How much debt is too much?
by Paula Canup
Last Tuesday’s primaries revealed what everyone suspected – voters are angry and ready to “throw the bums out.” Democrats might well ask, “Where was the anger when George W. Bush was spending billions and digger us deeper into a hole?” It’s a darn good question. If voters had [...]

Leaning Left
Jim Fitzgerald
As you may know, Newt Gingrich is on a book tour selling his latest book, To Save America: Stopping Obama’s Secular-Socialist Machine. In his book, he writes that the administration is “a corrupt bureaucracy which uses manipulation, bribery, and dishonesty to steamroll the will of the people and destroy America’s core values.” He [...]

Memorial Day – What is it all about?
Memorial Day was set aside as a holiday to commemorate those who died in the service of our country. Who are these people who gave their lives so that the rest of us could live free?
Most of us lost family in war. My uncle John Scholar lost his [...]

The Green Column
by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative
rmaccrea1@gmail.com
Building Costs About to Go Up
If you have been holding off on your building project until the bottom of the recession, you might be about to miss your opportunity. While mortgage rates are down right now because of the crisis in Europe, they are forecast to go [...]

The Green Column
by Richard C. MacCrea, Andrews Valley Initiative
rmaccrea1@gmail.com
The History of Green Building
Green building principles have been followed long before they were called green. The cliff dwelling cultures of the southwestern states did a pretty good job of facing their homes towards the winter sun, and away from the cold winds. They understood that if [...]

Debt and Deficits – do they matter?
By: Paula Canup
Sentinel Columnist
As a teacher, the class I enjoyed teaching most was senior economics.  I took it very seriously, since I knew I had one semester to convey as much information as possible about the very important topic of money. Think about that – five months out of [...]

Finance Reform or Government Takeover of Economy?
Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . it expects what never was and never will be”
It’s time to take our heads out of the sand about the agenda of President Obama and his insider supporters.  Having passed legislation that will [...]

To the Editor:
Jim Davis’s column ” Next Supreme Court Justice?” ( Sentinel, April 21, 2010) contains a factual error. He asserts that Leah Ward Sears, former chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, ” is the first female chief justice in the United States…” In 1974, well before Chief Justice Sears’ time, Susie Sharp was [...]

To The Sentinel Editor:
Please accept our deepest thanks for your help in getting out the word about former HHS Glee Club member’s efforts to establish the Joyce D. McSwain Performing Arts Scholarship for interested students in Hayesville, Hiawassee and the surrounding area to participate in a semester of performance arts study at the Peacock Playhouse, which will be sponsored by [...]

April was “Litter Sweep Month” in North Carolina, but litter and trash on our roads is an ongoing problem. Here’s how you can join the fight:
1. Secure your cargo: (50% of litter is blown not thrown)
2. Swat-A-Litterbug: If you see someone littering or trash blowing from an open bed truck report them. Get the NC license [...]