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“People say, what is the sense of this small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A...
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Classic City News
- Dec 16, 2020
- 4 min
To Hellfair and back: Pending release
By Shane Sims Maya Angelou once said, “ I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people...
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Classic City News
- Nov 25, 2020
- 2 min
Gonzalez would bring passion and compassion into the DA's office
By Pat Priest Many people want tough legal responses for others but bountiful mercy for themselves and their teenaged children when they...
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Classic City News
- Nov 13, 2020
- 5 min
Oconee Joe: An Athens Trip Downriver...
PROLOGUE: The grey sky above, at long last, quit raining as you paddle into downtown on a muddy North Oconee River. You flex your frozen...
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Classic City News
- Nov 11, 2020
- 4 min
Two old farts traveling: We're Done!
By Johnnie W. Lewis We’re done! This is the end, or almost the end, of our travels for 2020. Thank Goodness!! Miss Pate, my sixth grade...
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Classic City News
- Nov 2, 2020
- 6 min
To Hellfair and back: Voting is a precious right and tool for change, so don't squander it
By Shane Sims No matter what side of the political aisle you may be on, I believe that the one thing that most, if not all, people will...
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Classic City News
- Oct 23, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Classic City News
- Oct 19, 2020
- 6 min
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...
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Classic City News
- Oct 19, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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Classic City News
- Oct 7, 2020
- 10 min
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...
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Classic City News
- Oct 7, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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Classic City News
- Oct 5, 2020
- 8 min
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...
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Classic City News
- Sep 28, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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Classic City News
- Sep 21, 2020
- 8 min
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,...
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Classic City News
- Sep 21, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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Classic City News
- Sep 11, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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Classic City News
- Sep 9, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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Classic City News
- Aug 27, 2020
- 7 min
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...
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Classic City News
- Aug 20, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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Classic City News
- Aug 16, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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