A Little Weird: Open on Sundays
By Eddie Whitlock My daddy was arrested in 1982 for selling beer on Sunday, which was illegal in Georgia at the time. I had been away at...
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- May 2
- 3 min
Never Met A Stranger: Bullets Are Easy
By T.W. Burger A confession: I love guns. I had several growing up and into my adulthood. Though I hunted, I wasn’t passionate about it....
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- Apr 7
- 2 min
Dropping A Dime On The Activist
By Albert DeSimone Athens is the penultimate city of left-wing activism, perhaps only losing the last most left position to San...
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- Apr 7
- 4 min
Athenians, Awaken!
By Jason E. Elder (laughter from Commissioner Hamby) "... but, but if there's somebody who wants to speak to it since it's like brand new...
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- Mar 23
- 3 min
Never Met a Stranger: Thoughts on a birthday
By T.W. Burger 74, for God’s sake. I often facetiously add “how the hell did THAT happen?” as if I didn’t know. It’s amazing how fast the...
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- Mar 8
- 4 min
A-Z: The Beginning
By Quentez Hodge First off, I must give honor to God who’s head of my life. He is the glue to it all, the reason I have a story to tell,...
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- Mar 4
- 3 min
Never met a Stranger: Carrot cake
By T.W. Burger My mother lived in Athens, GA, the bustling university town where I grew up. She liked to get her hair done by Judy, who...
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- Feb 24
- 5 min
A little weird: Personal voucher for mental health therapy
By Eddie Whitlock I was surprised that John Fetterman won his U.S. Senate race. Our nation has embraced charlatans in the past, and Dr....
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- Feb 13
- 4 min
Driving while white-privileged
By Eddie Whitlock I was driving through my hometown in early December, when I came to town to visit property that my sister and I still...
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- Jan 23
- 3 min
Ort in the sky, Or, How the hell did we get to THIS point, for God’s sake?
By T.W. Burger Since 1962, according to Ort himself, I have known him as Billy or “BC,” for Billy Carlton. The appellation “Ort” came...
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- Jan 5
- 2 min
Republican legislators’ response to 'domestic violence' at the Capitol
By Pat Priest We are perplexed when victims of domestic violence sometimes recant after calling the police during a harrowing experience....
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- Jan 3
- 7 min
The Fire Department is on Life Support
By Mara Zúñiga It should have been as simple as just voting yes on December 6, 2022, for the recognition of the Professional Firefighters...
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- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Police Chief promotes tax credit that could provide $3 million in funding to ACCPD
By Jerry Saulters It is with great enthusiasm and excitement that I offer this letter of support to the Athens-Clarke Police Foundation...
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- Dec 28, 2022
- 5 min
A Little Weird: Twitter & Me
By Eddie Whitlock Twitter eluded me. I never got it. My daughter told me I should join to promote my books, so I did. I felt like the...
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- Nov 5, 2022
- 2 min
Never met a stranger: Conversing with Coach Dooley (not about football)
By T.W. Burger First, a disclaimer: I have never enjoyed football, or any other kind of team sport, for that matter. It stems from...
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- Nov 3, 2022
- 4 min
A little weird: Football, death & local radio
By Eddie Whitlock Little southern radio stations, particularly AM stations, used to thrive on being the voice of the community....
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- Sep 26, 2022
- 4 min
A Little Weird: Mary Jane and Me
By Eddie Whitlock I was a sophomore at UGA in 1980. My little apartment was on Springdale Street. My father had given me a little 9-inch...
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- Sep 20, 2022
- 3 min
Open letter to ACC commissioners concerning conditions at animal shelter
Dear Commission Members: I am writing concerning my experience with the ACC Animal Shelter and hoping I get a response. Back in July, our...
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- Sep 7, 2022
- 4 min
A Little Weird: We were merely freshmen
By Eddie Whitlock Gordon (Junior, at the time) College was not a respected option for most of the kids at Griffin High School. At Griffin...
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- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
Mokah Speaks: Second chance
By Mokah Jasmine Johnson For the past five years, the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement has worked to establish a youth program that...
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