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NEW for 3/28: On Trump, “gobsmacked” and wokeness

NEW for 3/28: On Trump, “gobsmacked” and wokeness

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: When will the key GOP leaders openly condemn Trump?
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Perfect word: have you ever been gobsmacked?
SPOTLIGHT: Gwinnett County Public Library
ANOTHER VIEW: Resist!  Don’t get caught up in all this “Wokeness”
FEEDBACK: Appreciates valuable alternative of Gwinnett Tech
UPCOMING: Sculptor Basil Watson offers artist tour April 1 at Hudgens
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Chamber announces winners of VALOR awards 
RECOMMENDED: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Macon is home of Georgia’s largest arts and science museum
MYSTERY PHOTO: Can you tell us where these houses are located?
LAGNIAPPE: Signing of legislation creating the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit 
CALENDAR: King statue unveiling planned for April 1

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by · March 28, 2023 · Full issues
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ANOTHER VIEW: Resist!  Don’t get caught up in all this “wokeness”

CHARLESTON, S.C.  |  Somebody at a book event recently asked, “Are you woke?” My response: “Just what does that mean?” Her response: Deer-in-the-headlights. She didn’t know. She sputtered and changed the subject. But this kind of silliness is going on too much.

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by · March 28, 2023 · Another View
WILSON: Many ways when individual isn’t free

WILSON: Many ways when individual isn’t free

By George Wilson | George Lakoff is distinguished professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. His latest book is the ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant. In it he makes the following observations.

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by · October 30, 2015 · Another View