This week’s Time Capsule looks at street car service, stealing convicts, a plane crash, a beer burial and a snake hunt.
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth part in a series of special history columns about World War II.
I originally thought I’d write about snow in the South this week. Mainly about how much fun my dog had romping in it and the trashing of the c…
America has been blessed once again a privilege few societies ave been blessed to do, we have transferred from one administration to another a…
Well, that’s over and done with. Donald John Trump, the 45th president of the United States has been officially sworn in as our 47th president…
Donald Trump cannot Make America Great Again by shutting down one of this nation's most vital sources of strength and vigor. His anti-immigran…
In the language of state and local government, there is a saying that goes: “When the sun is shining and birds are singing, anyone can be the …
Polling shows rising optimism among the public and the wind at Donald Trump’s back going into a second term. Across surveys, a common theme em…
I will have to look to others to be the judge of my reality here, but I try to be a well-mannered, Southern gentleman, admittedly more than a …
It needs to be said loud and clear -- Murder is not a “policy choice.” Grotesquely, however, socialized medicine advocates are taking advantag…
“It’s the goin’ thing!”
Well, here we go again. Welcome to January in Georgia. Ice and snow. Schools and businesses closed. TV weather heads alternating between hyper…
Part Two of a Two Part Series
Every few months, I look back through the inbox to review comments and questions from my cherished readers. Let’s open the mail!
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I clearly recall the factoid from high school geography, that Iceland was purposefully deceptively named and is actually quite green, and that…
This week’s Time Capsule looks at illegal liquor hauls, Capt. Charles Dobbins and the loss of a Civil War headquarters.
Come Monday, January 20th, We the People will once again be witness to the inauguration of a new President of the United States. Or, in this c…
The mask was torn off the face of “The City That Care Forgot,” New Orleans. It was so called in 1910 to assure visitors they would be free fro…
Dear Samuel Knox Wansley:
What is better for our souls, country, and humankind: spreading criticism or compassion? Which of these would God choose? We know the correct …
It is a bit disturbing for me to hear about one of the excuses, in particular, being mentioned by a few current members of the US Congress not…
While so much of Los Angeles burned to the ground this past week, the world’s richest man stepped forward once again to show that government’s…
Joseph Gavalis passed away quietly in January 2025 leaving behind a distinguished legacy of dedicated servant leadership, patriotism and lauda…
In 2007 the farmers cooperative for which I work relocated its maintenance shop from the back lot to a building with actual road frontage.
In January of 2018, I followed our Georgia Bulldogs to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. The game was incredible, the Dawgs won, and I would n…
Horrific doesn’t begin to describe the havoc wreaked by the inferno that is the Los Angeles area. Several fires, fed by wind gusts as high as …
I had it all planned out. A relaxing holiday season with plenty of time to catch up on football and some favorite TV shows. Silly me.
The last remnants of 2024 are packed away, except for a small Christmas ornament I found under my sofa. I am not sure how it got there, but wi…