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Political Cartoonists are national treasures. The best ones are able to distill an entire think tank's worth of commentary into a single frame or two, thus saving our country untold barrels of the dark stuff from the national emergency inkwell reserve. More ... It was awfully quiet around here Monday. Most stores and businesses were closed for Memorial Day. Deadlines and press times immune to most holidays, we were at work. I was trying to think of a good Memorial Day photo op. I turned to the newspaper to see what Memorial Day activity had slipped by me. There were none. More ... The problem with growing older is that while old geezers forget what day of the week it is, there is always a clear memory of what things used to cost. It is not necessarily a useful thing. I am one of many who remembers buying gasoline with pocket change, not because I had to but because that's what it cost. More ... In October, 1960, a tune called "Stay" by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs tiptoed onto the Billboard charts and didn't quit rising until it hit Number 1. At 1 minute, 37 seconds, "Stay" is the shortest single ever to hit number one. It's also one of the best tunes to scale the musical mountaintop. More ... "I wondered how much I had changed. I had gone to Washington a hero, described by many in the media as a 'genius.' I was returning to Georgia a loser. … The green bird turned west toward Plains, lifted quickly into the dark sky, and was gone." - Hamilton Jordan, Jan. 21, 1981. More ... In the early evening of May 20, a massive thunderstorm swept across the northern sections of Metro Atlanta. It struck almost without warning, and within an hour it was gone. As I sat at home with no power, enjoying the rare quiet that comes when there are no electronic distractions, my cell phone rang, reminding me that there is no way to turn everything off these days. More ... 10 YEARS AGO May 28, 1998 EARLY County High School social studies teacher Charlene Ashley was named teacher of the year at a reception Tuesday afternoon. CHAMBER volunteers brought in many new members with this year's membership drive, which came to a close after two weeks last Friday. More ... |
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