Yarbrough: Keep talkin’ Southern, y’all

I’m a little late getting around to this, but there is a survey out by a group called Writing Tips Institute, a website that teaches people how to write correctly.According to the survey, 51% of Georgians would like our dialect protected by law.

Letter to the Editor: National Peace Officer Memorial Day

Dear Editor,Friday, May 15, is National Peace Officer Memorial Day.

Benjamin-Smith: Faith is a means of daily renewal

Once more, I am wandering and wondering. Each and every day is different, and what a blessing that is. Every day looks different, and each day brings forth new happenings and renewed ones.First, my head is still whirling and whirling and whirling. Why?

Yarbrough: Random thoughts on some random subjects

I would like to say I hate it when I’m right, but Jiminy Crickets, I am right so much that if I spent all that time hating myself, I wouldn’t have time to hate broccoli. And I really hate broccoli.

Story: A mother’s story

It is a line that Tink and I quote often, always with a shake of the head. We will carry it to our graves.A dear friend of ours — a successful entertainer from a storied family — had a cruel mother who left her children to figure out food, school, and life for themselves.

Yarbrough: Political silly season upon us

Welcome to Silly Season, when our intrepid public servants—and those who aspire to be—dominate our TVs with ads, clutter street corners with yard signs, press the flesh while we’re trying to enjoy breakfast at our favorite diner, flood our mailboxes with flyers, and go online to ask us for money.

Rich: It isn’t funny

It weighs on my heart, and it can be sobering.Are we losing our sense of humor? Over the past few years, something has shifted.Many of our comedian friends have stopped touring. One has even become a preacher.

Letter to the Editor: Time to clear the air

Dear Editor,I am Dale C. Bills, chairman of the Putnam County Republican Party (PCRP).

Letter to the Editor: And, the candidate for BOC chairman

Dear Editor,Let’s set the record straight. In the April 16 edition of The Eatonton Messenger, Kimberly Wall, a top contributor to the taxpayer watchdog group, misstated several comments regarding my character, background, and duties as a zoning commissioner.

Letter to the Editor: The pastor states his case

Dear Editor,In response to the political ad published in last week’s Eatonton Messenger, which included a chart suggesting that certain candidates, including me, were recruited by the PDA or attended a PDA meeting, I want to clarify the facts.