Opinion & Editorial

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Get off the treadmill

News Staff
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Lew Oliver is an accomplished town planner with a vision for development in Clarkesville, but none of that vision will ever come to pass if something is not done with the town’s No. 1 eyesore – the former Habersham County Courthouse.

Don’t forget the leftovers

Lois Chitwood
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Today’s recipe is a favorite. We go through times that we have it often, and then we have forgotten it. Most of us are like that. In fact we go through phases when we eat the same thing or the same meal a lot.

What would Teddy Roosevelt have to say?

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
A plush, stuffed bear got its name from him, but Teddy Roosevelt was no softy to be toyed with when he wanted to get something done. T.R. wasn’t a giant in stature, but our youngest-ever American president stood tall, ever ready to stiffen his backbone for a fight.

Protect our right to find healthcare

Kyle Wingfield
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
A fascinating discussion about the size and scope of government broke out last week at a legislative committee hearing. Only, that’s not how it was framed. The House Special Committee on Access to Quality Healthcare was considering a bill to make it easier to build new hospitals in rural counties.

The super-wealthy are out of touch with reality

Amaris E. Rodriguez
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
If you haven’t been on social media at all this week, you have missed out on the controversial Kim Kardashian interview that she did for Vogue, where she gave her now-infamous advice to women in business – to get off their butts and work hard, followed by a comment on how people don’t want to work...
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Baldwin chooses wisely

News Staff
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
The city of Baldwin calls itself “The Hub of Development in Northeast Georgia.” We have many times wondered whether that moniker is deserved or earned. But maybe this is the dawn of a new era.

Still time to be part of something great!

Jeffrey M. Peyton
Friday, March 11, 2022
Today, The Northeast Georgian sales team is scrambling to close out our annual effort to produce Habersham County’s incredible hometown magazine, Hello Habersham. And when I say “scrambling,” believe me – that is the understatement of this new year.

Hope for our world

Lindsey Brackett
Friday, March 11, 2022
Across the world right now a bomb drops, a mother hides her children, and civilians take up arms. There is fear and chaos and tragedy.
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Runoffs alter our past, future

News Staff
Friday, March 11, 2022
In January 2021, runoff elections for Georgia’s two U.S. Senate seats decided the fate of our federal government’s course for this two-year cycle. In some states, runoffs do not even exist, but don’t tell Georgia that. We even had the “jungle primary” to set up a runoff.

Kindergarten cashback

News Staff
Friday, March 11, 2022
It was Saturday and I was broke. Not completely broke. There’s money in the bank somewhere. But when it comes to real money. Old fashioned money. Actual paper money with the face of a president on it ... I was broke. And I usually am.