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The GOP Needs to Get Beyond 2020

It’s understandable that Democrats would want to constantly revisit Jan. 6 — to invoke it, investigate it and sacralize it even. It’s a mystery, at least from a certain level of abstraction, why Republicans would want to have anything to do with that day or want to fixate on the 2020 election. The party is on the cusp of a midterm triumph, has enormous openings on the economy and educa...

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Fair Memories

line. Many of my fondest memories revolve around experiences at a fair — eating cotton candy and having it magically dissolve in my mouth; laughing at the distorted images of friends as they stood in front of funhouse mirrors; kissing my sweetheart at the top of a Ferris wheel; spinning my mind into oblivion on the Scrambler; or winning a stuffed animal after finally landing a ring ...

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Write Us A Letter

Have you a gripe? How about a compliment for someone for a job well done? Let us know about it with a letter to the editor. We urge anyone to write us about any subject of general public interest. Please limit all letters to 250 words double spaced. All letters must by signed, but we may withhold the writer’s name upon request. Please write to us at The Advance, P.O. Box 669, Vidalia, GA 3047...

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Love Songs

One of my first memories is sitting at the bar in my family’s kitchen facing the golden pine cabinets, eating Cap’n Crunch cereal and listening to Jim Croce sing his songs on a small transistor radio we kept on the countertop. In 1972, Croce had a string of hits including “Operator,” “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim,” and a love song titled, “Time in a Bottle.” I w...

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