VALDOSTA — The Quality of Life Association celebrates black history month with a narrated living timeline showcasing many famous Black history figures of yesterday and today. The fundraising event titled, “All Shades Art Exhibit and…
Wisenbaker > NCLB: Alexander’s Push to Leave it…
Gary Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director: The cacophony of the November elections and post-election braying is now a memory. The pomp and circumstance of inaugurals and related speeches are also in the rearview mirror. Now…
Rudnik > Vaccines and the “Survival of the…
Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor: The Anti-Vaccine Movement is a Result of Erroneous Concerns, Misplaced Fear In 1973, pioneering vaccine researcher Jonas Salk penned The Survival of the Wisest. Salk’s work was a zeitgeist.…
Rudnik > The Teachable Moment of the Steve…
Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor: Recently, damning allegations have surfaced that incoming-House Majority Whip and Louisiana Republican Congressman Steve Scalise spoke at a 2002 white supremacist conference. The group, the European-American Unity and Rights…
Wisenbaker > Governing vs. Relevancy: A New Day…
Gary M. Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director: Last Sunday’s talk shows resurrected the incessant nattering from political pundits of all stripes since last November that the Republicans “must show that they can govern” now that…
Rudnick > Support Our Cops, Not Our Politicians
Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor: The Anti-Police Rhetoric is a Classic Case of Misplaced Anger, Misunderstanding In the past several months, with intense protests and debate raging in the post-Eric Garner, post-Michael Brown, post-Tamir…
Wisenbaker > NLRB to Corporate America: “Contract? What…
Gary M. Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director Making good on a warning made in July, the National Labor Relations Board took a breathtaking move late last week to control nearly ten percent of the private…
Wisenbaker | “Better Watch Out”: It’s Not Just…
Gary Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director: “Nothing’s off the table.” Not particularly comforting words when they come from the chairman of the Georgia House Transportation Committee, Jay Roberts (R-Ocilla), especially when the reference is how…
Wisenbaker | The Season of Advent is upon…
Gary Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director: In the hustle and bustle of getting ready for December 25th and all that happens between now and then, we forget that there is more to Christmas than its…