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Fifty years ago, when Jean and I first came to Gainesville, agriculture was the primary economic engine of this area ... farming and the textile mills. Some cotton was still being grown, but for the most part cotton had left the hills of Northeast Georgia

There was an article in Fortune Magazine not long ago explaining why investments in stocks - that is the purchase of shares in a private company - tends to give a better return over the long pull than bonds.

Recipe For Washing Mildewed House Surfaces-All traces of mildew must be removed before painting a house.

One of the great things about a democracy is that things do not change overnite. We do not tend to have revolution; we have evolution.

We've had a lot of programs here in our area after 9-11 about Islam as a religion. Several Christian Churches have had comparative religion studies that covered the Koran along with the Old and New Testaments.

Most of you know I'm a history nut, and some of you know I did a book simply called "Northeast Georgia: A History" that came out last November.

Has it ever struck you how quickly we Americans tend to forget current history, but how we hang onto old history?

It was shortly after the end of World War II and was still in the Navy, standing at the moment on the bridge of our destroyer somewhere off the coast of North Carolina.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted unanimously in October to require child-resistant packaging for some common household products and cosmetics containing hydrocarbons that can poison children.

Every parent wants their child to grow-up feeling confident and independent.