Opinion

In a totally unscientific poll conducted here on barnesville.com, over half the respondents said Gordon College is no longer the community's top asset. [Full Story »] 

From ajc.com....

The New Black Panther Party is calling for a $10,000 bounty on the head of George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed an unarmed teenager last month. [Full Story »] 

An opinion piece by Walter Geiger

Fourteen days ago in this space I penned these words:

We learned there is no shortage of thugs out there willing to kill you for your valuables. They are up all hours of the night doing drugs, communicating by text message and looking for their next target. [Full Story »] 

Requested by Helen Forbus Salter of Thomaston

By Quimby Melton

Two important days are on the calendar for next week and their bright good cheer are coming none too soon. The Irish and their friends will celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day on Saturday, March 17 and the first official day of spring will arrive on Tuesday, March 20. [Full Story »] 

By Dr. Spencer Price

A long time ago, when I was a little kid, I heard a man say, “That’s better than money.” I don’t know who he was or to what he was referring, but I never forgot that comment. A few nights ago, I was sitting beside my wife as she held our newborn son. We were both looking down at him as she spoke to him softly. With blue eyes wide, he looked up at her, as though taking in every word. Suddenly, for what seemed no particular reason, he smiled. And then it hit me – “That’s better than money,” I thought. [Full Story »] 

By Walter Geiger

At one point in the movie ‘Thunderball,’ James Bond shoots a hitman named Vargas with a speargun, pinning him to a tree. [Full Story »] 

By Walter Geiger

Sitting in on the murder trial of Lakievius Eleby for the past several days in Lamar superior court has been an eyeopening experience. [Full Story »] 

America is a great country. In fact, there is no place else like it in the world. People come to America from all points on the globe – often overcoming tremendous obstacles to get here – to attempt to capture for themselves a piece of the American dream. To them, and to most of us, America is the “promised land.” [Full Story »]