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If you asked most anyone if the right to vote is in the Constitution, they would most likely say “yes.” That would be half correct. The Constitution does not explicitly grant the right to vote. The Supreme Court unambiguously confirmed this in Bush v. Gore (2000). In that decision, the Court stated: The individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States unless and until the state legislature chooses a statewide e

Concerning the "Interfaith vigil held in Athens for ICE mass detainees" - You have the freedom in our country to peacefully support or oppose any cause you like, but have you considered the fact that your vigil in support of those who are in our country illegally was held on the second anniversary of Lakin Riley's murder? I think an apology to her family is in order. Pastor Glenn Guest Danielsville

In 1961, William Lederer published “A Nation of Sheep” in which he described average Americans; uninformed, lied to and misled by their own government, and disinterested in politics and foreign affairs if it did not concern them personally. He also mentioned our uninformed political leaders. Neither has changed since 1961. Few remember, for example, that just short of 60,000 American soldiers were killed in Vietnam in a war that our “leaders” knew we couldn’t win and were los

No, Chicken Little, it really isn’t. There are plenty of avenues of criticism regarding Trump, but the economy isn’t one of them.  The current state of the U.S. economy, by the numbers.  Gross Domestic Product Q3 2024: 2.9% Q4 2025: 4.4% Comment: Remember when Trump was elected and started his tariff barrage and economists were predicting a recession? As you can see, it never happened.  Consumer Price Index 2024: 3.4% 2025: 2.7% Comment: CPI is considered the most accurate in

If you happened to see the January 16, 2026, New York Times Article and Video “Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments”, you now know what truly happened. To state the obvious, as Americans, we have the first amendment right to freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and the right to petition. But there are so many life lessons demonstrated in the tragedy, article and video that we can apply to our everyday life. 1. Do not rush to judgement. 2. Sometime

Our government is immorally killing and kidnapping people; terrorizing and separating families; threatening communities, cities and targeting specific states. We are blowing up little boats in the Caribbean and firing missiles into Iran and Nigeria. We are taking over Venezuela while threatening to take over Columbia and Mexico and make Canada the 51st state. Our government is coddling Russia while neglecting Ukraine. By our lust to take over Greenland, we are further alienat

The phrase “threat to our democracy” has been a battle cry for so long that it has become as impactful as a morning greeting. It’s been relegated to a political slogan, a protest sign, a political identity marker. It’s The phrase “threat to our democracy” has been a battle cry for so long that it has become as impactful as a morning greeting. It’s been relegated to a political slogan, a protest sign, a political identity marker.  meaningless. So has the response, “America is

Dear Mr President.  I voted for you -twice.  In general I think you and your entire cabinet team are doing a positively fantastic job cleaning up the Biden mess and rooting out the outrageous excesses of the far left.  But assassination of suspected drug traffickers at sea is going too far. Law abiding American Citizens loath drug traffickers too.  But here’s the thing Mr President. If we allow drug traffickers to be summarily executed without a trial then somewhere down the

My name is Jonathan Gonzalez, and I served as the Security Site Supervisor at the Crisis Center for Advantage Behavioral in Athens, GA. I am writing to report a serious incident involving an on-duty assault and what I believe to be wrongful and retaliatory removal from my position afterward. On Thursday, October 23, at approximately 11:45 AM, while stationed in the Crisis Services Unit (CSU), I was preparing to escort patients outside for scheduled outdoor time. During this p

Dear Classic City News Editor:   I am a local social worker and harm reduction advocate in the Athens community, and I am writing in response to the recent article about a fentanyl death in a north Athens encampment. I appreciate your publication reporting on the devastating outcomes of some fentanyl use. However, I think it is critical to acknowledge our lack of harm reduction access in the community when reporting on these overdoses. Most are preventable. Many people think

President trump is closely associated with the phrase: Make America Great Again (MAGA). He even has a MAGA swag boutique in the White...

I love living in Jackson County. My mother’s family has called the street I live on home for over a hundred years, and the little...

We know greenhouse gases (carbon emissions) drive extreme storms, floods and fires and action is needed to move to non-polluting...

Its 1am. Your family is fast asleep. Suddenly chaos erupts – masked agents break down your door, grab your kids and force everyone...

President Trump promised to protect Medicare.  That’s not what his regime is doing. They launched a pilot project in 6 states (Arizona,...

This week, I was deeply troubled to read that Governor Kemp is deploying 75 Georgia National Guard members to assist ICE operations...

We all know the old saw “seeing is believing”, that the evidence of our eyes and ears is the best guide to reality. But do we follow it?...

In Griffin, GA a 5 year-old child kills themself with a gun they found in the car. In Dekalb County, a 5 year-old child was shot and...

Thousands of low-income working class Georgians, already worried about losing their health insurance, now face lower credit scores. The...

We Americans have many names we use to describe ourselves. Which of these is yours? Compassionate —Do you believe that two million...