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Dealing with deceit and delusions
By Pat Priest Years ago my husband and I went to check on an elderly relative after neighbors complained about her behavior. She told us...
Classic City News
Mar 62 min read
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No, Mr. President, CRT is not being taught in schools
By Albert DeSimone Critical Race Theory is one of the most misused terms in American politics and President Trump clearly demonstrated...
Classic City News
Mar 52 min read
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Diversity, equity and inclusion and me
By T.W. Burger I grew up in the Deep South, a place where many assume, incorrectly, racial prejudice reigned supreme. It wasn't true of...
Classic City News
Feb 283 min read
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Perspective shift
By Erik Hogan It is early February in the South. Last month’s blanket of snow has somehow already contorted into air conditioner...
Classic City News
Feb 167 min read
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Elon Musk thinks he is FDR
By Albert DeSimone Apparently, Elon Musk thinks he’s Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His outrageous statements regarding the impeachment of ...
Classic City News
Feb 151 min read
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Time for DOGE Athens
By Michael H. McLendon Follow-the-Money is a shorthandphrase for tracking financial transactions to ferret out wasteful spending and to...
Classic City News
Feb 125 min read
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A story of the sky
By Erik Hogan It is still dark as I drive. Another early Sunday morning, waiting for that first cup of coffee to jump start my brain stem...
Classic City News
Feb 25 min read
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By T.W. Burger "Almost exactly 12 hours after he surrendered to police after a three hour standoff, Douglas Dubs found himself sentenced...
Classic City News
Jan 284 min read
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Are we “woke” or dozing?
By Albert DeSimone The pre-appropriated term “woke” is a word that goes back to the 1930s. It was a term used by African Americans to...
Classic City News
Jan 282 min read
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Ice Portraits
By Erik Hogan I was on a quest to see ice. These were the successive days of bitter cold in early January, before the first snow event....
Classic City News
Jan 264 min read
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Full Moon over City Hall
These images of the moon overAthens City Hall were recently captured by local photographer Erik Hogan.
Classic City News
Jan 261 min read
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Gummied!
By T.W. Burger As often happens, my clever ploy to get to sleep faster and more soundly at night didn’t quite work out. Clever ploys do...
Classic City News
Jan 223 min read
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January austerity
It is not good to be entirely without experience of cold and heat, but one ought in some degree to feel the cold in winter and likewise...
Classic City News
Jan 194 min read
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Hunting memories in rural Georgia
By Erik Hogan It’s summertime in Georgia in the mid 1980’s. The sun beats down onto the roof of our solid green Buick Century station...
Classic City News
Jan 118 min read
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Now I lay me down to howl
By T.W. Burger The news seems suddenly full of animals. No, not that guy in what we used to call Yugoslavia. I mean the ones naturewriter...
Classic City News
Jan 34 min read
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Field notes: a holiday tradition
By Erik Hogan This is the Christmas edition of Field Notes . We are taking a break from nature, landscapes, backpacking, and adventure to...
Classic City News
Dec 22, 20245 min read
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Waffle House? My family’s got it covered, and scattered
This 2015 blog entry is republished with Bill’s permission By Bill King My friend Ligaya Figueras, the food and dining editor of The...
Classic City News
Dec 14, 20246 min read
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The danger of chasing tail
By T. W. Burger Whenever I watch world leaders contemplating the use of power, I always want to tell them about my old tomcat. Tom could...
Classic City News
Dec 11, 20244 min read
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Requiem for Bernie
By T.W. Burger I didn't try to count the number of people in the church. It was a good-sized crowd. I wasn't there on assignment, but on...
Classic City News
Dec 2, 20243 min read
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At home on the cosmic camper
By T.W. Burger It had been a long walk in the muck, on legs that had spent too much time tucked under a computer table. And I will...
Classic City News
Nov 21, 20244 min read
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