Gary Ashwill

August 8, 2005 - Law-enforcement buff and possible future cop Shaquille O'Neal has been recruited by the sheriff of Bedford County, Virginia, to take part in PSAs for an effort to combat internet crimes against children.

August 2, 2005 - Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Jim Wooten deplores a recent lawsuit brought by 51 local school systems alleging inadequate funding for education by the state of Georgia.

August 1, 2005 - President Bush finally made it to the Boy Scouts' national jamboree in Virginia yesterday.

August 1, 2005 - Here's something to mull over while paying bills or pumping $2.00-a-gallon gas: the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's list of the highest-paid Georgia CEOs in 2004 (reg req'd).

August 1, 2005 - Back in April Bill Frist starred in "Justice Sunday," an infamous televised political rally to push conservative judges (and promote holy war).

July 26, 2005 - In 2004 the Southern Baptist Convention withdrew from the World Baptist Alliance (which it helped to found in 1905), accusing the loose global federation of anti-American bias and (even worse) liberalism.

July 26, 2005 - Here's one reason why it's good that TennCare is at least continuing to cover women with cervical cancer. Most of the 4,000 almost entirely preventable deaths from this condition in the U.S.