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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Apr 294 min read
Commissioner Myers and a tale of two neighborhoods
By Mara Zuñiga Commissioner and incumbent Carol Myers voted YES to upset a predominantly black neighborhood and NO to upset a...
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Apr 281 min read
Women’s rights are on the ballot
Why do rape victims often freeze rather than scream or fight back? This is an often misunderstood aspect of rape. Researchers have found...
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Apr 284 min read
A Tale Of Two Neighborhoods
By Mara Zuñiga Commissioner and incumbent Carol Myers voted YES to upset a predominantly black neighborhood and NO to upset a...
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Apr 252 min read
AFL-CIO Endorses Lexy Doherty for Congress in GA-10
Georgia AFL-CIO endorses Lexy Doherty, the Democratic candidate for Georgia's 10th congressional district. The Georgia AFL-CIO...
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Apr 246 min read
Field Notes: Panthertown Valley, Day 1
By Erik Hogan Springtime arrives in the South with a shocking suddenness. At home, the trees erupt with delicate greenery, seemingly...
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Apr 191 min read
Voting by mail
With all the changes to make voting by mail challenging, Democrats fought hard and successfully to keep the “Opt-In” provision included...
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Apr 124 min read
What commissioners owe their constituents
By Leon Galis In a recent episode of Facebook Follies, I stumbled into a bit of electioneering in which a supporter of a Commission...
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Apr 113 min read
Never Met a Stranger: Ecliptical thinking
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...
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Apr 1115 min read
Our Favorite Facts About Classic Celebrities
Whether it’s Marilyn Monroe or Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman or Humphrey Bogart, the classic faces of the silver screen are familiar and...
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Apr 104 min read
An Open Letter to Flagpole’s Pete McCommons and Chris Dowd
Athens is a wonderful place with wonderful people but for the past few years, it has had one major flaw. Entertainment tabloid-like media...
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Apr 96 min read
Beware of Athens City Hall’s Trojan Horse
By Michael H. McLendon ACC’s process to update its Comprehensive Plan and associated land use/zoning polices is like a Trojan Horse. This...
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Apr 81 min read
America Must Help Ukraine Defeat Russian Aggression
Dear Editor. A principal, perhaps the principal, duty of our representatives in Congress is to defend America. Yet several of our Georgia...
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