CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Leon Galis The state of Georgia’s Election Board, which nobody outside the state and hardly anybody in it had ever heard of before...

By Michael H. McLendon Today when Athenians are pinching pennies to pay for groceries and their electric bills, our mayor and...

By T.W. Burger We hear a lot about heroes in these days of endless wars. I’m afraid that we’ve had so much war in recent years that we...

By T.W. Burger Sometimes, the best adventures come about when you’re busy doing something else. For example, some years ago, we got a...

By T.W. Burger One of the dangers of becoming a superannuated human being, i.e., an old guy, is that one finds oneself becoming...

By T.W. Burger I had this thought long ago that I needed to figure out what I believed. Often in conversation or writing, I would find...

By Robert B. Covi Donald Trump seems afraid to debate Kamala Harris.  His “any time, any place” bravado has slipped into a petulant...

By T.W. Burger For Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012, and for Joan. Funny thing earworms. You know what I mean, when you get a tune stuck in your...

By T.W. Burger Charles “Ches” McCartney, aka The Goat Man, had been a personal hero of mine ever since I was a boy growing up in Athens...

Someone’s onetime home being swallowed up by the relentless growth of kudzu recently caught the attention of equally relentless...

photo by Lee Shearer

By Erik Hogan Day 5 of a backpacking and photography thru-hike of the 76-mile Foothills Trail in South Carolina Boom! I jolt awake in the...

By Michael H. McLendon The 5 June ACC commission meeting was extraordinary. What began as a vote to accept the sudden resignation of...

By Erik Hogan This is part IV of a five-part series about thru hiking the Foothills Trail in South Carolina in early May 2024. Hours of...

By Erik Hogan This is part III of a five part series about thru-hiking the Foothills Trail in South Carolina in early May, 2024. I had...

By Oconee Joe Why don’t I write you more? Tell you of places, stories, and faces along the Oconee River shore. Why can’t I open the door?...

By Johnny Ellington A South Korean company with technology developed in partnership with Georgia Tech has received federal funding for a...

By Erik Hogan Steam rises from the cup in my hand. The aroma of coffee fills the darkness, well before sunrise. The Chattooga River, here...

By Michael H. McLendon Monday the 27th was Memorial Day, the day we as a nation set aside to remember and honor the over 1.4 million men...

By Erik Hogan Hugs, and I tell them “I’ll let you head out first.” Car doors thud shut. Tires slowly crunch on asphalt as my wife and...