John Tures

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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 February 15, 2025

Senator Warnock Seeks Lower Prescription Drug Costs, And Bipartisanship

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College “Of all of the injustices, health care inequality is perhaps the biggest,” said Georgia Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock at a…

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Opinion February 8, 2025

America’s Enemies Badly Want Us To Gut USAID

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College During the Cold War, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was created to promote international development via foreign…

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Opinion July 19, 2024

Georgia Is Among The Best States In America To Do Business

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College The USA economy is number one in the world, outpacing China, especially in the category of GDP per capita. The…

Opinion June 7, 2024

Buckle Up, Atlanta And Georgia! How Both Deal With Dangerous, Drunk and Distracted Drivers

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College At the end of May, the site “WorkTruckOnline” posted warnings about which cities were the most dangerous for driving in…

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Opinion January 27, 2024

Georgians Won’t Have A Say In The Nomination Without A National Primary Day

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Every four years, we go through the charade of the political party nomination process, where the same fraction of the…

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Opinion September 20, 2023

Music Belongs To The People, Not The Parties

by John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Last month, a little-known artist by the name of Christopher Anthony Lunsford, who goes by the stage name Oliver Anthony,…

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Opinion June 24, 2023

How Cobb County Can Help Confront Anti-Semitism

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Atlanta News First reported that antisemitic flyers were placed throughout Cobb County. Is this an isolated incident, or part of…

Opinion February 13, 2023

The Atlanta Braves May Have Better Prospects Than Experts Think

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College [This is the first of a twice-per-month column by John Tures, exclusive to the Cobb County Courier] A year ago,…

Health Care March 31, 2025

Their Physical Therapy Coverage Ran Out Before They Could Walk Again

This article by Jordan Rau first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Jordan Rau, KFF Health News March 28, 2025 Mari Villar was slammed by a car that…

Georgia March 31, 2025

IVF bill goes to the governor as GOP women move to extend protection to contraception

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 28, 2025 A proposal to protect access to in-vitro fertilization has been sent…

Mableton March 31, 2025

Mableton announces Mayor Owens attended Silicon Valley leadership conference

The City of Mableton distributed the following press release: Mayor Michael Owens traveled to San Francisco to participate in a unique event designed to explore cutting-edge technologies for local governments….

Pets and Pet Adoption March 31, 2025

“My name is Alivia, and I’d be a great addition to your home!”

The Cobb County Courier’s Cat of the Day, selected from the Cobb Animal Services Shelter website, is a female brown tabby domestic short hair. The following information on this potential…