Rich: When y’all come home

To most Southerners, without question, they are the two sweetest, albeit four-letter words, in our language. The mere mention of “Mama” or “home” will bring a smile to our lips and a warm tingle to our hearts.

Letter to the editor: Thoughts on discourse

Dear editor: The poor are simply lazy, rich folks care only for themselves. All conservatives are racists and liberals are so naive that they have no capacity for rational thought. Environmentalists want to stop all growth and take society back to the Stone Age.

Letter to the editor:Stormy weather ahead?

Dear editor: On occasion, as an exercise in self-amusement, I will trifle with conceptualizing one event as a metaphor for some yet-to-be outcome. I found this to be the case when, on Saturday, Feb.

Crane: Look for the Union Label

Baby Boomers and even Gen Xers of a certain vintage may remember a catchy TV jingle, which easily can become an earworm, celebrating the work of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) and urging Americans to buy clothing manufactured in America, by American workers.

Yarbrough: Wonder why we’re sleepless in Georgia?

I know you are very busy, so I don’t want to take up a lot of your time, but I think you need to see this.

Rich: The turmoil of Tink’s eating habits

Everything about the family in which I grew up, was modest. Mama made her clothes and mine and, sometimes, my summer shorts or play dresses were made from leftover scraps. She was thrifty.

Letters to the editor: Have faith and pray

Dear editor: In early January, most parishes across the Archdiocese of Atlanta held memorial Masses for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI following his death on December 31. A nurse in attendance reported that Pope Benedict’s last words uttered were “Lord, I love you.

Yarbrough: Some random thoughts on some random subjects

Sen. Brandon Beach (R, Alpharetta), has introduced Senate Bill 7, known as the “3G” bill for “Gangs, Guns, Gone.” It would impose a mandatory 10-year minimum sentence for anyone who uses a gun while committing or attempting to commit a violent felony, whether the weapon is discharged or not.

Crane: Yes, to Cop City

As our nation reacts this week to two avoidable deaths, Tyre Nichols in Memphis and activist/ protestor Manuel Teran, illegally camping on the grounds of the former Old Atlanta Prison Farm, one similarity stands out between the two.

Letter to the editor: In the spirit of truth

Dear Editor: “What goes around comes around,” a modern spin on “as you sow, so shall you reap” (Galatians 6:7) – both concepts representative of how karma, the Indian religion’s law of cause and effect, works.