Ridings: Taxing issues for local newspaper publishing

The state of New York, led by a powerful coalition of local publishers, has just approved game-changing legislation in the fight to preserve local news outlets and community journalism.

Rich: The coffee

The little kitchen of my childhood home had coffee every morning.Always.Mama owned a decorative percolator from the 1950s, which bubbled delightfully. But she did not bother unless there was company visiting.The kettle on the stove whistled when the water boiled.

Letter to the Editor: Combs vs. Kjer in Greene BOE District 4

Dear Editor, The race for Greene Board of Education (BOE) District 4 continues to be contentious, unusually so for a small Southern community where we all try to live in harmony.But Maggie Combs, who is challenging the incumbent Dr. Maggie Kjer, seems to believe the ends justify the means.

Letter to the Editor: When is enough, enough?

Dear Editor,If you have read anything I’ve written regarding the current Greene County Board of Education (BOE) election, you know that in every case, I do everything possible to research the topic and provide a relevant and fact-based opinion.

Letter to the Editor: Keep politics out of churchgoing

Dear Editor, Recently, a video of Pastor Loran Livingston has gone viral. In the video, the pastor delivers a sermon on bringing politics into the church.The pastor states, “Don’t be talking to me about my spiritual responsibility to vote. I don’t have a spiritual responsibility to vote.

Yarbrough: Homage to an American hero

I am doing something I rarely, if ever, have done: I am going to rerun a previous column verbatim. Hans Trupp, of St. Simons, died last week. I wrote the following about him two years ago and ask your forbearance in allowing me to present it to you again.

Letter to the Editor: Veep an asset or liability?

So much of today’s political news coverage reflects the campaign messaging by the administration of President Joe Biden versus that coming from the feloniously besieged presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Letter to the Editor: Consider all ‘facts’ in a debate

Dear Editor,This letter is in partial response to the half-truths leveled by Mr. Geisler in his letter of April 26 ( Lake Oconee News). It would take a much-extended essay to address his criticisms of the Biden administration’s energy, climate, and inflation policies.

Rich: Sounds familiar

I sat in a doctor’s waiting room without a phone or a newspaper to read. I was just a-sittin’, observing those scattered about.It is the art of observing that we are losing. And, with the fading away of studying people and tuning into their conversation, we are in danger of losing wisdom.

Letter to the Editor: Greene County BOE election issues

Dear Editor,Over the past 24 years, my wife Kathy and I have dedicated more than 30,000 hours, raised millions of dollars, and donated considerable personal funds while working with and for Greene County’s school children.