Weekly Editorial

Last week was known as Sunshine Week across our great land. What exactly is Sunshine Week? Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public’s right to know. Sunshine Week seeks to enlighten and empower people to play an active role in their government at all levels, and to give them access to information that makes their lives better and their communities stronger. [Full Story »] 

The following is a comment posted by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on Monday about the current Washington quagmire: [Full Story »] 

(Published: December 30, 2012 in The Macon Telegraph)

By MIGUEL FARIA — Special to The Telegraph

The latest shooting rampage of 26 people, including six adults and 20 children in an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., on Dec 14, is a senseless tragedy and words cannot convey the horror and the magnitude of the loss of innocent life. [Full Story »] 

I guess the Mayans had it pegged wrong. The year of doom 2012 has come and gone. Guess what? We are still here. [Full Story »] 

Luke 2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. [Full Story »] 

All have witnessed some asinine solutions government officials have come up with at one time or another to common sense problems. However, the latest handling by the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) has got to be ranked high on the list of idiotic bureaucracy at its best. [Full Story »] 

One of the main talking points or promises during the run up to the election by both President Obama and Mitt Romney was, “I can help the middle class” and/or “I can stimulate job growth”. Were the candidates at that time sincere or was this just hyperbole? [Full Story »] 

(The following is an opinion that appeared in The Savannah Morning News on November 11.)

By Lara Wessel

President Obama, by a margin greater than predicted by most credible pollsters, won a second term as president of the United States. In addition, the Democrats have retained control of the U.S. Senate, and the Republicans will maintain control of the House. [Full Story »] 

There have been numerous occasions over the years guest writers have written controversial opinions to this newspaper for publication, and in many instances, these opinions have caused what I like to refer to as a “Shoot The Messenger”-type mentality with The News-Banner playing the role as messenger. Case in point. There was a paid opinion/advertisement in last week’s edition that has caused angst among some in our community. [Full Story »] 

This is it folks. After the exhaustive battle between President Obama and Governor Romney, you now get to decide on November 6 who you would like to be your next President of the United States. There are also a number of local and state elections that are very important during this election. [Full Story »] 

By Floyd and Mary Beth Brown

9-11 has turned into a nightmare once again. Al Qaida has chosen this day on the calendar for regular attacks on the “Great Satan”, aka the United States of America. But this year is particularly troublesome because not only did Americans die in the attacks, but this year our own government decided to lie about it. [Full Story »] 

A lady called The News-Banner a few days back and reported a potential threat that local seniors need to be aware of. She stated that a man representing a so-called prize-winning company called Sweepstakes Clearinghouse had contacted her elderly mother via telephone. The man, Joe Turner, told the elderly lady she had won an amazing $250,000.00 and all she had to do was mail the sweepstakes company a check for $2,500.00 to 12 Robin Terrace, East Hartford, Connecticut, to claim her prize. Supposedly once the check was mailed and received, a lawyer for Sweepstakes Clearinghouse would come with a constable and members of the Better Business Bureau to present the $250,000.00 prize to the lady. [Full Story »]