Crane: Lake life and livin’ large

My parents, Jerry and Lynn Crane, were born one week and five years apart (Dad on Aug. 30, 1938, and Mom on Sept. 7, 1943), both members of the“Greatest Generation.” As a family, we always celebrated their birthdays together. This will be the third year Mom can no longer join us.

Rich: The man who was

It is an inherited family trait, like stubbornness, oddness, and humor.We cannot miss reading the obituaries.Firstly, we want to ascertain that we knew someone who didn’t die and needed to pay our respects.Secondly, a good look at an accomplished person’s life will always make you take an...

Yarbrough: Tribute to a special nurse

A point of personal privilege, please.

Stone: Make America Goofy Again

Back in Chicago, we don’t make bicycles anymore. It’s all human relations now. The eggheads sit around trying to figure out new ways for everybody to be happy.

Rich: Courtesy and kindness are ageless

It was the summer before THAT summer, when life as we had known and worn it like a comfortable cloak around our shoulders, hit a brick wall at 100 mph.Fear of catching the potent virus, people stopped going to work or church.

Yarbrough: Random thoughts on random subjects

For want of a nail, the shoe was lost.

Letter to the Editor: Why didn’t Trump deliver during first term?

Dear Editor,Considering the prospect of a second Trump presidency, it is important to reflect on his first term.

Letter to the Editor: Emperor Nero 2.0

Dear Editor,Popular legend has it that in A.D. 64, while a great fire was effectively destroying the city of Rome, Emperor Nero played his fiddle and demonstrated a total lack of concern for his people and the Empire.

Letter to the Editor: Last-minute meeting to beat SPLOST deadline

Dear Editor,It seems the county kind of got behind the power curve on the steps needed to place the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) before the voters in November for approval to continue to collect this one-cent sales tax for another six years.To comply with election rules, the...

Dudley: A yen for international stock market management

This isn’t as important as the Olympics, but some pals have been asking me, “What is the yen carry trade?” and " Why did it affect world equity and currency markets so dramatically last week?”So I’ve answered with: As far as the eye can see, investors (defined here as the world’s largest financial...