Opinion & Editorial

Want to lower your stress level? Find a friendly dog

Phil Hudgins
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
A team of Japanese scientists has come up with a theory – maybe proof – of why dogs are man’s best friend. Woman’s, too. The researchers say it’s because of two mutations of a gene that made dogs more relaxed around people, “enabling a special relationship to develop.

Votes by the few decide for the many

News Staff
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
“Trouble, oh we got trouble. Right here in River City,” according to the citizens in The Music Man. Rural Iowa isn’t the only place with trouble. Our elected officials, and our city and county staff bemoan the fact that voter turnout is on the decline.

Another summer treat

Lois Chitwood
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Whew! I don’t know about y’all but it seems like we’ve had a lot going on this summer. Nothing new just a thing called life. I’ve been seeing the blackberries in the vines above our driveway. Then the memories flood my mind of the carefree summer days of my childhood.
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To understand the incomprehensible

News Staff
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
To the editor: As an older guy who has himself been deemed challenged, I wish to offer my reading neighbors a Clardy test. At a time in my lengthy life where I find more opportunity to watch TV, I am struggling to discover a reason why somebody would. To my neighbors, try this simple experiment.
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Thoughts on abortion

News Staff
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
To the editor: Our Supreme Court was embarrassed this week with the release of their recent ruling on the Roe v. Wade law that took effect in 1973. This landmark decision protected a pregnant woman’s liberty to choose abortion during the first trimester of the pregnancy.

Cheering for more than laundry

Matthew Osborne
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
I have lived in Habersham County going on three years, and anyone who has seen me around knows I am not native to Georgia. If nothing else, that is evident from the seemingly endless hats and jerseys I wear around in my spare time, and most of them this time of year say “Phillies” on them.

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Supreme Court takes Constitution seriously

Kyle Wingfield
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Many a low-tax advocate has suggested moving Tax Day to just before Election Day. That way, voters would have the government’s impositions fresh on their minds as they chose their representatives. A similar dynamic plays out each summer, as the U.S.
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Nothing to see here

News Staff
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Piedmont University is a private institution, and it therefore is not subject to the many public records requests that would be possible if it were a state school.

Secret recipe from a friend

Lois Chitwood
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
If you all have looked at today’s recipe, you might be wondering about why I used two names. Well, here’s the story behind this recipe. You see, I know both of these ladies and they are my friends.
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Fourth and long

News Staff
Friday, July 1, 2022
Monday is Independence Day, a holiday which symbolizes everything good about the United States of America. Our Founding Fathers, who are often quoted both in and out of context, believed in an ideal.