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Opinion December 10, 2025

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Opinion December 10, 2025

A Post-Trump Republican Party May Be Emerging In 2025

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Stung by losses all over the country, in red and purple states, not just blue ones, Republicans may be rethinking…

Opinion December 8, 2025

Bookman: Trump may be off the hook, but he is not vindicated

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 4, 2025 When the Georgia Supreme Court handed Pete Skandalakis a steaming pile…

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Opinion December 4, 2025

Highland Rivers’ annual report proves that ‘It Matters’

(Year in Review, Part 1) By Melanie Dallas, LPC At the end of each year, I usually write an article that highlights some of the many things Highland Rivers Behavioral…

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Opinion November 28, 2025

Our community is strongest when we lift one another up

By Melanie Kagan As we are often reminded during the Thanksgiving season of the power of community and the importance of grace and generosity, I have been once again humbled…

Opinion November 26, 2025

Declassifying Nurses As Professionals Will Spike Health Care Costs

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Nurses and would-be nurses reacted in shock to revelations that their degree is no longer considered “professional,” limiting how much…

Opinion November 25, 2025

Good Time Charlie Bailey Keeps The Georgia Democrats’ Spirits Up

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College As Georgia Democrats gathered in the Northern part of the state earlier this month, Charlie Bailey was their cheerleader-in-chief. And…

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Opinion November 24, 2025

Bookman: What’s real and what’s not these days in Georgia politics?

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] November 20, 2025 The lines that separate truth from falsehood, reality from fantasy, have…

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Opinion November 10, 2025

Bookman: Tuesday’s elections in Georgia and elsewhere show that change is coming – and fast

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] November 6, 2025 Maybe what happened in Tuesday’s election was an anomaly. You could…

Opinion November 3, 2025

Despite The Artificial Intelligence Hype, Human Work Is Still Better

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Companies can’t wait to rush out and incorporate artificial intelligence into their companies. Egged on by some in the media,…

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Government & Politics, State Government January 22, 2026

Georgia candidates pitch zero state income tax. How would it work?

by Maggie Lee, The Current, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 21, 2026 Two high-profile Republicans running for higher office in Georgia…

Government & Politics, State Government January 22, 2026

Agency responsible for child welfare services in Georgia is on track for $48M budget shortfall

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 21, 2026 The head of Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services faced…

Education, News January 22, 2026

Cobb legislators file bill to prevent school districts from cutting public comment feed

(photos by Rebecca Gaunt) By Rebecca Gaunt Six Cobb legislators have filed House Bill 989, a bipartisan bill that would require all Georgia school districts to record or broadcast public…

Immigration January 22, 2026

Federal immigration enforcement near schools disrupts attendance, traumatizes students and damages their academic performance

by Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, University of California, Santa Barbara, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Trump administration’s recent surge of more than 3,000 federal agents to…

Justice January 22, 2026

A government can choose to investigate the killing of a protester − or choose to blame the victim and pin it all on ‘domestic terrorism’

by Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The question the First Amendment keeps asking, across wars and panics and…

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