Guest editorial
Sex offender law too extreme
Reprinted from The Augusta Chronicle
     When activist courts intervene to overturn the will of the people as expressed through the legislature, we're almost always on the side of the people. Moreover, we have no sympathy for rapists or child molesters. Even first-time sex offenders deserve harsh punishment and close post-incarceration mon
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RFD
By Bonnie K. Taylor General Manager The True Citizen
     Former Congressman Max Burns will judge the Dog Day of Summer competition presented by DOOR, Downtown Organization of Retailers, Thursday, July 20, at the Exchange Club Fairgrounds.
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Marshall Singletary
HERE'S ONE FOR THE DREAMERS
     Have you ever found one of your old report cards? I have, and it is a little disconcerting.
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Bill Shipp
GENDER VS. RACE, COLLARS VS. SUITS
     Does gender trump the race card in a Democratic primary for governor?
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Looking Back
     10 Years Ago: July 11, 1996 Robert Stokes won an upset victory over veteran Burke County Board of Education member Paul Williams.
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Opinions
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Lucy Adams
THAT'S LIFE
     Waves licked my toes, threatening to wash me and my chair out to sea. When they almost had me beat, I dragged my seat a few inches inland, book in tow.
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John W. Whitehead
THE MEANING OF LIFE: WHERE KLAATU AND E.T. MEET
     In 1947, "flying saucers" - a description coined by the media following pilot Kenneth Arnold's famous June 24 sighting of nine disk-shaped objects over the Cascade Mountains in Washington - began to be seen in ever-increasing numbers across the United States. And in
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Letter to the Editor
     Editor: Waynesboro is one step closer to losing another historic property. Either by removal or demolition, the Skinner House on North Liberty Street appears destined to go the way of the Craftsman style house that was demolished behind it on Shadrack Street. Citing high maintenance costs and ackn
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