http://www.macon.com/203/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2009 Macon Telegraph Opinion 60 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:00:42 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com http://www.macon.com/203/story/910489.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/910489.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:51 EST There are just a few things you can count on in this world: The sun will rise in the east; nobody will ever sing better than Ray Charles and somebody will try to make a martyr out of that piece of camel dung that killed 13 innocent men and women at Fort Hood, Texas. http://www.macon.com/203/story/909636.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/909636.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:52 EST Usually I enjoy reading your columnists, though I don’t always agree with them. Thursday (Nov. 5), two syndicated writers showed such illogical shifts of reasoning, they simply need commenting about. Walter Williams began interestingly to detail the causes of the Great Depression, something covered recently in a multipart TV documentary that was quite eye-opening for me. But after noting that contraction of the money supply (abeted by the Federal Reserve) and trade tariffs were the primary causes back then, not the “Black Friday” stock market collapse, he lambasts the Federal Reserve now for the opposite actions taken at the behest of the best economic thinkers to insure that there would be no repeat of the 1930s. http://www.macon.com/203/story/909645.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/909645.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:50 EST On this day 20 years ago, one of the most remarkable events in history occurred: the collapse of the Berlin Wall. At that time there were precious few of us who thought this would happen in our lifetime. When the wall fell, we were as astonished as the border guards and soldiers who had thwarted escape attempts for 28 years. http://www.macon.com/203/story/907448.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/907448.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:31 EST It’s tough out there. Unemployment figures were released Friday detailing an unemployment rate of 10.2 percent for the month of October, and those statistics don’t count people who have given up the job chase. Our nation has been shedding jobs for 22 straight months. Another 190,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, were lost last month. http://www.macon.com/203/story/907451.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/907451.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:31 EST Who would have thought that the United States of America would have someone from Washington, D.C., tell business executives on Wall Street what they could earn? Is there anyone else bothered by this notion of a smack down? http://www.macon.com/203/story/907453.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/907453.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:41 EST By Carol Megathlin http://www.macon.com/203/story/907449.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/907449.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:36 EST By Rep. Jim Marshall http://www.macon.com/203/story/907475.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/907475.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:31 EST By Sharon Patterson http://www.macon.com/203/story/906244.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/906244.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:07 EST Now that all the hoopla over the Bibb County ELOST is over, it’s time for the Bibb County School Board to get busy — and we don’t mean busy building buildings. http://www.macon.com/203/story/906242.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/906242.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:07 EST Have you ever wondered just how brave you are? Whether we want to admit it or not, we all have something we’re afraid of. But just where do you fall on the scaredy-cat scale? http://www.macon.com/203/story/906243.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/906243.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:07 EST By William Jackson Sr. http://www.macon.com/203/story/906455.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/906455.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:32 EST It’s that time of year. http://www.macon.com/203/story/904712.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/904712.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:54 EST Tuesday’s election returns across the midstate had one common theme. Apathy. http://www.macon.com/203/story/903509.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/903509.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:53 EST It’s tragic when a dream dies, particularly one so steeped in Macon history. The former Capricorn studio buiding was set to be auctioned off Tuesday on the courthouse steps to satisfy a bank loan. Alan Justice had dreamed of renovating the building and forming a not-for-profit company that would have included a working recording studio, cafe and museum. http://www.macon.com/203/story/903508.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/903508.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:53 EST I had an interesting conversation with a 10-year-old. He lives somewhere in my head and often comes out when I need some common sense. He said: “We’re all just products of our environment.” He went on, “I like it because it gives me an excuse for being who I am. Takes the sting out of it. When I do something wrong, I relieve the guilt/problem by simply saying, ‘I’m sorry; I’m just a product of my environment.’ http://www.macon.com/203/story/903507.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/903507.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:53 EST Greg Haire http://www.macon.com/203/story/902164.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/902164.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:55 EST Sunday’s column by Karen Mills, Small Business Administration administrator, made for interesting reading. I believe her assertion that the administration’s stimulus plan is working for small businesses may be somewhat overstated. http://www.macon.com/203/story/902166.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/902166.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:54 EST My friend Sam Griffin, the retired publisher of the Bainbridge Post-Searchlight, recently shared a letter written to him in 1942 by his father, Capt. Marvin Griffin, later to be governor of Georgia, as he and his men, members of the Georgia National Guard’s 101st Coast Artillery/Anti-Aircraft Battalion, were preparing to embark for Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea. http://www.macon.com/203/story/899314.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/899314.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:26 EDT Every two, four or six years, the citizens of this country have a unique opportunity to exercise a right few people in the world ever experience: The right to vote. Yet for some reason, many of us don’t take advantage of this special privilege. They are detached from their governments and thus their communities. Unfortunately, some citizens abdicate their role and give others the power of their votes. When only 50 percent of registered voters cast ballots, it gives those voters extra weight when it comes to determining the direction of a city, county, state and country. http://www.macon.com/203/story/899265.html http://www.macon.com/203/story/899265.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:31 EDT Many of my conservative readers and colleagues are a bit dismayed about why the Jews overwhelmingly vote for Democrats. The recent firestorm created by two South Carolina Republican chairmen should give you some insight. Edwin Merwin and James Ulmer wrote a letter to their local newspaper defending Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., in response to criticism of the senator for avoiding earmarks.