By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Finally, and maybe for the first time, someone has said “No” to Donald Trump.
About the only other time he may have heard the words “No” was from his two previous wives, who finally divorced him. For sure, it seems that he has never heard the words from his parents, who must have given him his every wish. For sure they staked him with vast sums to start his fiefdom.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Be Intentional About Showing Love and Kindness Toward Others
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Our Sincere Best Wishes To President Trump on His Inauguration Day
ANOTHER VIEW: Media Provides So Much Info, But Why Do We Know So Little?
SPOTLIGHT: U.S. Asset Management
FEEDBACK: Electoral College Is Outdated in Protecting the Smaller States
UPCOMING: New London Theatre Presents Godspell Beginning on January 20
NOTABLE: Gwinnett Tech and AARP Team Up To Provide Tax Preparation
RECOMMENDED: 1491 By Charles Mann
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Lamar Dodd Brings Successful Artists-in-Residence to UGA Campus
TODAY’S QUOTE: Why He May Have Paid Too Much for His Carpet
MYSTERY PHOTO: Many Readers May Have at One Time Seen This Mill
LAGNIAPPE: More Photos of the Dr. Martin Luther King Day Parade
CALENDAR: Latino Medical Students Coming to Suwanee Medical Campus
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | Today Donald Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States.
We hope that his administration is a good one for our country. He comes to the office after an unprecedented candidacy, and with the backing of many citizens who sometimes feel disenfranchised from everyday America. He also comes to the office without having won the popular vote.
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s Why Gullible Public Is Taken in by Fake News
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Trump Administration May Be Turning Point for Our Government
ANOTHER VIEW: Watch It: You Might Get Ripped Off Anywhere Online
SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Family Automotive Group
FEEDBACK: More on Punctuation and Adverbs and on Weather Experts
UPCOMING: North Gwinnett Kiwanians Plan 9th Annual Father-Daughter Dance
NOTABLE: Kaiser Permanente Opens Contact Center in Gwinnett with 800 Jobs
RECOMMENDED: “An Honest Liar,” documentary film on Netflix
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Artists in Georgia Flourished in 1930s and 1940s
TODAY’S QUOTE: Some Lives Die Because They Remain Silent
MYSTERY PHOTO: Peaceful Scene with Moon, Water and Boats Seems Restful
LAGNIAPPE: New Way to Enjoy Wintertime in Sugar Hill: Ice Skating
CALENDAR: Author Lisa Gardner Plans Appearance in Gwinnett
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TODAY’S FOCUS: Distinctive Marble Water Garden To Grace New Braselton Hospital
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Remembering a Friend Who Served a Unique Non-Profit Board Service
ANOTHER VIEW: One Way to View the Change: Seven Post-election Thoughts
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
UPCOMING: Alyssa Davis Will Become Sugarloaf CID’s Initial Director
NOTABLE: Norcross Completes Its Own Mural with Skin Alley Red Foxes
RECOMMENDED VIEWING: Britain’s Bloody Crown
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Mary Hutchinson Attracts Following in New York and Atlanta
TODAY’S QUOTE: Another Difference Between Democrats and Republicans
MYSTERY PHOTO: Nighttime scene from which city?
LAGNIAPPE: Area DAR Chapters Greet State Regent with Tea
CALENDAR: Lilburn Tree Lighting is Tuesday, November 29
By Debra Houston, contributing columnist | What did we learn from the election?
1. Trump earned the white guy vote. They didn’t organize, demonstrate, or riot, but they voted. The Midwestern guy thought in accord with the Southern one: “I’m tired of being blamed for all the ills of the world.” Unemployment is a big issue for these guys, especially after manufacturing went overseas. Trump addressed their concerns.
By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | An out of state reader prompted today’s entry when he asked a question about the election.
What really concerns me seriously are the protests and riots by the young. It is obvious that they do not know the mechanics of government, and I suspect this comes from more than a generation not studying the basics of civics.
By Andy Brack, Charleston, S.C. | Wasn’t the presidential election supposed to be rigged?
Had Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who garnered just over 350,000 votes more than the GOP’s Donald Trump out of 120 million cast across the country, won the electoral college, we wouldn’t hear the end of the election being rigged.
By George Wilson, contributing columnist | Like a former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and the Brexit crowd, Donald Trump tapped into a large number of people who are legitimately upset over the failure of status quo governments to deal with the economic fallout from the loss of jobs to the second and third world countries.
“….if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”
— Canadian Author Robertson Davies (1913-1995).
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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