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Perspectives Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 A Message from the Publisher Our thoughts New Edition Today you are looking at part of the future of community newspapering. Every Wednesday afternoon the new digital weekday edition of the News will be sent. Our staff has spent hours developing this new product. We think it will provide you a unique experience in not only in experiencing stories, events and issues that touch our lives, but will allow you to view the products our advertisers offer in a whole new light. For three months, more than 12,000 homes will receive this Wednesday digital edition of The News for free. After that it will be bundled with our Saturday print edition, which will still be delivered to our paid customers in print form as usual. This new product will continue to evolve as a living work in progress. If you have any suggestions on what we can do to make this experience a pleasant one we will be glad to hear from you. If you have any comments or questions we will be glad to answer them. Contact us at [email protected] Read more Letter to the editor Defining moment What you are about to read will possibly be the most important paragraphs you will have to reflect upon to decide the fate of your family and nation. These following thoughts are directed to the individuals who will decide the ultimate fate of a once great nation. No it is not Republicans but Democrat voters across the land. My prediction is Governor Deal will be the last conservative governor for some time due to the unbelievable migration of democratic voters fleeing their bankrupt counties and states. It is a fact that cannot be denied and so we stand now with the fact no conservative will move to those financial... Read more The tech-inspired future of education Scott Rasmussen Columnist To find out more about Scott Rasmussen, visit www. creators.com In 21st-century America, hope and change comes from tech-inspired entrepreneurs. Sadly, rather than letting these innovators lead the country forward, our politicians are more interested in protecting the status quo, regardless of how unsatisfactory it is. Read more “Some experimental efforts will be wildly successful, while others will fail. But the best will survive to unlock enormous potential for future generations of students. That’s the kind of hope and change only tech-inspired entrepreneurs can deliver.” On the brink of collapse Mychael Massie Columnist Mychal S. Massie is the former Nat’l Chairman of the conservative black think tank, Project 21-The National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives America stands on the very brink of collapse and I believe the indications are such that if she doesn’t collapse in my lifetime, she will in my son’s. If that scares you, it should. America is in trouble such as she has never experienced in her history and it is trouble of our own making. I could lie to you and subRead more “There was a time that America prided herself on a belief in God. There was a time our government acted in accordance with the summum bonum of the people she was created to serve. Today, such beliefs are scoffed at. ”