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Jul 111 min read
Documentary warns of theocratic threat to country
By Karen K. Covi My husband and I are politically active as volunteers, poll workers and promoters of civic engagement, especially...
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Classic City News
Jul 111 min read
Athens: either get in the trash business or don’t
By Ian Slack It's not a huge issue for me that when Athens and Clarke County consolidated in 1991, that municipal trash collection was...
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Classic City News
Jun 301 min read
Choosing aged competence over lying criminality
By Peggy Perkins Joe Biden had a terrible debate night. His voice was hoarse and weak. Many of his answers were halting, garbled,...
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Classic City News
Jun 302 min read
I’m a progressive Democrat and I want tighter border control
By Richard Burt And I am not alone. Recent polling shows 71 percent of registered voters think existing border control is insufficient,...
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Classic City News
Jun 291 min read
Lee’s photo of the day: Visitors on Cobb Street
photo by Lee Shearer
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Classic City News
Jun 276 min read
Rescuing the pine tree flag
By Leon Galis Just when I think I’m late to the party again, somebody breathes new life into U. S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s...
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Classic City News
Jun 253 min read
Taxes and the 2024 election
By Shelbey Diamond-Alexander It is a Republican belief that the best way to serve the public good is to slash taxes and regulations...
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Classic City News
Jun 242 min read
Voting for values in November
By Pat Priest I studied martial arts for years here in Athens, taking it up when I was almost 40. (I bet I can still do a pretty decent...
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Classic City News
Jun 231 min read
Reproductive health care is a basic human right
For the religious right, erasing the constitutional right to abortion was just the beginning. They are coming after all our reproductive...
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Classic City News
Jun 211 min read
Responsible parenting
The most consequential decision people make may be to have a child. Responsible parenting requires massive commitments of time and...
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Classic City News
Jun 175 min read
Citizen engagement needed in search for new Athens-Clarke County manager
By Michael H. McLendon The 5 June ACC commission meeting was extraordinary. What began as a vote to accept the sudden resignation of...
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Classic City News
Jun 91 min read
Contraception should be a personal decision
We met in 1970 in high school. As of August 21, we will have been married 47 years. They have been good years, and that’s partly because...
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Classic City News
Jun 46 min read
Pinching pennies at the kitchen table but not Athens City Hall
By Michael H. McLendon Take these opportunities to give feedback to your elected officials about their FY25 budgets. ACC Commissioners...
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Classic City News
Jun 21 min read
Opinion: CHIPS & Science Act brings new jobs
By Johnny Ellington A South Korean company with technology developed in partnership with Georgia Tech has received federal funding for a...
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Classic City News
Jun 29 min read
Field Notes: Woodlands and Water, Distance and Grit
By Erik Hogan Steam rises from the cup in my hand. The aroma of coffee fills the darkness, well before sunrise. The Chattooga River, here...
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Classic City News
May 285 min read
Athens City Hall: AWOL on Memorial Day
By Michael H. McLendon Monday the 27th was Memorial Day, the day we as a nation set aside to remember and honor the over 1.4 million men...
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Classic City News
May 212 min read
The media must do a better job reporting on the economy
By Philip Suttle Daniel Patrick Moynihan (a straight-talking Democrat who served in Republican Administrations) once said “you are...
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Classic City News
May 192 min read
Mike Collins is wrong on Social Security
By Barbara Burt On the fourth Wednesday of every month, my husband and I gratefully find Social Security benefit payments have landed in...
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Classic City News
May 152 min read
Borders
By Jim Baird Western Europe and the United States share a place in the long deep shadow of centuries of colonial domination. That...
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Classic City News
May 34 min read
A Little Weird: Role Models
By Eddie Whitlock The weekly message to Timothy Road Elementary School parents last Sunday evening included an attachment announcing that...
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