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Past Christians not tolerant of equal rights

Charles Hicks has some very strange ideas about Christianity, culture and the past. In his Friday column “Christians must reignite Christianity now,” Hicks wants everything and everyone to go back to the way we used to be, back to a time when everyone was a Christian and public homosexuality and divorce were not prevalent. Hicks [...]

In defense of rich executives

The salary cap for executives is a terrible idea. It’s somewhere on the awful scale between Mark McAfee’s columns and Georgia men’s basketball. In Tuesday’s column, “Wall Street needs to mimic Main Street,” Tamara Best enthusiastically endorsed President Barack Obama’s call to limit executive compensation in the banking and finance industry to $500,000.

Editorial Cartoon

The Editorial Cartoon for 2/21/2008.

Editorial Cartoon

Editorial cartoon for 9/13/07.

Munson’s leaving sad but overdue

I don’t know about you, but I grew up in a house that lived and breathed Georgia football. The 11th Commandment was “Thou Shalt Hate the Gators,” tailgating was the only acceptable form of Saturday socializing and my parents have had their season tickets longer than I’ve been alive.

SGA is loud, relevant, accountable

Ironically enough, my involvement with the Student Government Association began last year when I wrote a column for The Red & Black that asked the winners of the election to get loud, get relevant and get accountable. To my surprise, then-president-elect Jamie Peper personally called me to thank me for the article and to ask me to come and get involved.

Game day rules plague other sports

If there is one thing the Student Government Association loves, it’s the feeling you get surrounded by more than 92,000 of your closest friends in Sanford Stadium. Of course, along with the good comes the bad. There will undoubtedly be crazy fans, lots of trash and the nightmarish parking situation. Last year, so many fans/alumni/partiers [...]