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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...

It’s  time to face the truth, Democrats: You are a socialist party. The only thing left to do is determine the angle of that lean. There...

Long-time workers who pay taxes and have committed no crimes after coming here illegally are scheduled to get deported by the millions. ...

Bottom line, the Big, Beautiful bill before the Senate cuts taxes for high earners and reduces benefits for the poor and middle class....