Editorial: Time now to bone up on SPLOST pros, cons 05/18/2008
We suspect most residents of Cobb County and Marietta are pretty sure by now which candidate they'll support for president in November. But it's clear that many have yet to decide which way they'll vote in the upcoming referendum on whether to renew the 1 percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax for schools, which is set for September.
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Bill Kinney: The War on Terror 05/18/2008
The war on terror isn't on the front page much anymore, but it's never far from the mind of Cobb Public Safety Director Mickey Lloyd.
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Nelson Price: Early Christian leaders had little power 05/18/2008
Following is an oversimplified, brief history of the emerging church in Rome. A Catholic historian could do a much better job and doubtless would prefer a fuller accounting.
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Around Town: Did Goldstein best mayor after all? One Sam out, but another Sam in? 05/17/2008
WAS MARIETTA MAYOR Bill Dunaway's deft maneuvering against powerful Councilman Philip Goldstein this week all for naught?
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Ron Goodden/Letter to the Editor: Media bias for Obama obvious 05/17/2008
Springtime brings rain, migratory birds and flowers. And in election years, obsequious journalistic tributes to candidates of the mainstream media's favorite political party.
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Bill O'Reilly: It’s The Sexism, Stupid 05/17/2008
Could it be possible that Democratic voters are discriminating against Sen. Hillary Clinton simply because she's a woman? Is sexism the reason she is losing to Barack Obama? Say it ain't so, Gloria Steinem.
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Editorial: Land buy a reminder of parks bond’s wisdom 05/16/2008
There's never been any question that Cobb voters did the right thing when they voted in 2006 to approve a $40 million bond for the acquisition of future parkland.
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Charles Krauthammer: Israel’s Crime 05/16/2008
Before sending Lewis and Clark west, Thomas Jefferson dispatched Meriwether Lewis to Philadelphia to see Dr. Benjamin Rush.
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Steve & Cokie Roberts: Media shield law is in pipeline 05/16/2008
On the campaign trail, there is much talk of bipartisanship, but back on Capitol Hill, that spirit has vanished. The latest example: collapse of Senate negotiations to help homeowners threatened with foreclosure.
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Editorial: Board makeover overdue for downtown 05/15/2008
Marietta Mayor Bill Dunaway has locked horns many times with powerful Councilman Philip Goldstein in the past seven years and often as not has come away bloody.
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