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Column: Education expert says students aren’t blue...

by Dick Yarbrough
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10:43 AM, Friday, May 24

Dear public school teachers in Georgia: It looks as if you have survived another year of underwhelming support from state legislators, many of whom would kiss a tree toad if so instructed by the anti-public education crowd. I know it is frustrati...

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Column: Smith family rose up before it was cool
(UPDATED AT 7:30 P.M. SUNDAY WITH CORRECT INFO ON WHERE RANKIN M. SMITH SR. GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL) A Buckhead ...

04:34 PM, Wednesday, February 06

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Column: GPB welcomes new executive producer
Knock! Knock! Knock! “Hello. Can I help you?” “Hi. Are you Teya Ryan, president of Georgia Public Broadcasting?” “Yes...

04:05 PM, Thursday, January 31

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Column: The horror of intruders, liars and premature senio...
Q: On Wednesdays my grocery store gives an old-age discount at 60. I am currently 57. Last Wednesday I went to the ...

03:59 PM, Thursday, January 31

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: New ethics reform law ‘weak’
EDITOR: While politics in Washington is moving through the roof, after almost falling off the cliff, I read with c...

03:07 PM, Thursday, January 31

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Column: Ferris wheel captured world’s imagination
Few structures better capture Buckhead’s transition from sleepy suburban enclave to legendary nightlife destination t...

04:14 PM, Wednesday, January 30

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Column: Legislators may finally be getting the message on ...
Don’t look now, but I think you are beginning to have some impact on the issue of unlimited lobbying expenditures in ...

03:10 PM, Wednesday, January 23

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Guest column: State Senate starts strong
The 2013 General Assembly began with the ceremonial call to order by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, the "Pledge of Allegiance,...

02:57 PM, Wednesday, January 23

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Views on gun control not ‘extreme’
EDITOR: I appreciate [Claude] Werner’s [Jan. 16 letter in] response to my Jan. 9 [guest] editorial in which I call...

02:53 PM, Wednesday, January 23

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Column: Don’t ask Buckhead 50 Club, ‘What is in a name?’
The Buckhead 50 Club is an enigma wrapped in a mystery. Let’s start with that odd name. Why 50? Were there 50 foundin...

02:15 PM, Wednesday, January 23

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Column: Tips for safe winter driving
So the snow and ice was not such an inssue recently. We have been getting lucky; everyone else around us has been ge...

02:15 PM, Friday, January 18

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Column: Local papers provide info that empower us
I have the privilege of being with a group of newspaper publishers at the Georgia Press Association’s winter gatherin...

01:41 PM, Friday, January 18

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Guest column: So you say you want a resolution?
So you say you want a resolution? Well you know, we all want to change our world … if only in the form of a promise m...

01:27 PM, Friday, January 18

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Demonizing gun owners is wrong
EDITOR: I read with interest Mr. William EuDaly’s guest column, “Congress, President should take a stand on gun c...

01:23 PM, Friday, January 18

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Students need to learn respect
EDITOR: Now, we have video [of former Bartow County School Board member Angie Cornett]. Obviously there was room t...

01:17 PM, Friday, January 18

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Column: Bill to make Buckhead a park filed in 1899
In the late 1800s, a Georgia representative submitted a bill to the U.S. Congress that would have made much of Buckhe...

01:08 PM, Friday, January 18

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