Elliott Brack’s Perspective

BRACK: Gwinnett Stripers having good year at CoolRay; In second place

BRACK: Gwinnett Stripers having good year at CoolRay; In second place

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. 

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by · July 16, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: What would you have done about all that flying money on I-285?

BRACK: What would you have done about all that flying money on I-285?

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.”

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by · July 12, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Herky, on guard.

BRACK: We’ve always been a dog family; One looked like Walter Cronkite

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.

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by · July 9, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Gerald Smith

BRACK: Classmate led admirable life, associated with Girl Scout camp

By Elliott Brack  | A classmate from high school died recently. His name was Gerald Smith, who lived in Lizella, near Macon. While I knew him in high school, we were not close. Yet he led such an interesting and contributing life, that I admired him from afar. 

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by · July 2, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Surprised to find myself enjoying Women’s World Cup soccer

BRACK: Surprised to find myself enjoying Women’s World Cup soccer

By Elliott Brack | It somewhat surprised me recently to find myself really enjoying the Women’s World Cup soccer matches so much. Normally I do not follow soccer locally, though many now tell me that they are constant followers of the Atlanta United team, and I should be, too.

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by · June 28, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Remembering who runs the U.S. Senate: The “Grandees”

BRACK: Remembering who runs the U.S. Senate: The “Grandees”

By Elliott Brack | The United States Senate is a marvelous and imposing palace of government, run by what one person calls the “grandees ,” almost mostly men who have been in power for years. 

We lost another gentle Southerner, a “grandee” himself, the other day, as Ernest “Fritz” Hollings of South Carolina passed away at age 97. A former governor who had the level-headed insistence that South Carolina integrate its colleges without incident, he went on to serve 38 years in the Senate.

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by · June 25, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Rausch

BRACK: Remembering my many good discussions with Steve Rausch

By Elliott Brack  | Another close friend of mine has died, Steve Rausch, 67, of Peachtree Corners. Services for him were Monday at Perimeter Church.

Steve was also a close critic. We enjoyed each other’s company principally through our different philosophies. Yet we both reveled in talking the issues, and recognized that we agreed that we disagreed. There was no acrimony there, just straight-forward differences.

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by · June 21, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
LaBarbera

BRACK: Lawrenceville resident pens book of conversations with the Father

By Elliott Brack  | When it’s your habit to rise every morning, and write down your thoughts, first saying, “Good morning, Father,” you eventually might decide to compile these thoughts together. That’s what Jeannie Barge LaBarbera of Lawrenceville has done recently, getting a book published with that title, Good Morning, Father.

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by · June 18, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: What’s the ideal written column length? Well, that depends

BRACK: What’s the ideal written column length? Well, that depends

By Elliott Brack  | What is the ideal length of an informative newspaper column?

People have different thoughts on this.

Some would say long enough to get your idea through and into the minds of readers.

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by · June 14, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Rural broadband shows another way that there are two Georgias

BRACK: Rural broadband shows another way that there are two Georgias

By Elliott Brack  | Back in the 70s, Gov. Joe Frank Harris’ claiming that there were “two Georgias” astounded some for a while. Then people began realizing that indeed, Atlanta was different, and had far more opportunities, than communities in other parts of the state. Joe Frank’s idea was basically an economic one. Yet today we have a far greater problem for the rural areas of Georgia: broadband access.

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by · June 11, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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