From our staff
- 9/2/2010
Tenure for teachers needs to be expelled - 8/26/2010
What's wrong with the U.S. Senate? - Plenty - 8/19/2010
We'd vote to replace the runoff system - 8/12/2010
What would make Pickens a certified great place to live - 8/5/2010
Cyberbullying versus free speech - 7/29/2010
Just because we can go online 24/7 doesn’t mean we should - 7/21/2010
Gun-toting made specific - 7/15/2010
Comings and goings in Pickens County - 7/8/2010
Some remedies for "hot all over" - 7/1/2010
Closing and flooding both lead to stalled drivers - 6/24/2010
The bureaucrat as action hero - 6/17/2010
Chicken farmers need protection from poultry industry - 6/10/2010
Failure to regulate oil industry was beginning of disaster in the Gulf - 6/3/2010
Memorial Day: For the living and the dead - 5/27/2010
America must move "Beyond Petroleum" - 5/20/2010
County gym is dessert before dinner - 5/13/2010
Remember mama sunday - 5/6/2010
School funding not a simple math lesson - 4/29/2010
Doing good, a good thing to do - 4/22/2010
A jobless economic recovery: troubling, but a real possibility - 4/15/2010
New Land Use Categories Make Sense for Pickens - 4/8/2010
Is there a doctor in the house? - 4/1/2010
While the economy stays slow, play outside when you get a chance - 3/25/2010
Get your hands dirty, keep your health clean - 3/18/2010
The budget crunch in Georgia is something we're going to feel - 3/11/2010
Now is the time to spay or neuter your pets - 3/4/2010
Unrealistic expectations hurt efforts to balance budgets - 2/25/2010
Childhood obesity campaign has momentum, let's localize it for healthy kids here - 2/18/2010
Armchair politics are for the birds - 2/11/2010
Groundhog Day 2010: Who in the world listens to a rodent? - 2/4/2010
Express yourself? Editorial musings on nose piercings and water parks - 1/28/2010
Angry with county response to snow storm? Take a chill pill. - 1/21/2010
Snow Days and Cabin Fever - 1/14/2010
Sole Commissioner versus Five-Member Board; Time for the people, not the politicians to decide - 1/7/2010
B-Sides resolutions - 12/31/2009
Joy For This Season - 12/23/2009
Our 2009 Christmas List - 12/17/2009
America's use of pills needs tighter controls - 12/10/2009
Show us the need for a new gym - 12/3/2009
The buck stops here - 11/19/2009
Don't forget Pickens charities for your holiday giving - 11/11/2009
Basketball program: Shots and rebounds - 11/5/2009
Scariest of 2009 - 10/29/2009
With the flu season underway, keep your body in top shape - 10/22/2009
In sole versus multi commissioner, we support an informed decision at the polls - 10/15/2009
On Lies, Half-truths and Mis-information - 10/8/2009
Big Tobacco's love affair with PR finally on the rocks - 10/1/2009
Seed Trap on Highway 515? We need a speed trap - 9/24/2009
Against healthcare reform 'til I changed my mind - 9/17/2009
With courthouse renovation project, pay off other debts and return to square one - 9/10/2009
It's up to owners to see that pets live up to new codes - 9/3/2009
Sponsor a preschooler's literacy for $36 a year - 8/27/2009
Other voices from the community -- Update on the H1N1 Flu from local expert - 8/20/2009
We need to know, you know - 8/20/2009
Our 2nd annual look: What would make Pickens a certified great place to live? - 8/13/2009
Homegrown more than a fad in Pickens County - 8/6/2009
Reform's finer points hard to find and follow - 7/30/2009
With household debt, it's time to pay the piper - 7/23/2009
Possible county acquisition of school gym exciting, but not a slam dunk decision - 7/16/2009
Vote for the best government, not the man who’s in office - 7/9/2009
Let's take patriotism back - 7/2/2009
Drought may be over, officials say, but are we sure nature is listening? - 6/25/2009
We don’t need a Doggie Gitmo - 6/18/2009
Georgia needs new game plan for transportation - 6/10/2009
Religion isn't hereditary - 6/3/2009
Guantanamo is a perfect example of short-sighted government action - 5/27/2009
Cherokee says curve safety Nelson's job - 5/21/2009
“Native Rurals” need to speak up about multi-member commission - 5/21/2009
Guardrail needed at Nelson - 5/14/2009
Swine Flu – Panic versus Precaution - 5/7/2009
It's up to youth, not county to find things for teens to do - 4/30/2009
To attract desirable growth Pickens must stand out from the crowd - 4/23/2009
The sticky problem with pork -- it's not as simple as rhetoric purports - 4/15/2009
Fire and brimstone signs undermine Christ’s message - 4/8/2009
Heavy spending alone isn’t an economic recovery plan - 4/2/2009
Sewage, stop signs & sound economic policies - 3/26/2009
E-mail: great chance for communication but still requires human attention - 3/11/2009
GDOT turmoil rides on spending priorities - 3/5/2009
Keep your palette refined during the sour economy - 2/26/2009
Economic crisis no time to tinker with property tax system - 2/19/2009
Stimulus package another curve on road to devaluing the dollar - 2/11/2009
Universal health care could boost economy - 2/5/2009
With more information outlets, time to read what you need shrinks - 1/29/2009
While teens drive, cell phones should take a back seat - 1/22/2009
So long to the AJC print edition for Pickens County - 1/14/2009
Nine notions for ‘09 - 1/8/2009
Sole Commissioner versus Five-Member Board; Time for the people, not the politicians to decide - 1/7/2009
Out with the rat, in with the ox for 2009 - 12/31/2008
Cakenomics and coupon cutting - 12/10/2008
Busy, Busy, Busy, Really? - 12/3/2008
Thanksgiving ain’t no holiday for whimps - 11/27/2008
Don't let boring happen to you, Shop Pickens First this holiday season - 11/20/2008
Jasper needs a music venue that doesn't end with a sucker punch - 11/12/2008
Parents who don't vaccinate are weighing risks, not being irresponsible - 11/5/2008
Enter the voting booth prepared on November 4 - 10/23/2008
Fairness for all Americans must govern bailout plans - 10/15/2008
A Primer on the Proposed Georgia Constitutional Amendments - 10/9/2008
Did the Pickens Progress cause the financial crisis? - 10/2/2008
Achieving your childhood dreams: The Last Lecture, Book Review - 9/17/2008
Might some South Georgians consider our wooden bridge “pork”? - 9/4/2008
Women's Suffrage -- two views - 8/28/2008
Adjusting to high gas prices may bring positives - 8/14/2008
Late Summer Potpourri - 8/7/2008
What would make Pickens a certified "Great Place to Live?" - 7/31/2008
Human Body Version 1.0: Due for an upgrade? - 7/24/2008
What can Pickens learn from a Danish island? - 7/16/2008
Book Review -- Davy Crockett first king of the media - 7/9/2008
Be careful with July 4th Libation Celebrations - 7/3/2008
Are you sure global warming is a hoax? - 6/28/2008
Sunday Alcohol Sales in Jasper Restaurants Pro/Con - 6/19/2008
God, Darwin, and the Media - 6/11/2008
Why real, thinking women didn't have Hillary's back - 6/5/2008
Un-asked for advice to graduates - 5/22/2008
Painful or not, lethal injections legitimate form of criminal punishment - 5/8/2008
Eating at home thickens your wallet, shrinks your belly, helps your kids, - 5/1/2008
Love Blooms -- even under the Gold Dome - 4/24/2008
Commissioner should change meeting times to accommodate working people -- - 4/10/2008
Easy to Explain Fairtax offers seductive simplicity - 4/4/2008
Put the Brakes on eliminating state vehicle taxes - 3/20/2008
Fight against terror begins with sensible firearm restrictions - 3/13/2008
The Essential Bad Attitude by Alan Gibson
What's new at Harvard? - 9/2/2010
Just when you think you're tough - 8/26/2010
Don't express your emotions if you can avoid it - 8/19/2010
When movies were better than they are now - 8/12/2010
Churchill and Roosevelt disliked one another - 8/5/2010
Stand-up comedy doesn’t necessarily make a stand-up guy - 7/29/2010
We could warm up to Canada if they’d stop calling us ‘The elephant next door’ - 7/21/2010
An impolitic reminder about the Second World War - 7/15/2010
The drama critic - 7/8/2010
The only advice column you'll ever need - 7/1/2010
Free speech doesn’t always work - 6/24/2010
Be very careful with folk wisdom - 6/17/2010
Forget Bipartisanship, and other ways to become a Washington insider - 6/10/2010
Movies aren't always vapid - 6/3/2010
To a civilized person, you need to break some rules - 5/27/2010
Life with no margin for error - 5/20/2010
Southern Baptists get a bad rap - 5/13/2010
Study the life of Lincoln looking for character flaws - 5/6/2010
The battle of the sexes is over whenever we decide it's over - 4/29/2010
Point out to both sides of the firearm debate that guns weren’t always part of America’s social chemistry - 4/22/2010
Bad attitude about U.S. political discourse - 4/15/2010
Confident people have no need to assert themselves - 4/8/2010
Coming to grips with Robert E. Lee - 4/1/2010
Practice self-delusion - 3/25/2010
Bad attitude toward Technology: There's too damn much of it and it won't stop - 3/18/2010
Form an entente with someone ill-tempered - 3/11/2010
I haven't had an original thought in five years - 3/4/2010
Bad attitude about spirituality: Don't labor at being spiritual - 2/25/2010
Take yourself as seriously as you want - 2/18/2010
Sulking and brooding are fun - 2/11/2010
I make an unsound theological decision - 2/4/2010
Get all worked up over little things - 1/28/2010
A profanity break can be refreshing - 1/21/2010
Bad Attitude about - American Gullibility - 1/14/2010
Bad attitude about - People - 1/7/2010
Talk to strangers whenever you feel like it - 12/31/2009
Enjoy your B.A. - 12/24/2009
Insult Shakespeare - 12/17/2009
Don't be supportive of your salesman friends - 12/10/2009
I wish Americans would pipe down about their religion - 12/3/2009
Snipe at Rogers and Hammerstein - 11/29/2009
Find ways to disrespect classic comedy - 11/12/2009
I will not have a positive mental attitude - 11/5/2009
American humility is an oxymoron - 10/29/2009
The hardest thing to deal with is your own virtue - 10/22/2009
How to keep fighting the Civil War - 10/15/2009
Remember when we respected the town drunk? - 10/8/2009
Social heresy: stop being so cloying, insufferably polite - 10/1/2009
How American Discourse Goes Awry - 9/24/2009
Spectator Sport - 9/17/2009
- 9/10/2009
Why do speeches have to be dynamic? Couldn't they just make sense? - 9/3/2009
Bad attitude about marketing - 8/27/2009
Losing One's Poise in Sunday School - 8/20/2009
Worry As Much As You Want - 8/12/2009
Some people are better than others -- And the point is to find them - 8/6/2009
Demand that BOTH doors be open - 7/30/2009
Demand fun at the dentist - 7/23/2009
Listen to Drunks - 7/16/2009
Why choose your fights carefully when you can simply lash out? - 7/9/2009
The Essential Bad Attitude - 7/2/2009
The Essential Bad Attitude - 6/25/2009
Argue with Martin Luther - 6/18/2009
Commencement toward your BA - 6/10/2009
From a bully's perspective - 6/3/2009
Hang out with criminals - 5/27/2009
Never compromise your general principles -- But you may be able to work with the specific ones - 5/14/2009
Commencement toward your BA - 5/7/2009
Being anti-social builds character - 4/29/2009
Hold more grudges - 4/23/2009
Some things are worth being obsessive about - 4/15/2009
Bad attitude about: Organized charity - 4/8/2009
By Alan Gibson - 4/2/2009
Let yourself get pushed around - 3/26/2009
You’re doing Europe all wrong - 3/11/2009
Enjoy the fulsome richness of complaining - 3/5/2009
Do not, under any circumstances, express your real feelings - 2/26/2009
Miss no opportunity to make a wise-guy remark - 2/19/2009
Miss no opportunity to make a wise-guy remark - 2/19/2009
A Bad Attitude About Ambition - 2/11/2009
Demand dignified phraseology in ordering fast food - 2/5/2009
Bad Attitude About Cowboys - 1/29/2009
Go around starting arguments - 1/22/2009
Look for the bad in people - 1/14/2009
Lower your own self-esteem - 1/8/2009
Learning to speak foreign languages is un-essential - 12/31/2008
If they were the greatest generation, what does that make us? - 12/10/2008
Civil Liberties that aren't nice - 12/3/2008
Go on and on about nothing - 11/27/2008
Put yourself in peril once in a while - 11/20/2008
Care to drive yourself crazy? - 11/12/2008
Decorum is okay, but it has it's limits - 11/5/2008
Coachspeak - The Platitude Attitude - 10/30/2008
Bad attitude about Native Americans - 10/23/2008
Attention Teens: You don’t have to rebel - 10/15/2008
Put Up a Phony Facade - 10/9/2008
You only had to look at the guy’s face to know he was a SOB - 10/2/2008
Disarm a Zealot - 9/17/2008
Solving the Race Problem is Simple - 9/11/2008
An Encounter in the Nation's Capitol - 9/4/2008
When hands across the sea become hands around the throat - 8/28/2008
Why is it that I love law and order and fear cops? - 8/20/2008
Thanks But I Have Enough - 8/14/2008
Literacy isn't everything - 8/7/2008
How to Handle Not Being Invited - 7/31/2008
Pay attention to inconsequential people - 7/23/2008
Once in a while, you may to trust a stranger - 7/16/2008
You're Not Good with Names? Well GET Good - 7/9/2008
Put up a phony facade - 7/3/2008
Discuss theology with atheists and cynics - 6/28/2008
Do something that is none of your business - 6/19/2008
Why do we make ourselves unfathomable? - 6/11/2008
Why I'm Not a Team Player - 6/5/2008
Take everything personally - 5/29/2008
You want to get even - Go For It - 5/22/2008
The Lady at the Convenience Store - 5/15/2008
We give awards for all the wrong stuff - 5/8/2008
The Essential Bad Attitude -- Tell Off a Weirdo - 5/1/2008
Manifesto for Heresy: Columbus Made Waves Right? - 4/17/2008
Other voices from community, state and nation
Gays deserve chance to serve in military and in everyday life - 7/21/2010
Reforming Healthcare the Right Way - 8/12/2009
Show by Show: How Community Theater Gets By - 5/27/2009
Why Local Newspapers Are the Basis of Democracy - 4/23/2009
Local stimulus in Governor’s hands - 4/8/2009
Don’t stew in a cauldron of hate - 3/26/2009
Will Pickens County feel stimulated by latest economic plan? - 3/19/2009
A bad economy could force better parenting - 3/11/2009
Whadda Ya Mean, Animal Control? - 2/26/2009
"Your Welfare Ain't On That Rich Man's Mind" - 2/4/2009
McMansions blighting the landscape are proof of problems underlying economic meltdown - 1/22/2009
What to Resolve This New Year’s - 12/31/2008
A Married Man’s Reflections on Christmas - 12/10/2008
The Joy House, Why Invest? - 12/3/2008
A Simple drive home on rural roads may be a matter of life and death - 11/20/2008
Thoughts on historic election - 11/12/2008
The Real Estate Storm - 10/30/2008
I'm Back -- former canine columnist returns to Mountain Time - 10/23/2008
Amendment No. 3 is a bad move for state’s public policy - 10/15/2008
Beware the Three Little Pigs of the Bailout - 10/9/2008
LWV says, Vote early, but not too early - 10/2/2008
Why I traded corporate America for Jasper, Georgia - 8/14/2008
Observing the American Life - 8/7/2008
The Virtues of Fishing - 7/31/2008
If They Could Save Themselves, They Would - 7/16/2008
Should Pickens County change from sole commissioner to multi-person? - 7/9/2008
“I’ve Been Framed,” claims tiny fish - 6/11/2008
Energy policy should be made on scientific facts, not subjective judgement - 6/5/2008
What Tornadoes and Coal Plants Have in Common - 5/22/2008
A Year in the Life of a Newcomer to Pickens County - 5/15/2008
Someone with authority to act on behalf of neglected and abused animals needed here - 5/1/2008
The Tragic Cost of Sunday Alcohol Sales - 4/4/2008
Pro-life is more than just pro-birth - 3/20/2008
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