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NEW for 3/26: On keeping up, Biden and AI

NEW for 3/26: On keeping up, Biden and AI

Click here to read the latest stories. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: How you can be aware of what’s going  on in the world
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Democrats need not worry; Biden will prevail
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
ANOTHER VIEW: Artificial intelligence will be key part of 2024 campaign
FEEDBACK: Benjamin Franklin on first nonsectarian college
UPCOMING: April 1 is deadline to apply for homestead exemption
NOTABLE: Sensory Tree House enhances life for the disabled
RECOMMENDED: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
GEORGIA TIDBIT:  Georgia’s “second founder” was man of distinction
MYSTERY PHOTO: What story is associated with this lighthouse?
LAGNIAPPE: Colors of spring
CALENDAR: Norcross plans two Easter Egg Hunts on March 30 

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by · March 26, 2024 · Full issues
FOCUS: How you can be aware of what’s going  on in the world

FOCUS: How you can be aware of what’s going  on in the world

By Raleigh Perry  |  If you are getting your national news from the Atlanta Journal and Constitution (AJC), the Marietta Daily Journal, the Gwinnett Daily Post, the Gainesville Times or any other local newspaper, you are basically unaware of what is going on in this world.  

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by · March 26, 2024 · Today's Focus
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BRACK: My first real work was under frantic and constant pressure

By Elliott Brack  |  It doesn’t hurt to be under pressure to see how you fare. Now what to me seems tame these days was right up there in a pressured situation back in my early days in a newsroom. It was the first Friday night in September with me just starting to work on The Macon Telegraph, the morning newspaper. Previously I had been on the afternoon paper, and moved to the a.m. paper on Labor Day.

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by · December 17, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEWS: Fourth Estate is losing ground, which hurts democracy

NEWS: Fourth Estate is losing ground, which hurts democracy

By Elliott Brack  |  Here on the eve of Independence Day, the Fourth Estate may be losing a battle that cannot help our American system of government. Unless it can be turned around, this battle will be adding to the woes, and may doom, our way of life in the United States of America. 

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by · July 2, 2021 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
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BRACK: Pay-for-play fake news sites popping up in USA, Gwinnett

By Elliott Brack  |  Fake news websites are now riding on the credibility that standard newspapers have built over the years to get their false messages out. Insidiously, they are creating what looks like everyday newspapers and web sites, making the reader think their sites are from old, established media. These sites are really newly-created propaganda machines, wanting to convince you that their stories are real. 

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by · October 23, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
NEW for 8/25: Bowen elected; Governor and news; Trump lauded

NEW for 8/25: Bowen elected; Governor and news; Trump lauded

Click here to read the latest edition. IN THIS ISSUE:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Rudy Bowen of Suwanee Elected Head of State Transportation Board
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Governor’s Idea of News Seems More Reasonable Than AJC’s Views 
ANOTHER VIEW: Lists What He Feels Are Accomplishments of Trump Administration
SPOTLIGHT: Infinite Energy Center
FEEDBACK: If You Mail in Your Ballot, Do So Well in Advance and It’ll Be Counted
UPCOMING: Health Care Firm Moving 400 Employees to Peachtree Corners
NOTABLE: Lilburn Businessman Funds Third Edition Printing of Gwinnett History
RECOMMENDED: Movie: Words on Bathroom Walls
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Learn of the Differences in Butterflies and Moths for Georgia
MYSTERY PHOTO: Put on Your Thinking Cap To Determine This Mystery Location
CALENDAR: Duluth To Host Special Drive-in Movie on August 29

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by · August 25, 2020 · Full issues
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BRACK: Governor’s idea of news seems more reasonable than AJC’s 

By Elliott Brack  |  Governor Brian Kemp’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has certainly been wishy-washy if not questionable.  His lack of understanding that local officials, particularly mayors, by definition ought to be able to order their populations to wear masks seemed unreasonable. If the local mayor thinks that his area is severely threatened by the pandemic, as an emergency measure, the mayor should protect his citizens and have the inherent right to order masking.

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by · August 25, 2020 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
BRACK: Time to eat crow,  apologize for error on Loganville election

BRACK: Time to eat crow,  apologize for error on Loganville election

By Elliott Brack  | Every so often in the news business, you find it’s time to eat crow. Today is such a day for me.

Last Friday we fouled on reporting the results of the Loganville election.  Going to the Internet, we posted the results of the 2017 election, thinking we had the 2019 election. We simply did not read the small print correctly, and gave the wrong information. 

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by · November 19, 2019 · Elliott Brack's Perspective
7/17, full issue: Nuclear disposal; Late night news; more

7/17, full issue: Nuclear disposal; Late night news; more

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: USA Dragging Feet on Completion of Nuclear Disposal Site near Augusta
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Eleven p.m. Local News Not Important To Us  Any More
SPOTLIGHT: Georgia Gwinnett College
FEEDBACK: Finds Concern, Then Engages with Forum Readers with Thoughts
UPCOMING: Lawrenceville Slightly Lowers Property Tax Rate For Current Year
NOTABLE: Snellville Physician Ben Abraham Wins National Preceptor Award
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Savannah Editor Gains Popularity with His Humorous Southern Stories
MYSTERY PHOTO: A Bronze Statue Asks You for Identification and Where Located
CALENDAR: Ribbon Cutting at Eastside Medical Center on July 25

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by · July 17, 2018 · Full issues
10/13: On fake news, Trump administration, online tickets

10/13: On fake news, Trump administration, online tickets

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
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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by · January 13, 2017 · Full issues
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