Editorial: Battle budget crunch via spending cuts, not tax hike 08/14/2008
You aren't the only one having a squeeze put on your wallet or purse by the economy.
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George Will: The End of History? 08/14/2008
Asked in 1957 what would determine his government's course, Harold Macmillan, Britain's new prime minister, replied, "Events, dear boy, events."
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Michael Barone: The ghosts of political leanings 08/14/2008
To understand changes in the political map, we naturally tend to look for contemporary explanations. But American political alignments are not written on an empty slate. Beginnings matter, and the civic personalities of states tend to reflect the cultural folkways of their first settlers.
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Editorial: Schools' AYP failures not just 'business as usual' 08/13/2008
There were plenty of long faces at the Cobb and Marietta school system offices a few weeks back after it was learned neither system would make Adequate Yearly Progress this year under the No Child Left Behind Law. But did that discouraging news instill a sense of urgency on the part of administrators and school board members? Hardly.
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Bill Shipp: Ripe for Gouging 08/13/2008
It's time to keep one eye on your bank account and another on our friends at the state Capitol.
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Kathleen Parker: Vladimir, you've got mail ... 08/13/2008
From President George W. Bush:
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Editorial: A cold war heats up in Georgia 08/12/2008
The bullying and wholly disproportionate Russian response against Georgia seems aimed as much at the United States and Western Europe as protecting the rights of ethnic Russians in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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Around Town: Newsweek keeping eye on Cobb; Craddock to be honored 08/12/2008
NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE is finding fertile ground for its reporters in Cobb County these days. The cover story of last week's issue, "The End of the South," portrayed our region as one obsessed with trying to emerge from its obsession with civil rights, and was illustrated in part with a photo of Civil War "surplus" dealer Dent "Wildman" Myers of Kennesaw.
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Bill Shipp: Is Martin tough enough to topple Chambliss? 08/12/2008
O n Tuesday, Georgia Democrats did what many thought not possible. They rejected the Senate candidacy of controversial DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones, and chose instead to nominate Jim Martin to take on Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss this fall.
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Editorial: City should copy county on scrapyard permits 08/11/2008
Does Marietta need to start requiring a special land-use permit in order to open a wrecking yard, scrapyard or auto-salvage facility? The common-sense answer is yes.
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