Niece searching for MIA uncle finds him at home

You may have read my accounts of Pat Boggs, my fraternity brother at UGA and a Marine Corps pilot who went missing in action during the Vietnam War.One of my columns wondering what had happened to him made it to Monterey, Calif., where his brother-in-law, Ron Breuch, filled me in on the details.

9-11 revisited

It is hard to believe it has been 25 years since the 9-11 terrorist attacks on our country. Nearly 3,000 people perished that day, Sept. 11th, 2001, including more than 400 police officers and firefighters.I tried to watch some of the television programs reliving the events last week.

Why a well told story works

When CBS chairman Bill Paley decided in 1968 that the network should create a serious news magazine, he turned to veteran journalist Don Hewitt to develop the show.Hewitt assembled some of the toughest journalists he admired – including Morley Safer and Mike Wallace – and he gave them this simple...

THE COLEMAN REPORT

What is the Lake Country?I ran into an old friend recently and was asked why I use the term “Lake Country” so frequently.

Is a write-in candidacy right in the future?

I’ve not decided, okay?These kinds of decisions require time and a lot of thought. And I’m not talking about whether to eat my peas with a fork or a spoon or not to eat peas at all.

Correction: word choice matters

Dear Editor,My Letter to the Editor wording last week was slightly altered by the Editor in what I wrote. The last word was changed from “dogs” to “pups.”

Read and ask questions

Dear Editor,Recent letters demonstrate why citizens should read the records before accepting someone else’s version of events.A recent letter placed responsibility for the location of Putnam County High School squarely on Steve Hersey, then chairman of the Board of Education.

Setting the record straight

Dear Editor,In response to the letter from Mr. Thompson ( The Eatonton Messenger, Sept. 3, 2026), let me set the record straight.A Dec. 19, 2006, article in The Union Recorder (retrieved from the Ina Dillard Russell library) reported that the Putnam County Board of Education voted 4-1 to approve...

Wandering and wondering

I am wandering as usual and also wondering. The weather at this time is also wandering, but I love the South and the various activities.We are a busy, busy county and city. I would not change it for anything.We have so many attributes.

Latest space probe deepens theological mysteries

I don’t know about you, but my God is about to get even bigger and my theological beliefs even more challenging thanks to, of all people, Elon Musk.His company, SpaceX, just launched a rocket for NASA equipped with a telescope the size of a bus.It’s destined to travel more than a million miles away...