Rich: Red is still running

It’s been four years ago now. Tink and I were attending the annual NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction as we normally do with our friends, Darrell and Stevie Waltrip.

Letter to the Editor: Hope for the future

Dear Editor, America is experiencing a mental health crisis. We’ve been overwhelmed by unresolved domestic and international stressors - the national debt, the immigration calamity, gun violence, climate change, Russia’s war with Ukraine, China’s burgeoning hostilities, living with AI – on and on.

Yarbrough: Happy to debunk ‘Happiest States’ report

Somebody named Abigail who works for something called Scholaroo just sent out a report entitled “The Happiest States in the U.S.” Alas, Georgia – where you and I reside – apparently is not such a happy place to live. We are something like 40th out of the 50 states (or 54, if you listen to Joe Biden.

Smith: Remembering Lewis Grizzard

I stopped in Moreland recently after a trip to Greenville, which is in the heart of the Pine Mountain Range, one of the most becoming and emotionally uplifting strips of geography in our state.

Rich: SEC football fans

Whenever I meet someone, inevitably, their first comment is, “You must be a Georgia football fan.” Truthfully, I reply, “I’m an SEC fan. I love to see all the teams do well and celebrate when one wins the National Championship.” In this column, I strive to sidestep controversy.

Yarbrough: Banning women from Baptist pulpits

Hear this, a Baptist’s prayer: “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord this promise to keep. If I should die before I wake, don’t let girls in the pulpit, for goodness sake.

Smith: New life for hometown newspapers

Lately, I’ve been hanging out with a few newspaper publishers who remain convinced print journalism is not dead. They are not doomsayers. They are intrepid entrepreneurs.

Letter to the Editor: Damn the torpedoes

Dear Editor, Early in the 1981 action-adventure film “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark”, the character Nazi Major Toht references archaeologist Jones by saying, “The man is nefarious.” That’s exactly what I would say to describe Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Letter to the Editor: Second Harvest president stepping down

Dear Editor, My time as president and board member at Second Harvest has come to an end. I couldn’t be more gratified and proud of what our team—with your support— has built and accomplished over the past 12 years.

Yarbrough: On fathers past and present

I have been called a lot of things in my long life – not all of them complimentary – but one of the most satisfying has always been “Dad.” It is a sobriquet I earned with the considerable involvement of the beloved Woman Who Shared My Name.