EDITORIAL: Take until it hurts
by Rome News-Tribune
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
THE MILK of human kindness appears to have curdled on the table of the governor’s mansion. How else to explain the veto by Gov. Nathan Deal, who uses such executive power sparingly, on a measure to...
GUEST EDITORIAL: President must show more leadership and decisiveness
by Miami Herald
May 20, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
It’s bad enough that the Obama administration committed a wholesale violation of the First Amendment by prying into the records of phones used by almost 100 people at The Associated Press. But the...
GUEST EDITORIAL: The Benghazi talking points: There’s no ‘there’ there
by The Los Angeles Times
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The furor over the Benghazi talking points continues. Republicans still see them as the main event in a campaign to embarrass President Obama. The president, for his part, calls them a “sideshow.” ...
EDITORIAL: Berry fights for rights
by Rome News-Tribune
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
THE HUMOROUS way to look at the State of Tennessee trying to make Berry College disappear is: Upon learning that Berry was starting an NCAA (Division III) football program, emergency steps had to b...
FRIDAY BLOG: Yoohoo! We’re in Georgia, too
by Rome News-Tribune
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
THERE’S A LOT OF MONEY in tourism. Greater Rome isn’t getting enough of it. And that is said despite Floyd County being increasingly known as a destination for sports-based visitation and tourism i...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We must invest in all our children
by J. LeBron McBride, Ph.D., Rome
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
I have read with interest about Floyd County’s Professional Learning Center that is headed for major changes in the coming school year. I concur with some others who have concerns as to what this m...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s policies are working
by Charles R. Shiflett, Rome
May 17, 2013 | 43 43 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Obama’s policies are working President Obama has been elected twice by the American people. That included winning the Jewish vote. The Obama Administration has the best Middle Eastern foreign poli...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Exciting times, jealousy in downtown Rome
by S. David Doss, managing partner, Samson Development Group, Rome
May 17, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
After years of diligent effort and after weathering the Great Recession, it appears that Rome is on the verge of getting a Courtyard by Marriott hotel in downtown and the catalyst for a wonderful r...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Mental health improves lives
by Jim Moore, Rome
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Today’s children and youth face the harmful effects of violence and trauma every day. Close to two million children and adolescents are in the juvenile justice and foster care systems in America. T...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Lack of civility these days
by Karin Byars, Rome
May 16, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Reading about that “cat trespassing” case after which the lawyer (and father) of the defendant got arrested for making terroristic threats and was hauled off to jail on a felony charge made me real...
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