Today’s Focus

Via Unsplash

FOCUS: There’s a reason Georgia’s highways are mighty smooth

By Larry Dent  |  Early in Buford resident Tom Moreland’s era of the Department of Transportation, an emphasis was placed on the smoothness of the roads of the State Highway System of Georgia.

Share
by · December 19, 2023 · Today's Focus
Note the housing in Greenland. Photos provided.

FOCUS: Consider this area for your vacation: Greenland!

By Laura Ballance  |  On a Tuesday morning in late November, my husband and I sat at a boarding gate in Copenhagen, looking out at the bright red Airbus A330-800 neo, Air Greenland’s only jet aircraft, which runs twice weekly flights to Kangerlussuaq.

Share
by · December 15, 2023 · Today's Focus
FOCUS, Bernard: Former President Trump is clueless on health care

FOCUS, Bernard: Former President Trump is clueless on health care

By Jack Bernard  |  Recently appearing in a Modern Healthcare column entitled: “Trump attack on ACA elevates healthcare in 2024 election.”  But Trump has no new suggestions to fix the malfunctioning health care system. He never proposed anything specific to replace it when he was president.

Share
by · December 12, 2023 · Today's Focus
Via Unsplash.

FOCUS: The work of American democracy is never ever finished

By Andy Brack  |  There’s been a growing, gnawing sense among many Americans that the nation’s fragile democracy is flailing amidst an authoritarian threat from within.

Share
by · December 8, 2023 · Today's Focus
Rosalynn Carter chairs a 1977 meeting of the President's Commission  on Mental Health.  Via Wikipedia.

FOCUS: Reflecting on the life of First Lady Rosalynn Carter

By Emory Morsberger  |  There are moments in a lifetime when the unique set of circumstances present themselves in an overwhelming way.  This has been the case in mourning the death of First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

Share
by · December 5, 2023 · Today's Focus
Parnell

FOCUS: Returns from Israel with new understanding of war

By Mack W. Parnell  |  Over the past month, I helped lead a delegation of elected officials and policy leaders on a solidarity mission to Israel. It’s nearly impossible to put into words all that we have seen, heard, and experienced. 

Share
by · December 1, 2023 · Today's Focus
The Byrds in 1965, via Wikipedia.

FOCUS: Choose the values of celebrations with positive agents

By Randy Brunson  |  In late 1965, The Byrds released Pete Seeger’s “Turn, Turn, Turn,” a peace anthem taken almost exclusively from the third chapter of Ecclesiastes. The overarching theme of these eight verses is seasons, with the author describing a time for every season and purpose under heaven.

Share
by · November 28, 2023 · Today's Focus
Statue of Tom Snell and James Sawyer in Snellville.

FOCUS: Learn more about E.R. Snell Contractor’s 100 years in business

SNELLVILLE, Ga.  |  Here’s something different today. Gwinnett’s oldest company continually operating in the county is E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. of Snellville.  The company in 2023 is marking its 100th anniversary of its founding. It now has over 1,000 employees.

Share
by · November 21, 2023 · Today's Focus
U.S. Supreme Court

FOCUS: Loss of faith in Supreme Court hurting democracy 

By Jack Bernard  |  The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is no longer the respected institution that it once was … and for good reason. Its recent decisions have been politically and ideologically biased, voiding present and long-established legal principles.

Share
by · November 17, 2023 · Today's Focus
The red-brick two story building on South Peachtree Street was the home of the Lodge 228 of the Free and Accepted Masons since early in the city’s history.

FOCUS: Norcross Masonic Lodge disbands, sells downtown building

By Gene Ramsay  |  The venerable Norcross Masonic Lodge, No. 228 of the Free and Accepted Masons, second oldest lodge in Gwinnett, faced with an aging membership and a building that needed repairs, has disbanded. It sold its building on South Peachtree Street in 2022. 

Share
by · November 14, 2023 · Today's Focus