Race and Politics

Republicans focus on the individual vs. groups, races, etc., which somehow gets a racist interpretation, which is bizarre reverse logic. Democrats take the African American/Black community and other groups for granted, expect them to vote lockstep as a group vs.

A letter to two first-time presidential voters

  Dear Wyatt and Hayes: ​You are about to experience an American privilege, one that your great-grandfathers helped to protect. Both men served in the Army in the Philippines. Neither knew each other. And they certainly didn’t know that one’s son would marry the other’s daughter.

Things I Won’t Do Again

Life is full of lessons. We learn them in school as well as in life. Some of the lessons come easy and their benefits are obvious. Others, however, may be hard earned and come with warnings.

Thomas Jefferson survives

When we think of the 4th of July, we think of our Founding Fathers.

The hill I’ll die on

Every June, the National Football Foundation (NFF) releases the finalists for the College Football Hall of Fame, and the announcement makes my blood boil. The players and coaches named as finalists isn’t what draws my ire.

Thankful for daddy-daughter dates

Two years ago, my daughter Vivian and I were standing in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency hotel in Jacksonville waiting for the shuttle to take us to Ponte Vedra for the third round of The Players championship at TPC Sawgrass.

It doesn’t feel like summer...yet

With graduation and Memorial Day now in our rear-view mirrors, the unofficial start of summer has officially began. Over the years, I’ve made no secret of the fact that summer is my least favorite season.

Thank you, Lexie

I will be the first to admit, I had a completely different column written out for this week, as I had planned on writing about the Class of 2024 as a whole and how they will be one of the most talented athletic classes to ever walk the halls of Hart County High School.

My favorite Hart County graduate

I took over the publisher role for The Hartwell Sun around the same time the Class of 2024 was embarking on their senior year at Hart County High School. When I got here, the paper had been without and editor for nine months and without a reporter for three months.

Falcons make a jaw-dropping selection with the No. 8 pick

With the eighth pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Falcons select – Michael Penix Jr., quarterback, Washington. As the announcement was made, my jaw literally hit the floor. Then my immediate reaction was to text our editor and publisher at The Hartwell Sun, Patrick Fargason.