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Posted on Oct 24, 2018 By David Thomas
WHEN POLITICIANS ARE BULLIES “I’m going to stomp all over [his] face with golf spikes.” “Any guy that can do a body slam—he’s my guy.” These lines were spoken ...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2017 By David Thomas
RECORD HIGH NUMBER OF TRAVELERS Almost 51 million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more away from their home this Thanksgiving according to AAA projections. This number represents the highest ...
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Posted on Aug 22, 2017 By David Thomas
A NEW THREAT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES Normally, our blog for this time of year is devoted to warning college students and their parents about the dangers of binge drinking and sexual assault on college ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2017 By David Thomas
SE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA EXPANDED On March 3, 2017, the Georgia House of Representatives passed HB 65 pertaining to medical marijuana. The bill, which still requires approval by the senate side, ...
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Posted on Jan 15, 2017 By David Thomas
FROM CIVIL RIGHTS TO THE FAR-RIGHT: ATLANTA REMAINS IN THE SPOTLIGHT This week, Congressman John Lewis and President-elect Donald Trump have engaged in a very public war of words over Trump’s ...
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Posted on Aug 10, 2016 By David Thomas
THE GAME-CHANGER On July 29, 2016, Florida Governor Rick Scott announced what the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes for Health, and many people both inside and outside of the public ...
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Posted on May 19, 2016 By David Thomas
IMMIGRATION OF A DIFFERENT VARIETY During the past year--and certainly in terms of the presidential campaign--any discussion of immigration has focused on people crossing the southern border from ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2015 By David Thomas
WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ON OUR CHRISTMAS LIST It is all over the news. It dominates the political debate and the upcoming election cycle. It has Congress passing new legislation. It has journalists ...
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Posted on Nov 4, 2015 By David Thomas
TRAGEDY IN SINAI PENINSULA It happened again: another plane crash with horrific images of debris flashing across our television screens and all forms of social media. Grief-stricken loved ones arrived ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2015 By David Thomas
IN MLB, FANS MAY BE AT GREATER RISK THAN PLAYERS On August 29, 2015, fans showed up at Turner Field to see a great game between the Atlanta Braves and the New York Yankees. Instead,what they saw was a ...
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Posted on May 29, 2015 By David Thomas
RAIN HITS THE GULF COAST HARD Over Memorial Day weekend, historic flooding in parts of Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico left 31 people dead, 13 people still missing, and countless homes destroyed. ...
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Posted on May 25, 2015 By David Thomas
For the past year, Takata Corp. has been under investigation by the NHTSA for its defective airbags. Two previous blogs discussed the fact that Takata had notice of the defect in the airbags as far ...
Continue reading "Takata Airbag Recall Part III" »
Posted on May 11, 2015 By David Thomas
Freddie Gray's death while in the custody of Baltimore City Police brought into sharp focus the national scrutiny and debate over excessive force used by police when making arrests. But Freddie ...
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Posted on May 7, 2015 By David Thomas
Shock turned to sadness as news of Dave Goldberg's sudden death spread through Silicon Valley. Goldberg, previously of Yahoo and recently CEO of SurveyMonkey, was on vacation in Mexico with his ...
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Posted on Apr 30, 2015 By David Thomas
DRIVER DISTRACTION AMONG TEENS A study conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety that was released on March 25, 2015, found that distracted driving was a factor in 58% of moderate to severe ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2015 By David Thomas
TOTAL RECALL After weeks of uncertainty about the source and extent of contamination, on April 20, 2015, Blue Bell Creameries recalled all of its products. So began the removal of eight million ...
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Posted on Apr 22, 2015 By David Thomas
E-CIGARETTE USE TRIPLES IN TEENS On April 16, 2015, the Centers for Disease Control released the results of a study showing that e-cigarette use among teens tripled over a one-year period. From 2013 ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2015 By David Thomas
The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that began April 20, 2010, bears the distinction of the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The events of that night were tragic in ...
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Posted on Apr 8, 2015 By David Thomas
A lot of rain has been falling in Georgia and the Southeast as a whole this spring. Forecasts of heavy rains and thunderstorms seem to be a weekly occurrence. All of this water accumulating on already ...
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Posted on Apr 1, 2015 By David Thomas
Everyday seems to bring new revelations about the mental state of Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525, who investigators say deliberately downed that plane, killing himself and all ...
Continue reading "Part II: Pieces Of The Puzzle" »
Posted on Mar 28, 2015 By David Thomas
By now, everyone is aware of the tragedy that occurred in the French Alps on March 24, 2015. The crash of Germanwings Flight #9525 was originally thought to be caused by some horrific freak accident ...
Continue reading "Part I: Horror in the Sky" »
Posted on Mar 22, 2015 By David Thomas
REMEMBER EBOLA? Although Ebola has largely disappeared from the headlines, the damage it wreaked upon those it came into contact with has not. Nina Pham, the nurse who cared for the Liberian native ...
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Posted on Feb 28, 2015 By David Thomas
In Part I of this series, we discussed the distinction between these two conditions, the common causes of both, and the fact that there is often confusion about them due to the frequent overlap ...
Continue reading "Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Part II" »
Posted on Feb 27, 2015 By David Thomas
The movie "American Sniper," based on the best-selling book by the same title, is breaking box-office records and is nominated for several academy awards, including best picture. The ...
Continue reading "American Sniper: A Study In PTSD" »
Posted on Feb 25, 2015 By David Thomas
Nationwide kicked off its " Make Safe Happen " campaign during the Super Bowl. The ad it chose depicted a mop-head boy having wonderful life adventures; at the end of the ad the boy says he ...
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