. This thought renews my faith in America and in our community of Towne Lake.
When I look for … Read more...
By: J. Randolph Evans
Of course, 1,126 columns did not just write themselves. Instead, although it might be hard to believe, an entire team worked on making sure that columns were accurate and made sense. This hidden team of editors included Vanessa Mussenden, Stephen Berry, Moira French, and Linda Evans.
In addition, virtually every reader did some editing as well. Week after week, it was always surprising to get dozens … Read more...
By: J. Randolph Evans
In 1994, Republicans captured control of the United States House of Representatives after four decades of Democratic control. Riding on the back of Newt Gingrich and the Contract with America, Republicans picked up 54 seats in what is now regarded as the Republican Revolution. Big change was possible.
In 2002, Georgians elected their first Republican governor after over 100 years of Democratic control. Governor Sonny Perdue … Read more...