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9/13: On drug addiction, voter registration, campaign smokescreen

9/13: On drug addiction, voter registration, campaign smokescreen

Click here to read the latest issue. Inside:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Grieving Father Ponders Problems of Addiction to Drugs
EEB PERSPECTIVE: The Way Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Looks at Voter Registration Drives
ANOTHER VIEW: Can Voters See Through Smokescreen of Campaign for President?
SPOTLIGHT: Primerica Inc.
FEEDBACK: How Do Exit Pollsters Wind Up with All These Silly-Season Details?
UPCOMING: Norcross Plans Neighborhood Clean Up and Recycling on September 24
NOTABLE: Suwanee LDS Congregation Helps Baton Rouge Storm Victims
RECOMMENDED: Cardinal Hill by Mary Anna Bryan
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Kolomoki Mounds near Blakely Date Back Maybe Before Christ
TODAY’S QUOTE: Oh, The Joys of Our Many Freedoms, Which We Often Seldom Use
MYSTERY PHOTO: This Peaceful Mystery Photograph Could Be from Anywhere
LAGNIAPPE: Georgia Gwinnett College Hosts Reception for Fellows Program
CALENDAR: 64th Annual Gwinnett County Fair Opens on September 15

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by · September 13, 2016 · Full issues
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BRACK: The way Kareem Abdul-Jabbar looks at voter registration drives

By Elliott Brack, editor and publisher | The concerted efforts by many politicians to have voter registration drives seeks to get more participation in our democracy by citizens who so far don’t vote.

On the surface, it seems a reasonable move.

But not to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the former UCLA and Milwaukee Bucks basketball star, who was once known as Lew Alcindor. The other day on National Public Radio we heard him explaining why he thinks such voter registration drives are not a good idea. You may be surprised at the way he reasons …

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by · September 13, 2016 · Elliott Brack's Perspective