Classic City News6 days ago17 minBearing Witness"We set our sights on the embarrassing target of mediocrity. I guess that means about halfway. And that raises a question. Are we will...
Classic City NewsJan 49 minBearing Witness"No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck." Frederick ...
Classic City NewsDec 28, 20207 minBEARING WITNESS…“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 p...
Classic City NewsDec 16, 20204 minTo Hellfair and back: Pending releaseBy Shane Sims Maya Angelou once said, “ I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people...
Classic City NewsNov 25, 20202 minGonzalez would bring passion and compassion into the DA's officeBy Pat Priest Many people want tough legal responses for others but bountiful mercy for themselves and their teenaged children when they ...
Classic City NewsNov 13, 20205 minOconee 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 ...
Classic City NewsNov 11, 20204 minTwo 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...
Classic City NewsNov 3, 20206 minTo Hellfair and back: Voting is a precious right and tool for change, so don't squander itBy 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 a...
Classic City NewsOct 23, 20203 minThe uglification of American politicsBy 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 wha...
Classic City NewsOct 19, 20206 minBaker: Third-party votes won't help your third partyBy Evander Baker Weird title, right? Seems counterintuitive. I’ve been giving a lot of thought to third-party voting for the presidentia...
Classic City NewsOct 19, 20204 minGalis: 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 h...
Classic City NewsOct 7, 202010 minGalis: Amy Coney Barrett Is Neither Ruth Bader Ginsberg Nor a Wild-eyed RadicalBy Leon Galis Not even in my wildest dreams did I ever think that I’d be grateful for the Federalist Society, the organization of conserv...
Classic City NewsOct 7, 20202 minNever Met a stranger: RoboGeezerBy T.W. Burger Remember the 1987 film “RoboCop,” starring Peter Weller? The main character was a regular cop in the not-too-distant futur...
Classic City NewsOct 5, 20208 minBaker: 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 s...
Classic City NewsSep 28, 20204 minTo Hellfair and back: FreedomBy 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 NewsSep 21, 20208 minBaker: Social media and the polarization of politicsBy 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 NewsSep 21, 20204 minNever Met a Stranger: Riding the RainbowsBy 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 cand...
Classic City NewsSep 11, 20204 minGalis: The Other QAnon ConspiracyBy Leon Galis Since migrating into the mainstream from the sketchier neighborhoods of the internet, the QAnon conspiracy theory has achie...
Classic City NewsSep 9, 20203 minNever 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 NewsAug 27, 20207 minThe long march toward justice and equality continues: Progress in LGBTQ+ equalityBy John Dayton, J.D., Ed. D. Equality is a founding American principle. The nation began with these words in our Declaration of Independ...