Greene: Familiarity breeds indifference

One of the more entertaining phenomena of 2026 is happening right now. Freddy, an anonymous German tourist, is traveling through the United States with two friends for World Cup matches. He is documenting the journey on X/Twitter.To be clear, Freddy isn’t awed by famous landmarks.

Letter to the Editor: A collective commitment

Dear Editor,I write this on June 19, aka Juneteenth, a day that commemorates the date in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally received word of their emancipation - more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

Looking back, and ahead, in elections

The primaries are over and it’s time to analyze the results in Georgia. Before I begin, it is important you know that Donald Trump has not commented on this column or its author.That is because he doesn’t know either exists. For that, let us give thanks.

Stone: Writerman, Writerman, does whatever a writer can

When there is no one else to turn to Call for Super Chicken!(puk, puk, puk, puk) Call for Super Chicken!(puk ack!)Super Chicken theme song, by Stan Worth and Sheldon AllmanI am not faster than a speeding bullet or more powerful than a locomotive.

Rich: Gavin

From the oven, I pulled a peach cobbler that bubbled and popped beautifully. Outside, spring had come calling to resurrect what winter had lulled to sleep. The trees and shrubs were a lovely green and nearly in full bloom.

Letter to the Editor: Quarry needed to provide jobs

Dear Editor,When the Horton Homes factory closed, and Georgia Power decommissioned Plant Branch, Putnam County lost hundreds of jobs. Since then, nothing has come along to replace them.

Letter to the Editor: Former Madison Main Street director shares reasons for leaving

The City of Madison's mayor and council held a public hearing on the FY27 proposed budget on June 8.

Will you leave this a better world?

Have you ever thought about your legacy?Legacy being defined as “the lasting impact one leaves on the world, both the tangible assets they pass down and the intangible influence they have on others.”For some reason, I have been pondering this lately.

Crane: Bush League, a different kind of GOP

“I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make it on my own kind of thing,” George H. W. Bush (1924-2018), the 41st president of the United States, once told his biographer.Perhaps not our most articulate president, but among the most genuine of the modern era.

Rich: No father on Father’s Day

There is a little boy, age 11, who will no doubt fall fitfully asleep on the eve of Father’s Day.Then, perhaps, he will awaken to a pillow wet with sadness. Many people will try valiantly to cheer him up.