By George Wilson | When the Constitution was being written, it became necessary to make an important concession to the smaller states by giving them the same number of Senatorial positions as the larger states.
The smaller states feared domination by the larger states. Therefore, this was a compromise to get them to ratify the Constitution.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Remembering Rhodes Jordan, Namesake of New Lawrenceville School
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Here Are More Reasons To Vote for E-SPLOST Continuation
ANOTHER VIEW: There Are Many Ways an Individual Is Not Free
FEEDBACK: Letters on our Constitution; Annandale Run; and E-SPLOST
UPCOMING: Connie Wiggins Plans To Retire from Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful
NOTABLE: Suwanee Medical School Names “Champions of PCOM”; YSS Expands
RECOMMENDED READ: The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia During Administration of Royal Governor James Wright
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Small People Talk About in Gatherings
MYSTERY PHOTO: Five Recognize Home in Slovenia
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Non-Profit Organizations Are Force To Be Reckoned With
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Two Republican Candidates To Visit Gwinnett on Saturday
ANOTHER VIEW: Progressives Must Start from Bottom to Win Races
UPCOMING: Flu Season Coming, So Move Soon to Get a Flu Shot
RECOMMENDED RESTAURANT: Three Lil’ Pigs, Buford
GEORGIA TIDBIT: It’s Apple Time; Learn More about the Georgia Apple Crop
TODAY’S QUOTE: When You Think About This, Well….It’s Forever
MYSTERY PHOTO: New Photograph Comes without a Lot of Clues
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Beaver Ruin Watershed Clean-Up Is Target of Clean and Beautiful
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Diego Rivera Masterpiece at Art Institute Worthy of Trip to Detroit
ANOTHER VIEW: What Happens When Rich and Poor Are Too Far Apart?
FEEDBACK: Remember the Simpson-Bowles Debt Reduction Plan?
UPCOMING: Ga-PCOM Wins Approval for Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies
NOTABLE: Gander Mountain Opens Outlet in Snellville
RECOMMENDED READ: Her by Harriet Lane
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Veterans in Vanguard of Changes in Georgia After World War II
TODAY’S QUOTE: What Women Get Soon, But for Man Takes Forever
MYSTERY PHOTO: Perhaps This Railroad Engine Will Give You an Idea
LAGNIAPPE: DAR Chapter Welcomes New Citizens at Naturalization Ceremony
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TODAY’S FOCUS: A Glimpse Where A Walk in the Woods Was Partially Filmed
EEB PERSPECTIVE: After 10 Years, There’s Excitement about Expansion of Civic Center
FEEDBACK: One Guy Wants George Wilson To Run for President
UPCOMING: Jackson EMC Returns $6.5 Million; SPCA Plans Gala and Masquerade Ball
NOTABLE: PCOM New President is Inaugurated; Ball Court Named for Amanda Riley
RECOMMENDED READ: The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
GEORGIA TIDBIT: World War II Spending Helped the South out of the Depression
MYSTERY PHOTO: Lighthouses Abound Around the Country; Where Is This One?
LAGNIAPPE: You Can Still Have Fun at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds This Week
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Mandatory Uniform Policy Adopted at Summerour Middle School
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Peddling Around Mackinac Island, Michigan
ANOTHER VIEW: Steps USA Could Take To Improve Conditions for the Average Guy
UPCOMING: Aurora Theatre Offers Comedy; Elisha Winn Fair; StoryCorps Coming
NOTABLE: PCOM Gets Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine
RECOMMENDED READ: The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia State University Has Largest Labor Archive in Southeast
TODAY’S QUOTE: What We Don’t See in People Who Have Offended Us
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only One Person Recognized the Last Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: State Official on Aging Visits with Gwinnett Officials
By George Wilson | Globalization and technological changes have worked to eliminate good paying manufacturing jobs in America. Among ordinary men and women this has had a profound change in their lives. Many have tried to adjust by taking the time to get more education and to be retrained; even going into debt with student loans. Many others have taken multiple low paying jobs. What we see is profits at record levels and the rich getting richer. American families face financial hardships at a time “when the average CEO makes about 300 times what the average worker makes.”
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Farm Friends Have Been at Gwinnett County Fair 25 Years
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Suwanee Resident Is New Commander of Georgia American Legion
ANOTHER VIEW: How Southern Men Are Threatened: Manipulation by GOP
FEEDBACK: Roundabouts Work Only “When used properly”
UPCOMING: Snellville Arts Council Schedules Annual Gala
NOTABLE: New Class of Leadership Gwinnett Announced for Coming Year
RECOMMENDED LISTEN: Literature of C.S Lewis by Professor Timothy B. Shutt (on tape)
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Lillian Smith Earns Position in Georgia Writers Hall of Fame.
TODAY’S QUOTE: Sometimes the Citizen Is Stuck Between Two Tough Alternatives
MYSTERY PHOTO: Architectural Gem in South Carolina Was Last Mystery
By George Wilson | W.J. Cash’s The Mind of the South, first published in 1941, is a brilliant examination of how the Southern elite, even with slavery no longer possible, managed to extend the same economic and political philosophy and system to their own benefit for 100 years, using Jim Crow.
When I see the Confederate flags waved today, I always think about the social unfairness that existed in the South during the Civil War. Here are a few examples.
“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”
— American scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat Benjamin Franklin (1706 –1790), via Cindy Evans, Duluth.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The next issue of GwinnettForum will be Jan. 3, 2025.
Gwinnett Forum publisher Elliott Brack suggests that Gwinnett County needs a long-range list of continuing objectives for improving the county. His list:
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