By Dr. Josi Kalavar | Over the past two decades, an all-too-familiar scene has made headlines: photos of a community gathered at a place to mourn a senseless tragedy. It could be from a natural disaster like tornadoes, floods and hurricanes, a fire, a building collapse, or most recently, a school shooting.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Dacula Attorney Addresses World Forum on Drugs in Sweden
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Orderly World Is So Predictable, Giving Us Hope and Comfort
SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Family Automobile Group
FEEDBACK: What Did Our Nation Get from Summit in Singapore?
UPCOMING: Snellville July 4 Holiday Features Gigantic Fireworks Show
NOTABLE: 34th Leadership Gwinnett Announces 40 Selectees for 2018-19 Program
RECOMMENDED: Movie: Greenfingers (2001)
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Wilson’s Southern Drive Faces Diminished Opposition
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CALENDAR: Disentangling Truth in the Digital Age Workshop Coming Soon
By Jock Ellis | CUMMING, Ga., June 30, 2015 — NBA hoops was the first thing I heard when I would hop aboard a MARTA bus headed toward the Lindbergh Station.
Two guys, one on either side of the aisle, would be deep in conversation about the previous night’s game. Both clearly enjoyed getting to talk about something they obviously loved. One guy was a 40ish black man wearing work khakis while the other, a 30-something white guy, was dressed in a three-piece, blue pinstripe suit. Their conversations would run from before I hopped on until we disembarked to await the train. And maybe after.
“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
– The second president of the United States, John Adams (1735-1826).
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