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11/05/2025

I love country preachers... but not Televangelists “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.” Mark 10: 17 – 21 My late wife grew up playing piano in a small Methodist church in a middle Georgia town of 600 people. Her mother was the long-time treasurer of that institution. They both loved that church and for good reason....

I love country preachers… but not Televangelists “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.” Mark 10: 17 – 21  My late wife grew up pl…

11/04/2025

Sudan and Nigeria I applaud international and US groups which want to end needless slaughter overseas. Peaceful protests are one way of expressing indignation and obtaining meaningful change. However, the efforts of these groups must be balanced-and they have not been. The Jewish state of Israel has been singled out by the left while mass slaughters in the Sudan and Nigeria have been ignored by both the right and left....

Sudan and Nigeria I applaud international and US groups which want to end needless slaughter overseas. Peaceful protests are one way of expressing indignation and obtaining meaningful change. Howev…

11/03/2025

Incredible energy, organizing and advocacy today at the Hill.

Physicians from across the country gathered to demand a reversal of the healthcare cuts, an end to the WISeR model, fighting inequities perpetuated by Medicare Advantage, and adoption of a single payer, Medicare for All system.

So grateful to Lucy, Sunny, and Anish from Representative Williams, McBath, and Johnson’s office who doubled down on their commitment to protecting our patients care and improving our system.

The work is just beginning!

10/31/2025

Project 2025 and West Virginia In August of 2024, the Center for American Progress released an analysis of how the Heritage Foundation’s 920-page document Project 2025 would impact each state ( CAP indicated that if Project 2025 were implemented, West Virginia residents would eventually- Experience a tax increase of $2,185 for the average WV family. People exceeding an annual income of $10 million would get a cut of $1.5 million....

Project 2025 and West Virginia In August of 2024, the Center for American Progress released an analysis of how the Heritage Foundation’s 920-page document Project 2025 would impact each state …

10/30/2025

Creating a disaster for our kids This column is designed to do one thing- make the reader think about the financial mess that we are leaving our children and grandchildren. The column is nonpartisan… because both parties are responsible for the creation of this impending catastrophe. My firm opinion is that, purposefully, neither party has boiled down the data in an understandable form....

Creating a disaster for our kids This column is designed to do one thing- make the reader think about the financial mess that we are leaving our children and grandchildren. The column is nonpartisa…

10/29/2025

Rep. Brian Jack- Charlie Kirk wanted open dialogue, free speech “Charlie (Kirk) led a movement that was organized through the simple principle of respectful political discourse...built around direct, civil dialogue... Until yesterday...May his voice and approach to free speech be remembered for generations to come.” - Rep. Brian Jack I do not agree with Rep. Jack on much; he is a Washington swamp creature who simply parrots whatever misleading dribble Trump is advocating on any given day....

Rep. Brian Jack- Charlie Kirk wanted open dialogue, free speech “Charlie (Kirk) led a movement that was organized through the simple principle of respectful political discourse…built around d…

10/23/2025

Join the Social Mission Alliance for a webinar on October 28 8PM EST, “No Margin No Mission: Sustaining the Safety Net.” As the federal government moves to cut funding to Medicaid, this webinar will discuss the economic impacts on safety net health systems, the human impacts on health care access, and different ways we can get involved to prevent these harms.

Register Now: https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/Jl7NehkKTZ-9z1TXw9al2g #/registration

Speakers:
Jorge Otañez, MD, DipABLM is Associate Chief Medical Officer at TrueCare in North County San Diego, California

Weiyu Zhang, MPH is a Policy Director at the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network

Toby T., MD, is a board-certified physician in internal medicine and pediatrics practicing at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

Moderator Miranda Harris Martinez is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Minnesota Medical Schoo

10/22/2025

"Partisan Politics Have No Place in Peachtree City"; As I have stated numerous times, Peachtree City is a wonderful place to live. There are reasons we have won numerous awards. Our quality of life is excellent. One reason is that we have solid leaders locally. And that is why the upcoming Peachtree City election concerns me. Several candidates for this municipal election are saying our community has overwhelming problems......

“Partisan Politics Have No Place in Peachtree City”; As I have stated numerous times, Peachtree City is a wonderful place to live. There are reasons we have won numerous awards. Our qua…

10/21/2025

Covid vaccines for Georgians “CDC recommends a 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine for most adults ages 18 and older. Parents of children ages 6 months to 17 years should discuss the benefits of vaccination with a healthcare provider.”-CDC website In 2021, Scott Apley was an up-and-coming GOP star, on the Texas Republican Executive Committee. From the beginning of the Covid pandemic, Apley had been a skeptic....

Covid vaccines for Georgians “CDC recommends a 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine for most adults ages 18 and older. Parents of children ages 6 months to 17 years should discuss the benefits of vaccination…

10/15/2025

Bios- Dr. Ben Backus is a retired military aviator and corporate educator in Fayette County, Georgia; Jack Bernard, formerly a corporate SVP and Director of Health Planning for Georgia, is now a community activist located in Peachtree City. Georgia Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence By Dr. Ben Backus and Jack Bernard “Artificial intelligence represents one of the most dynamic and complex advancements of our time....

Bios- Dr. Ben Backus is a retired military aviator and corporate educator in Fayette County, Georgia; Jack Bernard, formerly a corporate SVP and Director of Health Planning for Georg…

10/14/2025

Peaceful understanding must be our next step By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. | Politically motivated killing is inexcusable. It is murder. Bernard In the last decade, it has become common for people on both the right and left to excuse violence committed against leaders who represent the other side. In a democracy, political violence is wrong, period. Under the First Amendment of the Constitution, Americans have the right to free speech....

Peaceful understanding must be our next step By Jack Bernard, contributing columnist PEACHTREE CITY, Ga.  |  Politically motivated killing is inexcusable. It is murder.  Bernard In t…

10/09/2025

Government shutdown 101- healthcare "All Congressional Democrats want to do is enact Radical Left Policies that nobody voted for."- President Trump about the Democrats and the shutdown By the time this column runs, I am assuming that the US government will be in complete shutdown mode. How could this happen (yet again) in the greatest nation in the world? So, the answer is that our nation is going through an extraordinarily stressful period....

Government shutdown 101- healthcare “All Congressional Democrats want to do is enact Radical Left Policies that nobody voted for.”- President Trump about the Democrats and the shutdown …