Saturday, May 12, 2012
Politicians use their power to do all the wrong things for Americans.
Politics is a difficult game, not only for politicians, but also for the American people. Politicians seem to care more about being re-elected, and getting paid by lobbyists, than standing up for what they truly believe in. Countless bills are pushed, or pork-barreled, through Congress and many of them lead to problems no politician had even imagined, because no one took the time needed to actually analyze what the consequences of the bill might be. During his quest for the republican nomination, Rick Perry, a Tea Party favorite, and the current governor of Texas, pledged to repeal, should he have become president, the most controversial piece of legislation of the 21st Century, the Affordable Care Act, with an executive order on his …
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Bartow County's board of education erred in appointing Anna Sullivan to fill a Post 5 vacancy, and she should step down.
LexisNexis defines the Rule of Law as follows: “The Rule of Law, in its most basic form, is the principle that no one is above the law. The rule follows logically from the idea that truth, and therefore law, is based upon fundamental principles which can be discovered, but which cannot be created through an act of will. The most important application of the rule of law is the principle that governmental authority is legitimately exercised only in accordance with written, publicly disclosed laws adopted and enforced in accordance with established procedural steps that are referred to as due process. The principle is intended to be a safeguard against arbitrary governance, whether by a totalitarian leader or by mob rule. Thus, the rule of …
Sunday, March 25, 2012
A Woodland High School student looks at the homelessness and hunger affecting more than 3 billion people worldwide.
Poverty is a worldwide epidemic that affects more than 3 billion people. People all around the world are struggling, not just with being able to pay off their debts, but also struggling to pay for their children’s education, being able to feed them, or providing them with clothing. Nearly half of the world’s people live on less than $2.50 a day. The global economy just keeps getting worse and more people are losing their jobs. This can mean that a family is in risk of losing food to eat and other proper things they need to be able to live, the most important being water. The average person is only able to live a maximum of three days without water. In developing, third-world countries, clean water is not in abundance as it is for us here …
Thursday, March 22, 2012
A Cartersville resident points to Georgia Department of Transportation's proposal "to waste" $112 million of taxpayers’ money on a flawed route for the U.S. 411 Connector.
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A Cartersville resident says findings the Georgia Department of Transportation is still mismanaging “millions and millions” of taxpayers’ dollars should be no surprise to northwest Georgia. Dear Editor, A local TV news station recently reported that state auditors discovered that the Georgia Department of Transportation is still mismanaging “millions and millions” of taxpayers’ dollars. With the agency spending more than $2 billion of taxpayers’ money every year, the news report concluded that GDOT still does not have “adequate financial controls to prepare and present materially accurate financial statement[s] in accordance with the law.” Questions about GDOT’s money management should come as no surprise to residents of northwest Georgia…
Sunday, February 12, 2012
The simple distinction between fear and anxiety is important in treating anxiety disorders.
You are taking a hike up a mountain—pleasant and calming—with the sun shining dully through the brown tinted leaves. Suddenly, a rattlesnake appears at your feet. At that very moment you experience something. You freeze, your heart starts to pound faster and faster, then you begin to sweat frantically—a quick, automatic sequence of physical reactions. That reaction is fear. A couple of months later your friend wants to go hike the same mountain. You are taking the same walk again but this time it is different. The sunshine and pleasure are still there, but no rattlesnake. Still, you are worried that you will encounter one. The experience of walking through the woods is fraught with worry. You are anxious. This simple distinction between …
Saturday, February 4, 2012
A local student provides background on the Jewish religion.
She pulls her scarf tighter as the cool winter breeze skimmers across her neck. Sauntering around the neighborhood filled with song, she is trying to stay on tune while spreading Christmas cheer from doorstep to doorstep. On approach to one of the last houses however, she becomes puzzled. Rather than a Christmas tree, a strange eight-pronged candle stood in this window. For a Jewish family, this is the sight their gaze falls upon for the month of December. The Jewish religion, although sharing some similar qualities as Christianity, is in fact quite different. For example, the Jewish religion does not recognize Jesus as the Messiah, but still believes him to be an extremely influential figure during his time. Also, Judaism does not believe…
Friday, February 3, 2012
A Cartersville High School student takes a moment to reflect on the life of the legendary football coach, Joe Paterno.
Controversy, scandal and investigations are just a few of the words surrounding Penn State in the past few months; unfortunately the death of legendary coach Joe Paterno will be added to the headlines. The coach and mentor's death came at a time that Penn State is unfortunately darkened by a cloud of controversy, however students, past and present, along with family, friends, and fans will not let the ominous cloud darken the light that Paterno's life and coaching brought to Penn State. One of the most legendary coaches in the history of college football has passed, and we pause to reflect on a life that touched and influenced so many others. "JoePa" was head coach of the Nittany Lions for 46 years and holds the record for most victories…
Saturday, January 28, 2012
A Cartersville High School student asks if the look of sun-kissed skin is really worth it.
Gretchen, a junior at Cartersville High School, opens the door and smells the scent of cocoa butter, as palm trees and beach themes decorating the walls. There are racks of tanning products, sun towels and goggles lining the wall behind the counter. She hears the sound to justify the switch that turns on the UVA radiation to heat projecting bulbs that burn the skin: the tanning bed. The UVA radiation in tanning bed bulbs is up to three times more intense than UVA in natural sunlight, reports Dr. Celeste Robb-Nicholson of Harvard Women’s Health Watch. Is it really worth it? A tanning bed is an apparatus used for tanning, consisting of sunlamp tubes, typically horizontal for lying on, with another above. Tanning can be addictive. For some…
Sunday, January 22, 2012
A Woodland student captures the beauty of simple things in everyday life.
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
Young women today don't understand attractiveness is all about personality, not a new nose or other augmentation.
From Hollywood to New York City and everywhere in between, America is flourishing with the nightmare of plastic surgery. Looks matter more than ever and perfection can only be created from going under a knife. The nose with slightest hump in the bridge that the plain eye cannot even see, is demanded to be fixed out of utter self-consciousness. Now the 18 year-old girl that graduates from high school with plans to attend the University of Georgia in the fall no longer desires a car for graduation; instead, she dreams of her parents buying her breast implants. Once the exclusive domain of wealthy, older women, it's a trendy, new option for any teenager with an adolescent hangup. The media, and its consumers, generally keep conversation …
Rob Adkerson
10:15 am on Thursday, May 3, 2012
It's not about who's Republican enough, Matt. It's about who, especially who within the current government school system is intellectually honest enough to admit it's failure and join with others to think outside the box and try to change the whole paradigm of education in the U.S. and possibly the world. It will have to start at some local level somewhere on the planet. Why not Bartow? more ›