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The number of physicians selling their practices is up 30 to 40 percent in the last five years. Look for the number to increase. I hear from a retired physician in Florida who tells me his doctor friends are getting out if they can afford to. [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,
If memory serves me correctly, wasn’t it president elect Barrack Obama in 2008 lament George W. Bush and his administration as “untruthful with the American people” and in the same breath, extol that his “presidency and administration would be the most transparent to ever occupy the Whitehouse.” Well, five long and redoubtable years later we now learn that this character, Obama and his little minions met with his liberal base elected law makers did some shady backroom deals in pay offs, arm twisting shakedowns and other favors to our representatives and their staff to be exempt from the affordable healthcare mandate, other wise know as Mr. Narcissist himself, “Obama Care,” while the average Joe six pack has to fend for himself. Transparency? Yea right, I get it do as I say, not as I do. [Full Story »] 

The case of the city of Detroit isn’t much of a murder mystery. Various suspects have been fingered in its demise: The global economy. The fall of the auto industry. The decline of manufacturing generally. But it’s simpler than that. Detroit died of its own hand. [Full Story »] 

R.I.P. Tim Singleton, age 76, longtime track coach and founder of the Peachtree Road Race, had a Doctorate in business, talented, smart and a very nice fellow. My father and I used to make the trophy awards for the Atlanta Track Club years back and Tim was always good to us. I was shocked to see that he had died. In 1970 the first Peachtree run had 100 serious, experienced runners and the entry fee was $2, put into a cigar box on top of Tim’s car. He told the runners to “be careful and watch out for cars.” He started something that became huge. [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,
In each of our lives we will recover or repeat. Looking at today’s problem and the decisions that are made, one must ask who killed common sense? [Full Story »] 

Dear editor,
Dodge County hauls approximately 11,000 tons of waste annually to the Houston County Landfill at a cost to taxpayers of over $600,000.00. In an effort to reduce the amount of recyclable materials sent to the landfill, save our natural resources and valuable landfill space, the Dodge County Commissioners have voted to partner with the Laurens County Solid Waste Management Authority, “Single Stream Recycling Program.” [Full Story »] 

Wendy Davis is the country’s most prominent defender of late-term abortions. What Rosa Parks was to desegregation, what Eunice Kennedy Shriver was to respect for the disabled, what Elizabeth Cady Stanton was to women’s suffrage, the Texas state senator is to abortion after 20 weeks of fetal development. [Full Story »] 

Washington is riven by conflict and deep-seated division. It is rare indeed when both sides can agree on anything consequential. Therefore it is incredibly heartening that there is now bipartisan agreement that the implementation of Obamacare is a mess. [Full Story »] 

Where is the economic recovery we keep hearing about? Duke Energy Co. in Crystal River, Florida laid off 58 workers in June, with more layoffs to come each month for the next year or so, reports Pat Flaherty in the Citrus County Chronicle. Have you visited that part of Florida? It’s very scenic, with some hills (unusual in Florida) and plenty of trees, a lot of natural rural beauty. Rainbow Springs is there, now a Florida state park. Check out a list of memories at LostParks.com, including Rainbow Springs, Boardwalk and Baseball and many other defunct tourist attractions. [Full Story »] 

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has contempt for a swath of his fellow citizens.

If you disagree with him about gay marriage, indeed, if you merely think the federal government should continue to define marriage the traditional way while the states define it however they want, then you are a bigot. Your views deserve no political representation. [Full Story »]