Wisenbaker > Magna Carta and 800 Years: Full…

Gary Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director Earlier this month, June 15th to be exact, Western democracy celebrated the 800th anniversary of its birth. The event taking place on that date in 1215 was intended to…

Wisenbaker > The FCC: Neutralizing The Democracy Network

Gary M. Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director The real story behind the Federal Communication Commission’s vote to expand its control over the internet has nothing to do with “fairness” but everything to do with control…

Wisenbaker > Obama, Immigration, Knights and High Horses

Gary Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director: There’s a new mix in the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (“DAPA”) program put in place by President Obama’s Executive Order and implemented by…

Rudnik > President Obama’s Department of Precrime

Indefinite detention—because they could, might, may, very well commit a crime. Nick Rudnik, Valdosta Today Opinion Contributor “The Minority Report” is a 1956 short by acclaimed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick.  In it, we…

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…

Wisenbaker > Obama’s Welfare State of the Union

Gary Wisenbaker, Valdosta Today Editorial Director: So now the president has delivered his vaunted State of the Union address to Congress and the nation. Article 2 of the Constitution vests the executive power of the…