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Happy Birthday Marines!
by D.A. King
November 10, 2011 10:14 AM | 1 1 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
Today, 10 November, is the 236th birthday of the United States Marine Corps . If you see a Marine of any age today – or tomorrow at the Marietta Veterans Day parade – feel free to say “Happy Birth...
HB 87 reporting still incomplete and negative in Atlanta
by D.A. King
November 07, 2011 04:55 PM | 5 5 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
The Atlanta newspapers are running multiple stories furthering the anti-enforcement premise that Georgia business and economy in general and professional licensing procedures in particular are doom...
Republican brand at stake, with tricking but no treating in Cobb
by Laura Armstrong
Columnist
October 27, 2011 10:02 AM | 6 6 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
Halloween is upon us, and I'm reminded of local politicians running around in Republican masks, even as their actions suggest they've long since left the lower tax, less government side of the poli...
Mexico City is not a ‘sanctuary city’ for illegals – but Washington D.C. is
by D.A. King
October 21, 2011 02:12 PM | 12 12 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
If there were only one way to sum up the illegal immigration crisis in the United States, the people who run the government in the nation’s Capital may have found it: Washington D.C., where our law...
CCSD needs to get HR department up to speed
by Laura Armstrong
MDJ Columnist
October 17, 2011 04:32 PM | 21 21 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
Safoorah Khan had been a middle school math teacher in suburban Chicago for nine months when she requested time off, three weeks unpaid leave, to take a trip to Saudi Arabia to perform her “hajj” p...
Mama Bears push back against military kid survey
by Laura Armstrong
Columnist
November 08, 2011 08:30 AM | 4 4 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
A recent University of Washington-based study purports to have sampled 10,000 teenagers in 8th, 10th and 12th grades about their tendencies towards violence. The students, from the state of Washing...
Rare REM shots peek at band’s earliest days
by Joe Kirby
Columnist
October 27, 2011 11:50 AM | 4 4 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s always a thrill for fans and historians when previously unknown photographs surface of the likes of Marilyn Monroe or the Beatles or Abraham Lincoln. Previously unknown pictures of legendary...
Laura Armstrong: Leaders pushing TSPLOST pork while we're left asking 'Where's the beef?'
August 21, 2011 12:00 AM | 22 22 comments | 42 42 recommendations | email to a friend
We’re hearing about this upcoming 2012 regional TSPLOST vote, the largest proposed tax increase in Georgia history, expected to pull in $7 billion in sales tax from 10 counties over 10 years if we ...
Dick Yarbrough: Self-appointed 'band editor' is ... ready to march
by Dick Yarbrough
Columnist
August 20, 2011 12:00 AM | 10 10 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
Despite my best efforts over the years to create a level playing field (pardon the pun), it seems that marching bands continue to get the short end of the stick when compared to the attention given...
Dick Yarbrough: KSU's fundraising success gives Papp right to be 'especially thrilled'
by Dick Yarbrough
Columnist
August 13, 2011 12:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
When you are the CEO, the buck - good and bad - stops at your desk. That is why Kennesaw State President Dr. Dan Papp deserves much applause for the good news coming out of the institution these da...
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