Rich: Too funny to be true

This story sounds too remarkable to be true. You may doubt its veracity.But trust me: the truth it is.It began decades ago.

Yarbrough: Survey says high marks for Georgia cities

I get a lot of mail. Some of it is my fault. Strong opinions begat strong reactions. Humor-impaired wingnuts on both ends of the political spectrum are convinced I am on the end opposite their ideological purity.

Letter to the Editor: County nixed court oversight, commissioner complains

Dear Editor,By a 3-2 vote at the called meeting on May 23, 2025, the Putnam County Commission left it to the affected residents to resolve an issue created by a presumed omission by the County Commission.

Rich: The colors of war

There is a multi-awarded country song, written by Jamey Johnson and Bill Anderson, with a line about two soldiers in World War II in a black-and-white photo: “You can’t see what those shades of gray keep covered; You should have seen it in color.”Last week, I was going through a drawer when I found...

Yarbrough: Ideal candidate passes on Senate race

I wanted you to be the first to hear the news, even though it's disappointing.

Rich: When a landmark died

Perhaps, it is the older we get, the more it hurts.Or perhaps it is the more sentimental we get, the more it hurts.Growing up, we rarely ate out.

Yarbrough: Taking another look at Sonny Perdue

In this job, you need a strong digestive system. Chances are that somewhere along the line, you might be eating a little crow for past opinions. Not that it has kept him awake at night, but I haven’t been particularly kind to George Ervin Perdue, aka, Sonny, in the past.

Rich: The frying pan

When brides stopped registering for china and crystal, making it less fun to shop for wedding gifts as well as much harder, I just started looking around my kitchen at what items I use the most.I miss going to a department store, looking at all the pretty, sparkling things, then having them wrapped...

Yarbrough: Mining proponents still try to sell bad idea

One of my favorite quotes comes from the late Milwaukee Braves slugger Joe Adcock, who observed of his teammate Henry Aaron: “Trying to sneak a fastball by Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak a sunrise by a rooster.”That line reminds me of the current effort by a group of politicians, bureaucrats,...

Letter to the Editor: May is month to remember these heroes

Dear editor,Sixty-four years ago this month, the original Freedom Riders, seven Blacks and six whites, left Washington, D.C., to travel to the South and expose our country and the world to the systemic racism that existed there.