Opinions & Viewpoints

Dear Lanier County News, Welcome new readers. This newsletter seeks to inform you about the systemic abuse of Georgia Power towards the state of Georgia, PSC commissioners and staff who facilitate it, and what you can do about it. Today I am flabbergasted and you will be too, shortly. I am going to share with…

July 6, 2025               From Southwest Ledger   Now that church is over and I had my nap, an important activity on the Sabbath, I thought I might as well jump into the next part as it is some of the parts that Trump has been touting.   This…

July 6, 2025               From Southwest Ledger   I had one of those nights last night where I just could not sleep. I thought, you know what might help, reading laws. It was actually boring enough to do the job.   Section 60001 to 60026 are about the environment…

August 4, 2025 Dear Editor of Lanier County News: Please make this printed information available to your readers: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:  RECALL ACCG OFFERS REFERENCE MATERIAL AS A GENERAL SERVICE TO COUNTY OFFICIALS AND STAFF. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED HERE DOES NOT ESTABLISH AN ATTORNEY CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. ADDITIONALLY, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED OR USED…

So upfront, I’ve got to tell you that the claim that a man was resurrected from the dead is quite extraordinary. In fact, the mid-18th century philosopher David Hume put forward the extraordinary nature of the Christian resurrection claim as a question. Hume asked: “Is it more probable that a person is deceived, deceiving, or…

Last week, we began to look at the historical writings of the prophet Isaiah in the fifty-third chapter. Even so, my feeble description there failed to convey the proper weight due to Isaiah’s words written some 700 years before the Servant was born: sevenhundredyears! Read for yourself:   See, my servant will act wisely; he…

When America adopted the term “Separation of Church and State” it began America’s greatest mistake, although it was a great idea originally.  It was meant to keep the federal government from dictating to churches what to do or say. But since then, they have changed what the First Amendment really meant.  Now it is used…

In Lanier County, as across the nation, the foundation of democracy rests on two powerful principles: that elections are free and fair, and that government decisions are made in the best interest of the public. Yet freedom at the ballot box means little if it is coupled with ignorance, deception, or manipulation. That’s why Lanier…