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The uglification of American politics
By Pat Priest One part of the book Alice in Wonderland keeps coming back to me. It’s where the Mock Turtle is boasting to Alice about...

Classic City News
Oct 23, 20203 min read


Baker: Third-party votes won't help your third party
By Evander Baker Weird title, right? Seems counterintuitive. I’ve been giving a lot of thought to third-party voting for the...

Classic City News
Oct 19, 20206 min read


Galis: Why are Supreme Court nominees so evasive?
By Leon Galis U. S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett took a lot of incoming during her confirmation hearing for declining to say...

Classic City News
Oct 19, 20204 min read


Galis: Amy Coney Barrett Is Neither Ruth Bader Ginsberg Nor a Wild-eyed Radical
By Leon Galis Not even in my wildest dreams did I ever think that I’d be grateful for the Federalist Society, the organization of...

Classic City News
Oct 7, 202010 min read


Never Met a stranger: RoboGeezer
By T.W. Burger Remember the 1987 film “RoboCop,” starring Peter Weller? The main character was a regular cop in the not-too-distant...

Classic City News
Oct 7, 20202 min read


Baker: Has public health lost our trust?
By Evander Baker First off, I would like to remind that most face coverings do not protect the wearer from the novel coronavirus. I am...

Classic City News
Oct 5, 20208 min read


To Hellfair and back: Freedom
By Shane Sims A little more than a year ago, I received an email from a Mr. Joe Johnson, whom, I would learn, is the publisher of Classic...

Classic City News
Sep 28, 20204 min read


Baker: Social media and the polarization of politics
By Evander Baker Here’s a riddle: How is it that many Americans feel like their country is being led by one of the best Presidents ever,...

Classic City News
Sep 21, 20208 min read


Never Met a Stranger: Riding the Rainbows
By T.W. Burger I never formally studied any of those Far Eastern forms of meditation. I mean, how long can anyone stare at a doggone...

Classic City News
Sep 21, 20204 min read


Galis: The Other QAnon Conspiracy
By Leon Galis Since migrating into the mainstream from the sketchier neighborhoods of the internet, the QAnon conspiracy theory has...

Classic City News
Sep 11, 20204 min read


Never Met a Stranger: Losers my a$$
By T.W. Burger When I was still new at being a newspaper reporter, I spent time every spring writing a Memorial Day column in tribute to...

Classic City News
Sep 9, 20203 min read


The long march toward justice and equality continues: Progress in LGBTQ+ equality
By John Dayton, J.D., Ed. D. Equality is a founding American principle. The nation began with these words in our Declaration of...

Classic City News
Aug 27, 20207 min read


False attack shines light on my story and the urgent need for criminal justice reform
By Mokah Jasmine Johnson Last week, three days after my father passed away, I was notified of phone calls into my district in support of...

Classic City News
Aug 20, 20204 min read


Pastor pays tribute to flock's injured lamb
By Matt Booher If you ever met Joslyn Stinchcomb in person, you would instantly notice her big, bright smile. The first time I met her...

Classic City News
Aug 16, 20202 min read


Marty Kemp: stand by your man but stand up for what's right
By Pat Priest When former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ran for president, Republicans loved to bring up the Monica Lewinsky affair...

Classic City News
Aug 5, 20203 min read


Galis: Why CCSD still isn’t in danger of losing accreditation
By Leon Galis When the Board of Education announced its separation agreement with CCSD's former superintendent Demond Means, I was sure...

Classic City News
Jul 30, 20203 min read


Remembering a lifelong troublemaker
By Evander Baker I didn't know "Congressman John Lewis." And I don't mean that in the sense that I'd never met him or got to know him as...

Classic City News
Jul 26, 20204 min read


Two Old Farts Traveling: We did NOT leave our hearts in San Francisco
By Johnnie W. Lewis We came. We saw. But we left, taking our hearts with us. San Francisco is safe from the Lewises. We won’t be...

Classic City News
Jul 22, 20204 min read


Open letter to Barrow County School System on reopening plans during COVID-19 pandemic
On Thursday, a group of parents and teachers, called Concerned Stakeholders of Barrow County Schools, sent a letter to the Barrow County...

Classic City News
Jul 17, 20204 min read


The Finch: local high school students tackle complex issues in podcast
By Alex Benoit I am a full-time dual enrollment student at the University of Georgia and Oconee County High School. A couple months ago,...

Classic City News
Jul 16, 20202 min read
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