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.

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.

CRANE: There’s a new speaker in town

State Representative Jon Burns (R-District 159) of Newington in Effingham County, is not new to the State House, having joined the body in 2005. Nor is he new to leadership, having served as GOP House Majority Leader since 2015.

CRANE: At times we need uncomfortable truths

By the late 1970s, the famed, nearly 50-foot tall Cyclorama painting of the Battle of Atlanta during the Civil War was moldy, wet and rotting in places, slowly making its way toward a landfill somewhere.

CRANE: Musings from the left coast

My first visit to California in the late 1980s was part of an ill-fated love connection.

CRANE: Peach Bowl grows from pits to major cash crop

New Year’s Eve 1981 was probably the coldest sporting event and evening of my life, spent in 50-yard-line seats in the very top row of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

CRANE: Still rosey for Rosen

Few industries took more of a beating from this easing pandemic than tourism and travel. Even in Orlando, Florida, one of the tourism capitals in the world, the impacts were real and lasting, and even some of the titans of the industry felt the crowd losses.

CRANE: One of our brightest stars

As we wave farewell or at least say “See ya’ next time,” to this pandemic, and soon 2022, I note that both took from me my mother, as well as several irreplaceable and close friends.

CRANE: A monumental milestone

Nearly 90 years after General James Edward Oglethorpe founded Savannah and established Georgia as the last of the 13 original colonies, the Georgia General Assembly would act on December 9, 1822, to create and charter the county of DeKalb, out of parts of Fayette, Gwinnett, and Henry Counties.

CRANE: Georgia is again the finish line

As of this writing, Runoff Election Day is just ahead and Georgians have already set an advance-voting record of1,868,127 ballots cast ahead of Election Day, with a turnout total of 26%, more or less debunking ongoing claims of voter suppression.