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The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

Opinion January 25, 2025

Community Service Boards essential to state, local healthcare

By Melanie Dallas, LPC If you’re not familiar with the term Community Service Board, or aren’t sure what, exactly, a Community Service Board does, you’re probably not alone. Unlike a…

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Opinion January 24, 2025

How Human Creativity Can Compete With A.I.: Backstory And Borrowing

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College In my last column, I describe several contests where human artists competed with artificial intelligence art, and “lost.” The real…

Opinion January 24, 2025

Political Cartoon from Clay Jones

Opinion January 24, 2025

If A.I. Beats Human-Created Art In Contests, Should We Be Worried?

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Earlier in the year, I wrote an article about the challenges that artificial intelligence poses for writers, and a test…

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Opinion January 16, 2025

The New Normal: Playing Games With Disaster Assistance

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Those who know the Bible are apt to remember the story of the Good Samaritan, the one who selflessly aids…

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Opinion January 12, 2025

Bookman: Georgia GOP lawmakers pick on trans people in cynical play for votes

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]January 9, 2025 Look at the world around us. On the scale of injustices that…

Opinion January 8, 2025

Political Cartoon by Clay Jones

A computing processing chip with AI stamped on its body, alongside an old-fashioned quill pen and ink bottle

Opinion January 4, 2025

How AI Could Replace Writers, And When It Won’t (Part 2)

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College [This is the second of two columns. Follow this link to read Part 1] A writer on Medium.com contends that…

Opinion January 4, 2025

How AI Could Replace Writers, And When It Won’t (Part 1)

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College In the battle between artificial intelligence and humans, there’s no bigger arena to compare the two than one of creativity….

Opinion December 30, 2024

Rundown on Cobb County storm damage

By Mark Woolsey Cobb County appeared to have largely dodged a bullet as severe storms swept through Saturday night into early Sunday. Shortly before midnight, the northern part of the…

Health Care March 16, 2025

Health inspection scores for Cobb County restaurants and other food services from March 7 to March 13

The following are scores for the past week for restaurants, school cafeterias, hotels, and other food service facilities in Cobb County from the Georgia Department of Public Health. For more…

Business March 16, 2025

42 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb for week ending Friday, March 14

Here are the 42 new businesses issued licenses by Cobb County on the week ending Friday, March 14, 2025. These are only licenses for businesses in unincorporated Cobb County. Cities…

Climate and Weather March 16, 2025

Cobb climate report & weather forecast for Sunday, March 16, 2025

The National Weather Service forecasts partly sunny skies here in Cobb County on Sunday, March 16, 2025, with a high near 72 degrees. The National Weather Service has issued a…

Cobb County March 16, 2025

Cobb police officer dies in off-duty traffic accident

By Mark Woolsey Cobb County police say one of their officers died in an off-duty motor vehicle accident on Friday. Police confirmed officer Anthony Cantoral died as a result of…

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Community Service Boards essential to state, local healthcare

How Human Creativity Can Compete With A.I.: Backstory And Borrowing

Political Cartoon from Clay Jones

If A.I. Beats Human-Created Art In Contests, Should We Be Worried?

The New Normal: Playing Games With Disaster Assistance

Bookman: Georgia GOP lawmakers pick on trans people in cynical play for votes

Political Cartoon by Clay Jones

How AI Could Replace Writers, And When It Won’t (Part 2)

How AI Could Replace Writers, And When It Won’t (Part 1)

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