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FOCUS: Suwanee resident reacts to what Bernard says

By Jeff Gorke  |  It’s always fun to read Jack Bernard’s missives. They tend to be short on data, long on aspersions while often slamming 50 percent of the population for being mindless rubes. Understand, I’m no Trump supporter, but he isn’t one of the Riders of the Apocalypse, either. 

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by · January 5, 2024 · Today's Focus
FOCUS: Gwinnett Chamber completes $5.4 million renovation

FOCUS: Gwinnett Chamber completes $5.4 million renovation

By Lisa Sherman  |  The Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce today unveils a $5.4 million renovation that will set the stage for a new era of innovation and inclusion. This monumental undertaking signals the Chamber’s commitment to championing business and fostering a collaborative environment that reflects the organization’s core values.

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by · January 2, 2024 · Today's Focus
Zodiac Wheel decorations.  Photos provided.

FOCUS: What a great pre-Christmas holiday — a visit to New York City!

By Billy Chism  |  I have traveled to New York City several times since my first visit in 1979, but never during the Christmas season. My wife and I, along with a friend, made the trip on December 11-15.

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by · December 22, 2023 · Today's Focus
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FOCUS: There’s a reason Georgia’s highways are mighty smooth

By Larry Dent  |  Early in Buford resident Tom Moreland’s era of the Department of Transportation, an emphasis was placed on the smoothness of the roads of the State Highway System of Georgia.

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by · December 19, 2023 · Today's Focus
Note the housing in Greenland. Photos provided.

FOCUS: Consider this area for your vacation: Greenland!

By Laura Ballance  |  On a Tuesday morning in late November, my husband and I sat at a boarding gate in Copenhagen, looking out at the bright red Airbus A330-800 neo, Air Greenland’s only jet aircraft, which runs twice weekly flights to Kangerlussuaq.

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by · December 15, 2023 · Today's Focus
FOCUS, Bernard: Former President Trump is clueless on health care

FOCUS, Bernard: Former President Trump is clueless on health care

By Jack Bernard  |  Recently appearing in a Modern Healthcare column entitled: “Trump attack on ACA elevates healthcare in 2024 election.”  But Trump has no new suggestions to fix the malfunctioning health care system. He never proposed anything specific to replace it when he was president.

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by · December 12, 2023 · Today's Focus
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FOCUS: The work of American democracy is never ever finished

By Andy Brack  |  There’s been a growing, gnawing sense among many Americans that the nation’s fragile democracy is flailing amidst an authoritarian threat from within.

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by · December 8, 2023 · Today's Focus
Rosalynn Carter chairs a 1977 meeting of the President's Commission  on Mental Health.  Via Wikipedia.

FOCUS: Reflecting on the life of First Lady Rosalynn Carter

By Emory Morsberger  |  There are moments in a lifetime when the unique set of circumstances present themselves in an overwhelming way.  This has been the case in mourning the death of First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

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by · December 5, 2023 · Today's Focus
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FOCUS: Returns from Israel with new understanding of war

By Mack W. Parnell  |  Over the past month, I helped lead a delegation of elected officials and policy leaders on a solidarity mission to Israel. It’s nearly impossible to put into words all that we have seen, heard, and experienced. 

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by · December 1, 2023 · Today's Focus
The Byrds in 1965, via Wikipedia.

FOCUS: Choose the values of celebrations with positive agents

By Randy Brunson  |  In late 1965, The Byrds released Pete Seeger’s “Turn, Turn, Turn,” a peace anthem taken almost exclusively from the third chapter of Ecclesiastes. The overarching theme of these eight verses is seasons, with the author describing a time for every season and purpose under heaven.

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by · November 28, 2023 · Today's Focus