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Opinion - Topics from February, 2012

Political math

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Tuesday, February 28. 2012

By Spencer Price

Math – mere mention makes many people cringe. It seems no other subject is more feared by otherwise “know it all” 8th-graders who consistently protest, “Why do I need to learn this stuff? I’m never gonna use it." [Full Story »]

Brace yourselves for the worst

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, February 21. 2012

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By Walter Geiger

The tension is in the air. You can feel it.
It is an election year and there will be changes in those who govern - and, by definition, in government - at the local, state and national levels. [Full Story »]

Miracles every one

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, February 21. 2012

By Dr. Spencer Price

Miracles happen. I know this for a fact because I just saw one. It happened at 4:56 PM on Sunday, February 19 in a labor and delivery room at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. That was the moment my son was born. From her womb into my hands, her mother and I brought him into this world together. And his birth was – as all births are – a miracle. [Full Story »]

Happy birthday, Papaman

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, February 14. 2012

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Quimby Melton Jr. celebrated his 90th birthday Sunday by attending First United Methodist Church in Griffin where he has been a member for 88 years and missed very few Sundays. He received and acknowledged an ovation in the sanctuary for which Laura broke the ground on her fourth birthday.
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The Line Is Drawn

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, February 14. 2012

By Spencer Price

Throughout history, great nations have faced great challenges. America, the greatest nation of all, has faced many of the greatest challenges of all – the American Revolution, World War I, World War II, the Cold War, the War on Terror, and many others. In each instance, America attempted to avoid conflict through diplomacy, conciliation, and occasionally even appeasement. However, when those efforts failed, and push came to shove, America took a deep breath, drew a line in the sand, and said to her enemies, “Cross this line and you will pay.” And pay they did. [Full Story »]

A Super Bowl better than the ads

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, February 7. 2012

Once upon a time, the Geiger girls and I enjoyed a Thanksgiving Day feast at Carmine’s in New York City with a very interesting crowd. Among the group was Sean Landeta, an elite punter who spent 25 seasons in first the USFL and later the NFL. [Full Story »]

What Spencer was trying to say...

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Walter Geiger

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Saturday, February 4. 2012

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before he was so rudely interrupted was 'global warming is a scam'.

By Dr. Spencer Price

Objectivity – it is the absolute bedrock of science. There is no notion, idea, hypothesis, concept, principle, axiom, maxim, theory, or law more fundamental to science than objectivity. In fact, in the absence of objectivity, science does not exist. Call it what you want, but it ain’t science.

So what happens when scientists in general lose their objectivity? They become anything but scientists – beach bums, flower children, Birkenstock-wearing granola munchers, bearded recluses in self-imposed exile from the outside world. A sad thing indeed. [Full Story »]