June 21, 2014 I think it’s safe to say that Helen Keller is one of our most famous and revered citizens. Her incomprehensible...
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Publisher's Point Archives
Publisher’s Point: The Bowe Bergdahl Debate
Do we have a deserter and possible traitor on our hands, or do we need to decorate this soldier? Your...
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Publisher’s Point: Notes From ‘The Wall’
It has been nearly ten years to the day since I left for Iraq, which I have often said was...
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Publisher’s Point: Athens In The Aftermath
I have a hate-love relationship with storms. I hate it when anything or anyone is harmed, and I love being...
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Publisher’s Point: Lessons From The Bundy Brouhaha
This past weekend there was a nightmare brewing in Nevada over what some could understandably consider government sanctioned cattle rustling....
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Publisher’s Point: Fort Hood Attacked…Again
Having lived in a combat zone for three years, I became used to watching soldiers dry fire their weapons into...
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Publisher’s Point: Crucifying The Convictions Of Cadets?
More than once in the past few years Athens Now has “rung the bell” when someone has gone messing with...
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Publisher’s Point: Rejoicing With The Romeikes
In May of 2013 Athens Now published a piece entitled Why We Need To Fight For The Romeike Family. It...
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Publisher’s Point: Is It 1933 Again?
A little over 80 years ago, an evil man whose first name was Adolph came to power in Germany. He...
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Publisher’s Point: “I Can’t Means I Won’t”
For several years, my husband and I have spent the hour between 7 and 8 am on the phone. This...
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Publisher’s Point: The Street Sweeper Speech
As I write this, it is the actual birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Had he not been cut down...
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Publisher’s Point: More Than Jahi Is In Jeopardy
Jahi’s family are people of faith, and they are praying for a miracle. Now, you may not believe God does...
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Publisher’s Point: “The Hutch” Has Gone Home
It was Wednesday, December 18, 2013, when I began to pen this “Point,” and former NFL linebacker and Pastor Ken...
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Publisher’s Point: Thoughts On “Decisive Action”
It’s been an unusual few weeks since the last edition of Athens Now hit the stands and the ‘net. For...
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Publisher’s Point: The “Marvelousness” Of The Movie ‘Muscle Shoals’
My word processor is unhappy with me for apparently coining the term “marvelousness,” but in the Revised Turner Edition of...
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The Obamacare Crisis And The Vilification Of Verizon
The consummate disaster of the launch of the Affordable Health Care Act in every regard, from the website, to the...
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Publisher’s Point: Prada Marfa, Whimsical or Wacked?
My husband has been over the road for more than a decade, and it is due to the blessing of...
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Publisher’s Point: Strategies For The Shutdown
I remember as a kid in the 60s that it was considered shameful to be on welfare, and when my...
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Publisher’s Point: The Heart Of The Harts
Ted Hart, husband of Keep Athens Limestone Beautiful and Recycling Center Director, Lynn Hart, passed away suddenly a little over...
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Publisher’s Point: The End Of The “Tele-termination” Of Innocent Life
This week, the Iowa State Board of Medicine showed at the most, courage, and at the least, common sense by...
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