Articles by: Elliott Brack

BRACK: Could 2016 be the year for the death of the Republican Party?

BRACK: Could 2016 be the year for the death of the Republican Party?

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | This year you may be seeing right before your eyes the death of the Republican Party in national politics. If it happens, we lament it. (We feel that our country benefits by have a strong two party system.) It appears that the GOP could find itself threatened in this crazy political year.

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BRACK: Some 60 local, statewide offices are open this political season

BRACK: Some 60 local, statewide offices are open this political season

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | So you’re thinking with the presidential voting Tuesday we are done with politics for a while? Well, it’s merely the opening of the season, as soon the local campaigns will be all around us.

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BRACK: Is Trump candidacy on target, much like Reagan came on?

BRACK: Is Trump candidacy on target, much like Reagan came on?

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Is this the year of the Trump?

It looks more like it every day. The voting today in 11 states could open the way, it would appear, toward the Trump nomination as the GOP candidate. Efforts over the last few days to meld together old-line Republicans in solid opposition just didn’t work.

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BRACK: Georgia doesn’t need casino gambling within its borders

BRACK: Georgia doesn’t need casino gambling within its borders

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The casino gambling industry is playing hardball, in a sneaky, unethical and vile manner, as it seeks to compel the Georgia legislature to allow this industry in Georgia.

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by · February 26, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Georgia delegate count important to both parties next Tuesday

BRACK: Georgia delegate count important to both parties next Tuesday

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Have you made up your mind which presidential candidate you’ll be voting for?

If you haven’t, the presidential preference primary is just one week off, on March 1. So think speedily. You must decide soon!

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by · February 23, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Parent to child: “Did you wash behind your ears today?”

BRACK: Parent to child: “Did you wash behind your ears today?”

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher “Don’t leave the lights on in room behind you!”

That admonition may have been drilled into me from my parents since they came up during Depression Times, where every minute the “the lights” were on meant another bite out of their pockets.

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by · February 19, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: How many people have helped coin a new vocabulary term

BRACK: How many people have helped coin a new vocabulary term

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | How many people do you know who have come up with a new term to describe their business?

We’re not talking about some hip-hop phrases, or a word that is in everyday use. We’re talking about a word that describes a new way to produce, one that has a good chance of becoming in widespread use.

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by · February 16, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Wounded Warrior Project under fire for high overhead

BRACK: Wounded Warrior Project under fire for high overhead

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | People shower lots of attention on military veterans today.

Perhaps it’s because we now have an all-volunteer military. Maybe it’s because with the proliferation of media now, the average American knows more about our troops engaged in military activity all over the world. Perhaps it’s the new patriotism since 9/11. Whatever the reason, people in our country shower a lot of attention on helping veterans of the military service.

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by · February 12, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
FOCUS: Deaths from police chases ought to cause us to re-think issue

FOCUS: Deaths from police chases ought to cause us to re-think issue

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | You tell me: why do we have so much talk about gun control, shootings and deaths in the United States, when automobile accident deaths are just as prevalent, actually slight more, than gun deaths?

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by · February 9, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: The political outlook after the Iowa voting in caucus

BRACK: The political outlook after the Iowa voting in caucus

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | After all the concentration on Iowa, the presidential candidates have moved on, and now are campaigning in other early-round states. What can we take away from the Iowa results? Several things.

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by · February 5, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective