Embracing Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is a nationwide initiative that carries a powerful message: the importance of living a drug-free life. Here in Hart County, this week is more than just a symbolic gesture; it’s a community-wide effort to promote awareness, education, and commitment to making healthier choices.

The coming world war

Is there anyone who has any idea of what is happening in America and in the entire world and yet is not aware of the inevitability of World War III in the immediate future? An analysis of the extensive military buildup of several nations reveals that they are preparing for the inevitability of war.

Vote the platform that makes sense

Seems to me taking the personalities out of the presidential race would be a good thing. I’ve always thought all party platforms should be mailed out to every citizen registered to vote and publicly published one month prior to an election.

That’s my quarterback

On Christmas Day 1997, my buddy Jason Tanenbaum gave me the greatest gift ever. Tanenbaum and I were best friends in high school before he moved to Athens to attend the University of Georgia.

Confession good for the soul, even for newspaper editors

Newspaper reporters and editors are just ordinary people who want to get it right. In a recent column about Mordecai Wilson, a 99-year-old resident of tiny Lula, Ga., I reported that he and his wife, Mary, set up two special homes when they lived in Boston.

A wave of ‘likes’ flushes away thoughts of a ‘dislike’

With the polls putting the presidential election in a coin toss, we are being bombarded with trash talk. To survive the final campaign days, my brain has erected a firewall declaring, “Enough of that!” Instead, I have been focused on “likes” opposed to “dislikes.” Consider these seven days, Oct.

Kudos to Hart County High School

In a time when educational challenges seem to be growing, Hart County High School has achieved a record-high graduation rate for the most recent Class of 2024.

I get to

All throughout high school and college, one of my least favorite subjects was English and one of my least favorite things to do was write. My wife, Madison, will be the first to tell you how much we both despised going to Mr.

Who Listens?

Two psychiatrists reconnected at their 20th class reunion. One looked as though he had just graduated. The other appeared, as the expression goes,  “rode hard and put up wet.” Though the same age as his colleague, he looked much older–wrinkled and worn. “What’s your secret?” the weary one asked.

Battling the Nine-Banded Armadillo

The nine-banded armadillo has become an enemy of the homeowner over the past 50 years as it has spread throughout the Southeastern United States, and Hart County homeowners are no exception. Armadillos are often found digging around in yards and on roadsides foraging for their next meal.