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1/17: Gaps between south Ga. and Gwinnett; Catching up; Immigration strategy

1/17: Gaps between south Ga. and Gwinnett; Catching up; Immigration strategy

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Widening Gap Obvious Between Gwinnett and Rest of State
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Catching Up with the News; Michael Thurmond To Head DeKalb
ANOTHER VIEW: President Bush-2 Outlined Immigrant Strategy Years Ago
SPOTLIGHT: Howard Brothers
FEEDBACK: Enjoying GwinnettForum Although No Longer Gwinnett Resident
UPCOMING: Snellville Has New Portals About Towne Center Project
NOTABLE: Gainesville Theatre Alliance Has Plays, Stage Tours in February
RECOMMENDED: Re-Reading the Classics
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Scenes of the South Inspire Notable Artists During the 1940s
TODAY’S QUOTE: Chinaberry Climbing Challenges Her To See the End of the World
MYSTERY PHOTO: Be Careful and Detect the Clues in This Issue’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Emory University Commemorated in Photo from Orlando Massacre
CALENDAR: Authors Plan Visit Through Gwinnett Library

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by · January 17, 2017 · Full issues
BRACK: Catching up with the news; Michael Thurmond to head DeKalb

BRACK: Catching up with the news; Michael Thurmond to head DeKalb

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Let’s crank up the old Catch Up app for today. We’ve been holding back on these few items, and give them life today.

ONE PERSON wrote with their outlook for 2017: “Keep your fingers crossed.”

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by · January 17, 2017 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Hayslett

FOCUS: Widening gap obvious between Gwinnett and rest of state

By Charles Hayslett, Atlanta, Ga. | Here’s an easy way to understand the widening gap between Metro Atlanta and the rest of Georgia.

Compare all 56 counties of interior South Georgia to Gwinnett County alone. Gwinnett County’s 2013 population was estimated at 859,304 – just under three-fourths of the 1.16 million people living in our 56-county South Georgia region.

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by · January 17, 2017 · Today's Focus
Bernard

BERNARD: President Bush-2 outlined immigrant strategy years ago

By Jack Bernard, Peachtree City, Ga. | A recent Gallup study examined long-term trends in immigration attitudes among Americans, a topic perhaps of particular interest to those in Gwinnett County. Surprisingly, it found that the number of Americans who wanted immigration decreased had not changed much in 50 years. Only 38 percent of Americans currently (7-16) want a decrease in immigration versus 33 percent in 1965.

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by · January 17, 2017 · Another View
MYSTERY: Be careful and detect the clues

MYSTERY: Be careful and detect the clues

You might find two or three clues about this edition’s Mystery Photo. But you might have to look carefully. Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · January 17, 2017 · Mystery photos
10/13: On fake news, Trump administration, online tickets

10/13: On fake news, Trump administration, online tickets

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s Why Gullible Public Is Taken in by Fake News
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Trump Administration May Be Turning Point for Our Government
ANOTHER VIEW: Watch It: You Might Get Ripped Off Anywhere Online
SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Family Automotive Group
FEEDBACK: More on Punctuation and Adverbs and on Weather Experts
UPCOMING: North Gwinnett Kiwanians Plan 9th Annual Father-Daughter Dance
NOTABLE: Kaiser Permanente Opens Contact Center in Gwinnett with 800 Jobs
RECOMMENDED: “An Honest Liar,” documentary film on Netflix
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Artists in Georgia Flourished in 1930s and 1940s
TODAY’S QUOTE: Some Lives Die Because They Remain Silent
MYSTERY PHOTO: Peaceful Scene with Moon, Water and Boats Seems Restful
LAGNIAPPE: New Way to Enjoy Wintertime in Sugar Hill: Ice Skating
CALENDAR: Author Lisa Gardner Plans Appearance in Gwinnett

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by · January 13, 2017 · Full issues
BRACK: Trump administration may be turning point for our government

BRACK: Trump administration may be turning point for our government

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Thinking back politically into the middle of 2016, I must admit that I began to wonder if the GOP challenger Donald Trump might be moving the United States toward a seminal and decisive change.

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by · January 13, 2017 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
Baggs

FOCUS: Here’s why gullible public is taken in by fake news

By Norman Baggs, Gainesville, Ga. | When I started in the newspaper business 40-plus years ago, I never imagined that before my career was done there would be a national dialogue on how to keep a gullible public from being misinformed by the proliferation of “fake news.”

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by · January 13, 2017 · Today's Focus
HOUSTON: Watch it: You might get ripped off anywhere online

HOUSTON: Watch it: You might get ripped off anywhere online

By Debra Houston, contributing columnist | My husband called from work. “Get tickets for Alan Jackson. He’s playing the Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth on the 28th.” He’s our favorite country musician.

He grew up in Newnan south of Atlanta, with loving, decent parents, a family of four daughters and a son. His dad turned a toolshed into a house. Alan slept in the hall.

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by · January 13, 2017 · Another View
MYSTERY: Peaceful scene tugs at your psyche, seeming so restful

MYSTERY: Peaceful scene tugs at your psyche, seeming so restful

What a peaceful scene: the moon, the water, the boats, all seemingly at rest. But where is this scene. You might be surprised. Send in your thoughts to elliott@brack.net and be sure to include your hometown.

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by · January 13, 2017 · Mystery photos
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