Opinion

Editorial: Here's a worthy 'race to the bottom'

In a news release last week, Georgia's junior U.S. senator, Republican Johnny Isakson, announced that he'd signed on as a co-sponsor to legislation that would block the automatic cost-of-living increases members of Congress would receive for the upcoming fiscal year.

Letters: George Kuhlman: Legislature must support schools

Education is the most important long-term investment the state of Georgia can make. This is not an investment we can delay for years until the economy recovers. Children will continue to grow and need education whether the economic climate is good or bad.

The editor's desk

DON'T BE A DOPE, USE SNOPES: Hey, folks, how about doing me a favor? The next time you're tempted to send me an e-mail with a picture of President Obama and his wife supposedly reciting the Pledge of Allegiance with their left hands (instead of their right hands, the proper form) over their hearts, or a picture of what is supposed to be the palatial new Cook County (Chicago) Correctional Center, with a caption suggesting that funding was arranged by then-Sen. Obama, pay a visit to www.snopes.com.

Pitts: Politics of fear prevail in Republican Party

Fear again.

Letters: Steven Martin: Tax ‘nonessentials’ to raise mone

A Wednesday letter to the editor, "Solutions to state budget crisis," proposed increases in taxes for "nonessential consumer items," in which the writer included cigarettes and alcohol.