CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Philip Suttle Daniel Patrick Moynihan (a straight-talking Democrat who served in Republican Administrations) once said “you are...

By Barbara Burt On the fourth Wednesday of every month, my husband and I gratefully find Social Security benefit payments have landed in...

By Jim Baird Western Europe and the United States share a place in the long deep shadow of centuries of colonial domination. That...

By Eddie Whitlock The weekly message to Timothy Road Elementary School parents last Sunday evening included an attachment announcing that...

By Mara Zuñiga Commissioner and incumbent Carol Myers voted YES to upset a predominantly black neighborhood and NO to upset a...

Why do rape victims often freeze rather than scream or fight back? This is an often misunderstood aspect of rape. Researchers have found...

By Mara Zuñiga Commissioner and incumbent Carol Myers voted YES to upset a predominantly black neighborhood and NO to upset a...

Georgia AFL-CIO endorses Lexy Doherty, the Democratic candidate for Georgia's 10th congressional district. The Georgia AFL-CIO...

By Erik Hogan Springtime arrives in the South with a shocking suddenness. At home, the trees erupt with delicate greenery, seemingly...

With all the changes to make voting by mail challenging, Democrats fought hard and successfully to keep the “Opt-In” provision included...

By Leon Galis In a recent episode of Facebook Follies, I stumbled into a bit of electioneering in which a supporter of a Commission...

By T.W.Burger I figured that I had better catch this one, as there will not be another total eclipse where I am for another 40+ years. I...

Whether it’s Marilyn Monroe or Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman or Humphrey Bogart, the classic faces of the silver screen are familiar and...

Athens is a wonderful place with wonderful people but for the past few years, it has had one major flaw. Entertainment tabloid-like media...

By Michael H. McLendon ACC’s process to update its Comprehensive Plan and associated land use/zoning polices is like a Trojan Horse. This...

Dear Editor. A principal, perhaps the principal, duty of our representatives in Congress is to defend America. Yet several of our Georgia...

Dear Editor: Just in case folks did not know, ALL ballots taken in the May 21 primary election will ask voters to choose a GA Supreme...

To the editor: Donald Trump is now the Republican candidate for president for the third time, but his numbers should worry him. He lost...

By Leon Galis Recently in this space, Michael H. McLendon has been sounding an alarm over Athens having become a refugee resettlement...

By Linda Krotki In my March 14 article published in Classic City News, I spoke against divisive language and people making statements not...