By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Back a few years ago, I was optimistic about the future of newspapers. Since then, my faith in their future has continually declined. The impact of the Internet has been far worse than I had realized. What you are seeing with the Internet isn’t just affecting newspapers. How about banking? Insurance? Automotive sales? Retail …Walmart is fighting Amazon, etc. etc. etc.
By Hoyt Tuggle | This is in response to Debra Houston. It is history and the current political situation from a different perspective.
Progressivism has been a significant component of the Democratic Party since Woodrow Wilson. This division within the Democratic Party has been pretty much an ongoing battle except for the FDR years. In modern times it surfaced between Jimmy Carter and the Democratic establishment. It accounted for as much of his failures as did anything.
[UPDATED, 4:10 p.m., Sept. 15] GwinnettForum learned today of the passing of Lillian Webb, 87, former chair of the Gwinnett County Commission for eight years, and former 11-term mayor of Norcross.
She was named Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year in 2013. More.
The family will accept visitors on Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Crowell Brothers Home, while the funeral will be Saturday, September 17, at 2 p.m. at Norcross United Methodist Church, with burial following at Crowell Cemetery.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Grieving Father Ponders Problems of Addiction to Drugs
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The Way Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Looks at Voter Registration Drives
ANOTHER VIEW: Can Voters See Through Smokescreen of Campaign for President?
SPOTLIGHT: Primerica Inc.
FEEDBACK: How Do Exit Pollsters Wind Up with All These Silly-Season Details?
UPCOMING: Norcross Plans Neighborhood Clean Up and Recycling on September 24
NOTABLE: Suwanee LDS Congregation Helps Baton Rouge Storm Victims
RECOMMENDED: Cardinal Hill by Mary Anna Bryan
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Kolomoki Mounds near Blakely Date Back Maybe Before Christ
TODAY’S QUOTE: Oh, The Joys of Our Many Freedoms, Which We Often Seldom Use
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Peaceful Mystery Photograph Could Be from Anywhere
LAGNIAPPE: Georgia Gwinnett College Hosts Reception for Fellows Program
CALENDAR: 64th Annual Gwinnett County Fair Opens on September 15
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The concerted efforts by many politicians to have voter registration drives seeks to get more participation in our democracy by citizens who so far don’t vote.
On the surface, it seems a reasonable move.
But not to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the former UCLA and Milwaukee Bucks basketball star, who was once known as Lew Alcindor. The other day on National Public Radio we heard him explaining why he thinks such voter registration drives are not a good idea. You may be surprised at the way he reasons …
By Derby Waters, Jesup, Ga. | On August 7 a young woman lay down to sleep and never woke up. She was a mother of two children, beautiful, highly-educated person, and my daughter.
She was also a drug addict. A great part of my heart is empty.
What I can feel of it is sorrow so profound there are no words to describe it. Almost 600,000 people in the United States will die this year, just as my daughter did. Death from drug use is among the top killers in this nation. More than 1,600 will die every day this year. That’s 1,600 more grieving families, 1,600 funerals every day, 365 days each year.
By George Wilson, contributing columnist | The Dallas Morning News broke with more than 75 years of tradition to endorse a Democrat for president, choosing Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump.
The Dallas Morning News’ editorial page is very, very conservative. It hasn’t endorsed a Democrat for president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940. But a recent editorial went on to savage Trump:
“I have learned that our greatest blessings come when we are able to improve the lives of others.”
– The only president from Georgia, No. 39, Jimmy Carter (1924-2024), via John Titus, Peachtree Corners.
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His 2025 list:
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