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Opinion July 16, 2024

The Case of George Wallace: How The Public Votes After Assassination Attempts

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College As we mourn the death of a shooting victim and pray for the surviving Trump rally attendees who were wounded,…

Georgia July 15, 2024

Georgia PSC to act on Sandersville Railroad owner’s request to condemn land held by Black owners

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 12, 2024 A predominantly Black neighborhood in Hancock County has a second chance…

Chattahoochee River looking south from Highway 78 toward the site of the South Cobb Water Reclamation Facility repair

Cobb County July 12, 2024

Friends of Smyrna Library to host lecture on Civil War “Chattahoochee River Line”

Photo: Chattahoochee River from the Hwy 278 bridge looking southward — Larry Felton Johnson The Friends of Smyrna Library will hold a lecture this Sunday on the Civil War fortifications…

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Science and Technology July 10, 2024

From diagnosing brain disorders to cognitive enhancement, 100 years of EEG have transformed neuroscience

by Erika Nyhus, Bowdoin College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Electroencephalography, or EEG, was invented 100 years ago. In the years since the invention of…

Elections July 9, 2024

Nevada is a battleground state – and may be a bellwether of more extreme partisanship

by Thom Reilly, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Over the course of Nevada history, no one party has dominated the state’s politics,…

Elections July 9, 2024

2024 is not 1968 − and the Democratic convention in Chicago will play out very differently than in the days of Walter Cronkite

by Heather Hendershot, Northwestern University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The presidential nominating conventions every four years are political events, but they are also media…

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Food July 7, 2024

Learn to grow delicious oyster mushrooms in a learning event at the Vinings Library

An AI-generated image of a cluster of oyster mushrooms in a wooded area- created with DALL-E from ChatGPT Cobb County announced a learning event on its Facebook page that will…

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Cobb County July 6, 2024

Shakespeare’s The Tempest for a very young audience at Sewell Mill Library

Shakespeare for a very young audience will be onstage at the Sewell Mill Library & Cultural Center, 2051 Lower Roswell Road, Marietta 30068, on Wednesday, July 10 at 7 p.m….

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Opinion July 5, 2024

Bookman: No country for old men

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 4, 2024 A new world is straining to be born, and at some…

Opinion July 3, 2024

Learning The Wrong Lessons From A First Debate Victory At The Polls

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College After former President Donald Trump handily won the debate in the polls, Democrats were contemplating replacing President Joe Biden after…

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