Archive - Jan 2012

Last Saturday this newspaper, in its lifestyle section, published a half page AP story out of South Carolina that was bannered “Mormon factor.” It was a well written story telling of the challenges Mitt Romney was facing in evangelical South Carolina because of his “Mormon” faith and how the past

Today, as America struggles to return to those principles of freedom that made it a beacon of hope to the world, I see disturbing similarities between today’s America and ancient Rome that causes me to ask: “Is America being Romanized?” Why would I even ponder just a question?

Knowing my passion for history my wife Joan visited Deans Store in downtown Woodstock just before Christmas and purchased a copy of Rebecca Johnson’s new book, ‘Cherokee County, Georgia – A History,’ for my birthday.

Two days ago the countdown for the republican presidential nominee began with the Iowa straw poll. Now the contest moves to New Hampshire and will come to Georgia on March 7.

During most of 2011, as the 2012 presidential primary race gathered steam by both the republicans and President Obama, the American public, those who didn’t tune out, heard an ever growing divisive political rhetoric from the several candidates who would like to become America’s next president.