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OPINION: Church free speech effort a fascinating fight with IRS

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Mike Buffington
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Thursday, October 9. 2008
Comments (44)
Sparking a court case over free speech in churches is the goal of some 30 churches across the nation. [Full Story »] 

COLUMN: The problem? No leadership

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Mike Buffington
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Friday, October 3. 2008
Comments (15)
Are we living in a Third World country? It certainly feels like a it as we scurry around like rats looking for gas and watch extraordinary upheavals in the nation’s political and financial spheres. [Full Story »] 

COLUMN: Avoiding the 'D-word'

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Mike Buffington
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Friday, September 26. 2008
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Seldom is history made while we watch. Only in retrospect do we usually recognize the important turning points of history.
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EDITORIAL: Saying ‘No’ to rezoning plan

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Mike Buffington
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Thursday, September 18. 2008
Comments (13)
Jackson County has prided itself over the last three decades as being a place friendly to business growth. Both at the county and municipal level, local governments have long invested in infrastructure to accommodate industrial and business projects. [Full Story »] 

COLUMN: Palin changes the Obama script

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Mike Buffington
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Friday, September 12. 2008
Comments (11)
Every presidential candidate is a traveling storyteller. [Full Story »] 

COLUMN: New math a disaster waiting to happen

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Mike Buffington
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Thursday, September 4. 2008
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BY MIKE BUFFINGTON, EDITOR
I’m not a proponent of Georgia’s new math curriculum. [Full Story »] 

EDITORIAL: BOC avoiding tough decisions

Posted by
Mike Buffington
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Thursday, August 28. 2008
Comments (10)
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners is about to make a big mistake. [Full Story »] 

EDITORIAL: Is Nicholson court prelude to a NPD?

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Staff Writer
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Thursday, August 21. 2008
Comments (7)
The small town of Nicholson in South Jackson has created a municipal court. Ostensibly, the court is designed to hear municipal code violations.
[Full Story »] 

EDITORIAL: Line crossed in JPD party response

Posted by
Mike Buffington
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Thursday, August 14. 2008
Comments (242)
What’s really going on at the Jefferson Police Department? That’s often difficult to figure out given the secretive nature of its egocentric leadership. [Full Story »] 

COLUMN: Parsing Tuesday’s election results

Posted by
Mike Buffington
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Wednesday, August 6. 2008
Comment (1)
What do Tuesday’s election results really mean? [Full Story »] 
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