Opinion

Learnard: Try positive leadership

How sad it was to open The Citizen newspaper last week, and witness the negative tirades of three citizens who ought to know better.

Haddix, Dienhart, and Bloom used perfectly good print space not to promote our wonderful city or share their vision for meeting our city’s challenges, but to throw down a gauntlet of lies, accusations, and posturing.

If this is what passes for leadership, then Peachtree City is in real trouble. Read More»

Impeach to save our Constitution

Harry Truman’s understanding that “the buck stops here,” meaning with the President of the United States, is not part of the thinking of the Obama administration.

I call into question the leadership of a president who claims not to know anything about anything that could make him appear in a bad light. Read More»

A long delayed letter

David Epps's picture

A few weeks ago, I was going through my desk and found a church directory from Mountain View United Methodist Church. The directory was from 2007 and I was going to toss it but, before I did, I thumbed through it and noticed a name. Read More»

The etiquette of honking

Rick Ryckeley's picture

Well, it’s official, and it’s a record. For the third time this year, I must make my way to the dark and damp basement.

After fighting off giant spider crickets and scorpions and cutting through monster cobwebs, my soapbox will be retrieved. I shall bring it out into the light, dust it off, and once again stand upon it.
Well, to be honest, The Wife’s gonna have to help me up. I’m still recovering from a hip injury, and she doesn’t want me to fall. Read More»

Words that replace thought

Thomas Sowell's picture

If there is ever a contest for words that substitute for thought, “diversity” should be recognized as the undisputed world champion.

You don’t need a speck of evidence, or a single step of logic, when you rhapsodize about the supposed benefits of diversity. The very idea of testing this wonderful, magical word against something as ugly as reality seems almost sordid.

To ask whether institutions that promote diversity 24/7 end up with better or worse relations between the races than institutions that pay no attention to it is only to get yourself regarded as a bad person. Read More»

Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate?

Cal Thomas's picture

In his defense of President Obama, Press Secretary Jay Carney is beginning to sound a lot like Ronald Zeigler, Richard Nixon’s spokesman. Carney only has to use the word “inoperative,” as Ziegler did when incriminating evidence surfaced that proved his previous statements untrue. Read More»

Colleges teach, ‘Hate America!’

Walter Williams's picture

Brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who are accused of setting the bombs that exploded at the Boston Marathon, attended the University of Massachusetts.

Maybe they hated our nation before college, but if you want lessons on hating America, college attendance might be a good start. Let’s look at it.

“We need to think very, very clearly about who the enemy is. The enemy is the United States of America and everyone who supports it.” That’s taught to University of Hawaii students by Professor Haunani-Kay Trask. Read More»

Farewell, for good, to Grady Avenue, FMS

Samantha Frazier's picture

[Editor’s note: Fayette Middle School is being closed for budget reasons. The school’s last day is May 24.]

In the words of Ms. Laurie Gividen, Friday night was “EPIC!”

The night started with a performance from the championship step team Dynasty. Next was an emotional piano duet of Vickie Anderson and Jeff Durham.

Ms. Anderson, who teaches eighth grade at Fayette Middle School, encouraged all of the students to be willing to step out of their comfort zone as she was doing that night and move forward in life. Read More»

Who’s kin to whom

Ronda Rich's picture

It is of paramount importance that I teach my husband how to be a Southerner, at least a half-decent one if not one of regal bearing.

For instance, I tell this dear man, who descended from those who traveled on the Mayflower, and therefore is generations deep in New England, that to be a true Southerner, you have to get into everyone else’s business. Not in a mean way but in a caring-I-can-help kind of way.

His family has boundaries. No one over shares or over asks. No one intrudes or inquires with personal questions. Everyone minds their own business. Drives me crazy. Read More»

Stormwater: Just more gov’t. bloat

I would like to add a few things to the stormwater debate. It appears to me all the government officials are doing is adding more bureaucracy to the government when there were already road and sewer funds to take care of things like this.

This goes all the way from the federal government down to the mayor, council, and county commissioners. It all starts with a stormwater supervisor and escalates from there. Read More»

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