By Elliott Brack | This South Georgia community got something no other city in Southwest Georgia has on Tuesday — a medical school. The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), which has had a campus in Suwanee since 2005, opened a South Georgia campus on Tuesday. Classes will begin for 59 freshmen students on Monday.
By Elliott Brack | It’s amazing to me how much many of us spend on recorded music. From listening to individual tunes, to buying instruments to play these songs, to providing a few cents to the individual composers, not just Americans, but people all over the world shell out a lot of money for music.
By Elliott Braci | It was the way that President Trump went about trying to deport people that bugged me. He made several announcements and pronouncements well in advance that on a certain Sunday there would be raids to “send ‘em back” to their home country.
This caused great fear among people, many of them working steadily for their citizenship, fearful that they somehow would be caught up in this rush to judgment, and be deported.
By Elliott Brack | There was excitement in the air Tuesday afternoon, as a small group gathered mostly under a shade tree in front of the Norcross First United Methodist Church, though there were chairs empty in the sun. They might not have been there for the dedication of a new crosswalk on busy Beaver Ruin Road if it hadn’t been for a chance conversation between a mother and an employee of the Gateway85 Community Improvement District.
By Elliott Brack | The Atlanta area is enjoying winning baseball more this year, as both the Atlanta Braves and Gwinnett Stripers are having good seasons. The Braves are in first place, up by seven games after sweeping the first series in San Diego after the All-Star break. Meanwhile, the Gwinnett Stripers are having a good season, making a lot of noise, with lots of heavy hitting, and are in second place in their division of the Class AAA International League.
By Elliott Brack | It’s not every day that you are driving down Interstate 285, or any other interstate, and you run into an ethical problem.
That’s the thought that came into my mind when hearing about greenbacks being blown out of a cash-carrying armored truck on Interstate 285 near Ashford Dunwoody Road on Tuesday night. Drivers behind the truck were jerking to the side of the road, jumping out, and frantically picking up currency, some in $100 bills. An officer was quoted: “Ones, five, fifties, you name it, it was there.”
By Elliott Brack | Even before our family had children, we’ve had dogs. All lived to older lives. We’ve also had a few temporary dogs, not always of our choosing.
When returning from our 3.5 years in Germany in the Army, we shipped home George, a purebred German wire-haired terrier. He was with us in Iowa and in South Georgia. He died when he was nine years old.
“Nothing makes us feel more connected than when we are engaged in a healthy balance of thoughtful speaking and hardcore listening.”
— Belgian-American psychotherapist and relationship expert Eshter Perel (1958- ) via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
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