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Opinion April 2, 2025

We all have a dog in the fight to make Georgia its best

Georgia First Lady Marty Kemp (left) welcomes Highland Rivers CEO Melanie Dallas and her dog Sweet Pea to the Capitol. By Melanie Dallas, LPC There is something about dogs that…

Opinion April 1, 2025

Replacing Judges With Powerful Chief Executives Is A Bad Idea

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College As the Trump Administration has its showdown with the American judicial system, it’s worth evaluating several examples where the judicial…

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Opinion March 28, 2025

Not Having A Good Emergency Management Agency Is An Emergency

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College This Spring Break, several LaGrange College students had other ideas on how to spend it. While they headed for the…

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Opinion March 24, 2025

Should Georgia Adopt A Red Flag Law?

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Earlier this year, we got the terrible news that a longtime beloved co-worker lost a spouse to gun violence. He…

Opinion March 23, 2025

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Opinion March 14, 2025

20 Years Ago, The Assault Weapons Ban Lapsed. Here’s Why We Need It Back.

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Almost 25 years ago, an Atlanta day-trader beat his second wife and kids to death, then shot to death nine…

Opinion March 13, 2025

Meaningful changes in our understanding of disabilities

By Melanie Dallas, LPC Each year as we recognize March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, I’ve taken the opportunity to raise awareness of many aspects of intellectual and developmental disabilities…

Opinion March 11, 2025

Young Voters Know Some, But Not Enough About Limits On Presidential Power

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Much has been made of a recent British survey claiming to show a majority of British Gen-Zers prefer a dictatorship….

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Opinion March 6, 2025

How A Big Trade War Helped Trigger The Great Depression

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College As I was teaching my international political economy class Tuesday, 3/4/25, we covered tariffs and trade wars. Such events played…

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Opinion March 2, 2025

Resisting Trump’s Autocracy is Working

[This is a submitted opinion article by John Popham, 1st Vice Chair of the Cobb County Democratic Committee] It’s been a month since Donald Trump took office and began “flooding…

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