Newton Citizen

Darrell Huckaby: There are no winners without competition

In competition there are winners and losers. Period.

Jeff Meadors: A primer on dual enrollment

Dual enrollment represents public school choice at its very best for Georgia's high school juniors and seniors.

Doug Holt: 'Big budget' gets scrutiny in House

The most important bill we saw last week was HB 106, which contains the 2014 fiscal year budget, also known as the "big budget."

Darrell Huckaby: Composing my own song of the South

Thi is what I like about the South.

Darrell Huckaby: Reality TV beckons

I got the same email every day for a week. I had been "selected" to audition to become the subject of a documentary/reality television show about a real life Clark Griswold character.

Cal Thomas: The sound of inevitability

Given his track record on marital fidelity, former President Bill Clinton is not the person I would consult about "committed, loving relationships."

Jack Simpson: Follow your dream -- with your eyes wide open

I think it was in the 1980s. Mike was beginning a new career in law enforcement and asked if an old veteran like me had any words of wisdom I could pass on.

Darrell Huckaby: Sunday driving was its own destination

Whatever happened to getting in the family car and going for a ride? Other than $4 a gallon gas, I mean.

Jeff Meadors: Taxpayers deserve say in school boards, superintendents

School districts must sweat more at the planning table, possibly zero-basing budgets, to rebuild trust following a decade littered with indictments, incarcerations, embezzlement, cheating, affairs, nepotism and face lifts.

Doug Holt: Eighth week brings flood of bills to House floor

Last week saw a number of long days on the House floor, concluding with crossover day.

Darrell Huckaby: Save us from those who want to save us from ourselves

They used to only come in little green bottles, as far as I knew anything about.

Cal Thomas: Sequesterville and Obama's strategy

The entire sequester scenario is about delivering the House of Representatives to Democrats in 2014.

Darrell Huckaby: The actors change, but the show goes on in Washington

Just when you thought politics couldn't be fun anymore, Kentucky's Rand Paul stands up and puts on a show in the Senate that rivaled Strom Thurmond at his best.

Jack Simpson: New medal should be put in its proper rank

What an old combat soldier like me objects to is that this new medal ranks above the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.

Jeff Meadors: Shining examples of academic achievement

Here are some shining examples from Rockdale and Newton county schools.

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