CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Shane Sims I used to say that the worst part about prison is the isolation. The prison environment didn't allow for normal human...

By Johnnie W. Lewis Well, the first day away from our home state of Georgia (for this year) was interesting. Jimmy poured a cup and a...

By T.W. Burger Bobby W. had serious holes in his ability to think things through; lived in a household where he had to keep his cash...

By Johnnie W. Lewis Have you ever considered going back in time to what life was like for your grandparents? Consider living without...

By T.W. Burger I figured out a solution to too many nights trying to calm down my deep anger and despair over lots of issues I have tried...

By Johnnie W. Lewis We’re quarantined north of Marietta, GA. We can’t go anywhere except to the grocery store or gas station. We can’t...

By T.W. Burger When I was very young, I had a huge crush on Anne Frank. Like a lot of such matters of the heart, it made no sense. I had...

By Johnnie W. Lewis My Better Half, Jimmy Lewis, and I have traded our house payment for a motor home payment and are traveling full-time...

By Leon Galis Last month, which seems like last year now, I wrote a school-marmy piece about Bernie Sanders’ socialism. That’s what I...

By Shane Sims The only thing worse than losing hope is being filled with false hope.  Unlike optimism, false hope is to be filled with...

By T.W. Burger I remember Nell Payne, who tried valiantly to teach me Algebra in the 9th grade, in what we then called Junior High in...

By Shane Sims Prisons are going to be killing grounds for the coronavirus, aka COVID-19. Although I had previously thought that, the...

By T.W. Burger Long ago, I figured I’d be dead by now. Nearly was, a few times. The woods are the same; Different orders of trees, Slight...

By Mokah Jasmine Johnson About six to seven years ago, I experienced a period of homeless. My family was in a downward spiral. After...

By Rob Trevena “Le Boule Dawgs’, a group of faculty and students at the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia formed the...

The Sowing Truth and Justice Collective presented a quilt it made to Stacey Abrams, former Democratic candidate for Georgia governor in...

By T.W. Burger The new vacuum cleaner winging its way to my house is a far cry from the monsters I and my contemporaries grew up with....

By Shane Sims Prison is a dark reality that will eventually, and periodically, pull you towards an abyss of despair. Even the most...

By Leon Galis Blame Facebook for this post. Got into an online conversation with a staunch Bernie Sanders supporter who had a jaundiced...

By T.W. Burger As we say down here in the South, it’s all over but the shouting. A couple of days ago I mailed out the checks, splitting...