Opinion

Epic fail at Social Security Administration

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Wednesday, February 26. 2014

By Walter Geiger

You’ve all been there.

You’ve seen the person in front of you in the grocery checkout line with a vast array of expensive items pay for them with an EBT card or voucher or both but have plenty of cash to spend on beer and cigarettes before walking out to a car nicer than yours. [Full Story »]

Failure to execute

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Monday, February 24. 2014

The Augusta Chronicle

The 3,000 U.S. prisoners on death row used many methods to kill, torture or maim their victims.

Yet when their day of reckoning comes, final justice likely will come in the same form it has for the past 30 years – a needle prick followed by a sedation from which they will not wake. [Full Story »]

World class soccer and a trip down memory lane

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Tuesday, February 18. 2014

By Walter Geiger

A trip to the Georgia Dome last week took me back in time and dredged up memories now nearly 50 years old. [Full Story »]

Remember when TV programming was special?

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Friday, February 14. 2014

By Walter Geiger

I’m not much of a TV watcher. I got into ‘Desperate Housewives’ but they cancelled it. That was the first show I had watched regularly since ‘Mork and Mindy’.

I’ve seen not one episode of ‘Seinfeld’. My male friends tell me that I missed a lot there. So be it. [Full Story »]

Will melting snow wash away political ambitions?

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Friday, February 7. 2014

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I left our office at about 10 p.m. last Tuesday after a late night making sure newspapers got delivered and posting road closures, updates and other pertinent information on barnesville. com which saw peak traffic as the storm ebbed and, mercifully, ended. It left behind mostly ice but some snow which the young and young at heart enjoyed immensely until it melted. [Full Story »]

Will Sochi Olympics be another Munich?

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Thursday, January 30. 2014

By Walter Geiger

I remember well the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in September 1972. I was preparing to make the move from the metropolis of Ailey, Ga. for my freshman year at UGA.
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MLK Day: Words do matter

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Thursday, January 23. 2014

The Marietta Daily Journal

Traditionally, nations have been defined by geographic boundaries, common ethnic and linguistic heritage, subjugation into larger political entities or even accidents of history. Some of this may be true for the United States, but almost uniquely we are a nation defined by words — documents — codifying our ideals and exhorting us to live up to them, such as the Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, and John F. Kennedy’s inaugural. It is a long and inspiring list. [Full Story »]

Remembering Dr. Jack Tuttle

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Tuesday, January 14. 2014

By Walter Geiger

Beloved local veterinarian Dr. Jack Tuttle died January 8 at age 89. This column was originally published on August 10, 2004 on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

A cool breeze blew through my hair before Adaylight Friday morning as I walked down the sidewalk to retrieve the newspaper. Football weather, I thought. My step was a little lighter as I sauntered back up the drive, thinking of fall Saturdays in Athens.

I thought also of Dr. Jack Tuttle. Nobody is a bigger Bulldog fan than Dr. Jack who celebrated his 80th birthday Friday. [Full Story »]

So glad all mine are Georgia girls

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Tuesday, January 7. 2014

The West coast has the sunshine
And the girls all get so tanned
I dig a french bikini on a Hawaii island
Dolls by a palm tree in the sand.

-California Girls The Beach Boys

The Geiger girls and I are just back from a week-long trip to sunny Southern California. The thermometer showed 80 degrees when we left there. Here…uh… not so much. [Full Story »]

Planning, hoping for a new year

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Saturday, January 4. 2014

By Kay S. Pedrotti

It would take millions to fill all my wishes for 2014 – millions of people, not dollars – maybe even billions.

Too many times, and yet not enough, in my life I’ve been accused of being the kind of Utopian completely out of touch with reality.

My reply is always, “Just because we can never achieve those goals does not mean we shouldn’t hope for them and work for them.” [Full Story »]

A modern day Christmas miracle

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Tuesday, December 24. 2013

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By Walter Geiger

Every morning, I rise early – well before dawn. I settle into my chair, drink the day’s first cup of coffee and read two chapters of The Bible. [Full Story »]

The road to the Dome has been long

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Tuesday, December 10. 2013

The Trojans and much beefier Benedictine Cadets were tied at 7-7 in the fourth quarter Friday night when BC punted. The ball rolled dead on Lamar’s six-yard line. [Full Story »]

Public Notices

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Tuesday, December 3. 2013

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You've come a long way, baby

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Tuesday, December 3. 2013

By Mike Ruffin

I admit I may not be the ideal person to comment on this, given that I left my hometown in 1975 and have since returned only for the occasional visit. [Full Story »]

John F. Kennedy on Thanksgiving 1963

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Wednesday, November 27. 2013

By Walter Geiger

November 1963 played out on the calendar exactly as 2013 does. In both years, Nov. 1 fell on a Friday.

In both years, Thanksgiving arrived or arrives very late in the month - on the 28th. Fifty years ago, it seemed as if America was on the upswing after a time of social and political bitterness. [Full Story »]