Editorials and Opinions Note: The institutional editorials, labeled "Our opinion," are considered the opinion of the management and publisher of The Columbia County News-Times. Columns are the opinions of the individual writer whose name appears as author. The opinions voiced in columns do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Columbia County News-Times, its management or its publisher. Kids: Are you stupid enough for drugs? There is no animal quite so noisy as the high-school rumor-mill, and last week that beast was roaring. Closing a gap in assault law It's not clear what took them so long to respond, but there was good news the other day when an Atlanta lawmaker announced his intention to pre-file a bill to close a loophole in Georgia's sexual assault law. Editorial cartoon Editorial cartoon for the Wednesday, November 18, 2009 edition of the Columbia County News-Times.