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Helping society's Hagars
I heard a modern version of the Abraham, Hagar and Ishmael story this week. You may remember Abraham, who turned Hagar and Ishmael out into the desert, with bread and a skin of water. (The Abraham of Ishmael and Issac.) Both of which were soon exhausted.
Jim Crow back for the holidays?
Did you know that Jim Crow is coming back? Just in time for the holidays. Not the Jim Crow I grew up with in the Deep South but a financial Jim Crow.
Budget follies, again
Budget follies are in full swing in the nation's capital once again. Republicans, who agreed to automatic cuts a few months ago, are now trying to find a way to avoid defense cuts.
The end of the war in Iraq
It is fitting that President Obama is ending the war in Iraq. President Kennedy (D) got us into Vietnam and President Nixon (R) got us out. President Bush (R) got us into Iraq, and President Obama (D) will get us out.
Disobedience without a goal
Participants in the "occupy" movement don't seem to understand civil disobedience .
Mobster rule
The decision to kill Anwar al-Awlaki was the result of months of legal review and reportedly not a single senior government official questioned the decision. Why am I not surprised?
The dangers of title loans
While counseling a young friend about a title loan, I was reminded of Ezekiel 18:13 "If he has exacted usury or taken increase - Shall he then live?" I think Ezekiel is still preached in Georgia.
Sharia under any name is wrong
Sensational stories about the application of Sharia (Islamic) law are easy to find. The vast majority of the stories aren't really about Sharia but about abuse of Islamic law. Every time I read one of those stories, I am glad the Sharia isn't being enforced in the United States.
What to do with Libya?
Another one bites the dust. It is with great regret that I have to inform you that Muammar Gaddafi has fallen from power in Libya. Not that I knew him or thought that he was good for Libya or the world in general. Rather my regrets are for the manner of his passing from the world stage.
Durusau: Investors in our government
The global finance news is grim these days. Several members of the European Union are in trouble. The credit rating of the United States has been downgraded. In some countries, severe austerity measures have been adopted. To satisfy demands by "investors" that their financial houses be put into order.
Durusau: Taxation is not evil
There are a number of undisputed facts in the current debt ceiling debate. First, both Republicans and Democrats have for years spent deficit money in their states. You can probably name a couple of military bases here in Georgia, voted for by our conservative Republican representatives and senators. And other federal spending, like the federal prison in downtown Atlanta. The call for a balanced budget has been and always will be political rhetoric. Governments spend ...
Durusau: Library essential to county economy
Elected officials and would-be elected officials like to march in parades. At the Fourth of July parade in Oxford, a shout of "Save the library" rang out. A local politician looked around for the caller and asked, "Why?" For the benefit of elected and would-be elected officials, here are five reasons why we should save the library: No. 1: One of the places on the Chamber of Commerce visiting list for prospective businesses (read employers) ...
Durusau: Media lost focus on cheating scandal
The media has focused on the Atlanta Public School cheating scandal. How the media loves a scandal. It will pass on to the next scandal, criminal trial or "wake up call" soon enough. Before it does, though, there are some valuable lessons in the Atlanta scandal. First, the number of educators charged cheating is 178, of which some 82 have confessed to cheating. That sounds and is bad. But that's a small percentage of the ...
Selfishness still a boomer thing
"Hope I die before I get old." The Who's Roger Daltrey didn't and neither did most of the baby boom generation. It seems as if a bunch of them were present on Tuesday for the Newton County Board of Commissioners meeting so they could take a stand against any tax increase.Look at the picture of the meeting that ran in the newspaper on Wednesday and is with the online story about the meeting at covnews.com. ...
A tough summer for Georgia farmers
2011 will be known as "the year agriculture went out in Georgia." Crops are going to rot in the fields for lack of farm workers. That's a possibility of Georgia's new immigration law, which, among other things, lets police check the immigration status of suspects who don't show proper ID and to turn over anyone found to be here illegally to federal authorities. Georgia growers have said that the law will scare away Hispanic migrant ...
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