Articles by: Elliott Brack

Liu Thai Ker in 2013; via Wikipedia.

BRACK: Singapore produces innovations in public housing

By Elliott Brack  |  Our country needs to take another look at how it views public housing. One nation  has turned around the way public housing works, creating a new group of homeowners.

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BRACK: A fast friend, and national beekeeping leader

By Elliott Brack  |  As  you age, you go to more funerals. We’ve been to four in the last month. One who died recently became a close friend and was of immense help to me when first publishing a weekly newspaper in Jesup, Ga. He was Troy Fore Jr.,  a tall, bald-headed and friendly  fellow who joined the newspaper staff, covering news stories…

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BRACK: Getting out of tight spot by kicking the can down the road

By Elliott Brack  |  With all the leaks about upcoming cases out of the U.S. Supreme Court, it’s not beyond reason that another disclosure of inside information could come out of the court. 

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By Robert Ariail, courtesy Charleston City Paper.

BRACK: Bulk of Americans can see through Trump debate lies

By Elliott Brack  |  Watching presidential debates is not high on my agenda. Most years, these debates do little for real news, and serve mostly as arguments between  the vying candidates.  But for 2024, I sat for nearly two hours and listened to Donald Trump and Joe Biden.  

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BRACK: Turnout in 2024 elections in Gwinnett is disappointing

BRACK: Turnout in 2024 elections in Gwinnett is disappointing

By Elliott Brack  |  It’s discouraging, and we hate to bring it up, but Gwinnettians do not take voting very seriously, at least in the recent primary and its runoff. We make this deduction after looking at how many people voted in these 2024 elections.

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BRACK: Norcross resident new Preservation Board member

By Elliott Brack  |  A Gwinnett resident has been named to a three year term on the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Board of Trustees.  He is Jeff Hopper of Norcross, who has been a member for 12 years, and has served on the board previously.

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Twain. Library of Congress photo.

BRACK: Mark Twain, the nation’s first major travel writer

By Elliott Brack  |  Here’s something different today. Let’s go back in time with Mark Twain, and one of our all-time favorite books.  What’s Mark Twain’s bestselling book?  You might be surprised. It’s not Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn.

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BRACK: Pharmaceutical commercials really annoy me

BRACK: Pharmaceutical commercials really annoy me

By Elliott Brack | What bugs me is the advertisements for different pharmaceutical remedies that bombard us. Such commercials really annoy me.

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Julie and Joe attend a Braves' game.  Photos provided.

BRACK: Native recalls her boomer childhood, with humor

By Elliott Brack  |  There’s a new book out from a Gwinnett native and retired middle school math teacher who remembers wonderful stories of growing up in Norcross in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Early into the book, you’ll be smiling as  you read it.

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BRACK: Wesleyan grad wins Naval Academy appointment

By Elliott Brack  |  It’s good to see young people achieve their goals. Mamie Pridgen,  19, a recent graduate of Wesleyan School, had a goal.  She wanted to become a U.S. Navy officer, and set a path for achieving that goal. 

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