CRANE: We could all use a few more smart ALECS

This has been the summer when Americans returned to travel, and took their chances with COVID-19 by meeting them on the road. Vacations, family reunions and conventions are all coming back on calendars… and none too soon for convention and business travel destinations like Atlanta.

YARBROUGH: What this angry world needs is a lot more hope

My friend, Norm Solon, was a journalist and speech writer for some of the major companies and trade associations in the country. Now retired, he recently shared with me some of the once-in-alifetime opportunities he experienced in his long and distinguished career.

Letter to the Editor: To inform or to influence

Dear editor: The cumulative effect of accounts headlined by various news media during the first week of August left me feeling exhausted.

Letter to the Editor: Joe Biden = inflation plus taxes

Dear editor: Joe Biden was beaming at last week’s press conference. He made the absurd statement, “We reached a milestone, inflation in July was 0%, zero”. Joe, that is a flat-out lie. While inflation may not have increased in July over June, it is still running at 8-9% over last year.

CRANE: Crypto’s kryptonite

Here’s the story of the high-flying funny money that flew too close to the sun...and then... There are times in life when a moment crystallizes in your mind, and increasingly, at least for me, when you can anticipate when that latest “hot topic” is about to “jump the shark.

Letters to the Editor: Disagreement on voucher option

Dear editor: This is the first letter I have ever written to the newspaper editor that I can remember but after reading last week’s column which seemed to be from a left winger, meaning columnist Dick Yarbrough I felt a reply was surely needed!

SMITH: Back to school

Seeing all the vans and U-Haul trailers across town last weekend brought about a reminder that there is nothing like the return of the students each August for the fall semester. I had a friend call about booking a room and asked for a recommendation of a lodging facility.

CRANE: The incredible shrinking Trump

It is a phenomenon long overdue. and strangely arguments will be made against my premise both by supporters and opponents of former President Donald J. Trump.

YARBROUGH: Some random thoughts on some random subjects

Fourteenth Century Italian writer Dante Alighieri in his “Divine Comedy” describes Hell as a place for those who have perverted “their human intellect to fraud or malice against their fellowmen.” He could have been describing Alex Jones and his Infowars followers.

RICH: The gift of storytellers

As the years scatter behind me like a box of spilled Cheerios, I reflect on the blessings of the storytellers I have known. When I was five, Aunt Ozelle kept me so Mama could work in a sewing plant. At five minutes to 12 every day, she called me to lunch.