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NEW for 6/16: Making jam; Golden Club; Afghanistan

NEW for 6/16: Making jam; Golden Club; Afghanistan

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Enjoying making jam, the Lawrenceville Co-op benefits
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Georgia Press Association inducts EEB into Golden Club
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
ANOTHER VIEW: Afghanistan was a mess for the USA from the start
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Iowa native to chair PA studies at PCOM
NOTABLE: “Pigments of Imagination” on display at Norcross Gallery
RECOMMENDED: The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict 
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Ebos Landing and the Myth of the Flying Africans
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you remember where you have eyeballed this scene?
CALENDAR: Duluth Rotary Club Car Show will be Saturday, June 17

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by · June 16, 2023 · Full issues
Image from Frontline video on Afghanistan.

ANOTHER VIEW: Afghanistan was a mess for the USA from the start

By Jack Bernard  |  Recently “America and the Taliban” appeared on PBS’ Frontline Report.  Marine Seth Sharp was shown, shot in the neck and killed during Afghanistan counterinsurgency efforts. He was a 20-year-old from Bartow County, Ga., where I went to high school and my youngest brother was born. 

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by · June 16, 2023 · Another View
NEW for 9/7: On Afghanistan, 66th county fair

NEW for 9/7: On Afghanistan, 66th county fair

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Two former presidents offered us ideas, which we have rejected
EEB PERSPECTIVE: 66th Gwinnett County Fair starts Sept. 16 for 11 days
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
FEEDBACK: Energy plan needed for nuclear, renewables and its distribution 
UPCOMING: County wants input on Gwinnett Place Mall on September 10
NOTABLE: PCOM names Ruth Maher head of physical therapy department 
RECOMMENDATIONS: The (Other You) by Joyce Carol Oates
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Mystery about origin of statue atop Georgia capitol
MYSTERY PHOTO: History, a flag and nicely-framed photo is today’s mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Labor Day visitor to Gatlinburg, Tenn. was a wandering bear
CALENDAR: Immigrant story coming to Lilburn library on September 19

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by · September 7, 2021 · Full issues
NEW for 9/3: On water wars and troops out of Afghanistan

NEW for 9/3: On water wars and troops out of Afghanistan

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Endless water wars have Corps of Engineers as continuing factor
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Thank you, Mr. President, for getting our troops out of Afghanistan
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Banking Company
FEEDBACK: Three short letters talk of different views
UPCOMING: Duluth First United Methodists to mark 150th anniversary 
NOTABLE: Lots of curtains about to rise at Aurora Theatre in the fall
RECOMMENDED: Epidemics and Society by Frank M. Snowden 
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Several utopian reform colonies once organized in Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Overhanging trees abound in this Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: New floral designs decorate wall in Suwanee
CALENDAR: Works from permanent collection on display at Hudgens Art Center

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by · September 3, 2021 · Full issues
C-17s in the sky over a home base in Charleston, S.C. Air Force photo.

BRACK: Thank you, Mr. President, for getting our troops out of Afghanistan

SEPT. 3, 2021  |  Thank you, President Biden. Thank you for taking the bold steps in leadership in getting out the last of our military troops entirely out of Afghanistan by your own August 31 deadline. You did what three other presidents did not or would not do. You also completed this evacuation in the face of unwarranted criticism of your actions.

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by · September 3, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEW for 8/24: On doctors, two mayors, one president

NEW for 8/24: On doctors, two mayors, one president

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Where have all the doctors gone? We need more of ‘em than ever 
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Two Gwinnett mayors inducted in Ga. Municipal Hall of Fame
ANOTHER VIEW: Feels President Biden let us down on the withdrawal from Afghanistan
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Stripers
FEEDBACK: Appreciates President Biden getting troops out of Afghan war
UPCOMING: French-American Chamber moving its office to Peachtree Corners
NOTABLE: Total of 72 candidates running for Gwinnett city council slots
RECOMMENDATION: I Alone Can Fix It by Carol Leonnig and Phillip Rucker
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Midway was early center of activity on Georgia coast
MYSTERY PHOTO: This is not your everyday Mystery Photo for you to solve
LAGNIAPPE: Here’s another perspective of Watson Mill State Park bridge
CALENDAR: Talk on renewable energy will be on Thursday, August 26 at 7 p.m.

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by · August 24, 2021 · Full issues
NEW for 8/20: On junk mail, Afghanistan withdrawal, more

NEW for 8/20: On junk mail, Afghanistan withdrawal, more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Solicitations delivered by U.S. Mail are multiplying and obnoxious
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Hurrah! We’re leaving Afghanistan; we should have done it years ago
ANOTHER VIEW: State school superintendent should show leadership in Covid times
SPOTLIGHT: Walton Gas
FEEDBACK: Clarifies what ad hominem criticisms really mean
UPCOMING: Gwinnett retains top financial ranking from three agencies
NOTABLE: Gwinnett opens its first homeless shelter, HomeFirst Gwinnett
RECOMMENDED: The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman
GEORGIA TIDBIT: For last 50 years, art galleries and museums growth has been fertile
MYSTERY PHOTO: Handsomely-designed building is today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: Another pollinator at work in Black Mountain, N.C.
CALENDAR: Job Fair will be August 28 for hiring correctional officers 

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by · August 20, 2021 · Full issues
U.S. soldiers with Afghans evacuating Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 17, after the Taliban captured Kabul. U.S. Navy photo via Wikipedia.

BRACK: Hurrah! We’re leaving Afghanistan; we should have done it years ago

By Elliott Brack  |  It’s beyond me why some in our country are so concerned about what’s happening in Afghanistan. Not only should our country leave Afghanistan as fast as we can, for the real problem is that we should never have sent American troops to that country halfway around the world in the first place. Fighting against the natives there is a zealous guerilla war. There was no way a visitor could “win.”

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by · August 20, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEW for 4/16: On atonement; Pulling troops from Afghanistan

NEW for 4/16: On atonement; Pulling troops from Afghanistan

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Musing on considering of four theories about atonement
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Pulling American troops out of Afghanistan
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College 
UPCOMING: Four students to represent Gwinnett in statewide STAR program
NOTABLE: Gwinnett seeking to hire lifeguards for the summer season
RECOMMENDED: Turandot (an opera) by Giacomo Puccini
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah Foundation creates Victorian Historic District
MYSTERY PHOTO: You may have seen today’s Mystery Photo and never realized it

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by · April 16, 2021 · Full issues, Uncategorized
Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilots fly near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, April 5, 2017.   U.S. Army photo via Wikipedia.

BRACK: Pulling American troops out of Afghanistan

By Elliott Brack  |  About our American troops in Afghanistan, President Biden cannot pull our troops out of there fast enough for me. Our country should have never been deployed sending American troops to that part of the world.

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by · April 16, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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