Opinion
To the class of 2012
I’m full, and I mean that in a spiritual sense. I’ve attended six graduation ceremonies in a little more than a week. The pomp and circumstance fills me with hope and promise and helps check the darker demons of despair that surrounds the news of the day.
Opinion
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OPINION
Excerpts of Oliver Wendell Holmes’ Memorial Day speech
An address delivered by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. on Memorial Day, May 30, 1895, at a meeting called by the graduating class of Harvard University. President Theodore Roosevelt’s admiration for this speech was a factor in Holmes’ nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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KENNY BURGAMY
Elusive extended school year
For Bibb County schools, what better occasion to suggest we renew efforts in adopting a year-round calendar than the conclusion of the present term?
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
This is Viewpoints for Sunday, May 27, 2012
In reference to “No benefit of doubt” (5/15/12). I could not agree more. Forget if you were better off under the Bush administration, are you better off now the since President Barack Obama has taken office? And to show the bias of the Telegraph, they could not let anyone bad mouth...
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OPINION
Passage of T-SPLOST promotes commerce for all of Middle Georgia
A recent opinion piece by Alan Gardner challenged the merit of the July 31 opportunity for voters to decide if they want to invest in transportation improvements in our region over the next 10 years. I respectfully disagree with the points made, and urge voters to support this much-needed chance...
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OPINION
Honoring the living, remembering the dead
“It’s better now, but all my life, I would sometimes jump up from the dinner table screaming and run off through the woods.”
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ERICK ERICKSON
No confidence in the T-SPLOST
The transportation special purpose local option sales tax, which we all call the T-SPLOST, has a lot of good projects in it. I am excited to see funding for an extension of the Middle Georgia Regional Airport’s runway. I cannot state enough the importance of such an extension. It really will...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
This is Viewpoints for Friday, May 25, 2012
Sometimes, I find that words have not been invented to express my true feelings. Last week I had a heart attack. Without the professional, compassionate care from the doctors, nurses and all the dedicated support staff of The Medical Center of Central Georgia, I probably would not be here to write...
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OPINION
Spend summer helping others
Summer is just around the corner and students are ready to escape from the tedium of school. Summer vacation is a great time for kids to take a break from homework and grades, but it’s an even better time to engage in a different kind of learning: service learning.
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EDITORIALS
Most difficult time of year for commissioners is almost at an end
Every year about this time, our two local governments -- the county and the city -- fill their dance cards with requests as they struggle to make resources match those requests. This budget cycle the gap is more than $13 million.
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OPINION
Of monsters and men
The monster had come to town when no one was looking. He killed people, mostly adults. He left a lot of orphans, but sometimes he put children in the grave as well. He had an ugly face, horribly scary.






