Crane: Making a meal out of high-stakes debate

The Keystone State plays an outsized role in the 2024 presidential election.

Rich: The non-nomination

Perhaps it was two years into our marriage when my reality sank in. I, a country girl born of the purest of Appalachian folks, had married into one of America’s most admired, most well-known television families.

Crane: Putting election integrity at risk

Nowadays, it would seem that I am reviewing an alternate universe when I state the Georgia Republican Party had a very good election night on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.The incumbent Republican Party U.S. Senator David Perdue won his race by a plurality and two percentage points.Two Public Service...

Yarbrough: Sing a song to September

Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to December. But the days grow short when you reach September. Truer words were never spoken – or sung. I wish I had written those words, but they come from playwright Maxwell Anderson for the 1938 Broadway production of “Knickerbocker Holiday.”

Op-Ed: Putnam BOC offers ‘zero’ interest in PGH funding increase

On Friday, Aug. 30, the Putnam County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the 2025 budget, as presented by County Manager Paul Van Haute.Although generous increases from last year’s budget were expected for many county departments, Putnam General Hospital (PGH) received a zero-percent...

Rich: George Harrison

Tink and I have disagreed a couple of times. Not an argument, mind you. But a half-joking, half-serious disagreement.Upfront, know that it concerns former Beatle George Harrison and his only child, Dhani.

Letter to the Editor: “We are not going back.” Really?

Dear Editor,Acceptance speeches at National Party conventions tend to follow a similar format in that they define what’s at stake in the forthcoming presidential election.

Letter to the Editor: Turned off by Trump

Dear Editor,I’ve never been one to voice my opinion publicly on political issues, but I am fed up and afraid. So, let me get straight to the point. America has to make a choice.

Letter to the Editor: SPLOST No. 10’s ‘perpetual debt’ threat

Dear Editor,In November, a question regarding SPLOST No. 10 will be on the ballot.

Yarbrough: Presidential politics with Skeeter Skates

Uh-oh! The sound of the phone told me who was on the other end: Skeeter Skates, owner and operator of Skeeter Skates Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Ryo, Georgia. When Skeeter calls, the phone doesn’t just ring. It jumps.Skeeter can do that to phones – and people.