Yarbrough: On banning women from Baptist pulpits

Hear this, a Baptist’s prayer: “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord this promise to keep. If I should die before I wake, don’t let girls in the pulpit, for goodness sake.

Letter to the Editor: Congratulating county, invite to JDP rally

Dear Editor, What a transformation! The county’s sudden start of work to restore Jimmy Davis Park – and promises of much more to come – is most welcome. Just months ago, we formed the Save Jimmy Davis Park Committee.

Crane: Bridge builder, fence mender

Spending as much time as I do in the political arena, all too often I hear friends or family members generalize, stereotype, and say something akin to: “You can’t trust any politician; they’re all out only for themselves.” Thankfully, and simply put, that just is not true.

Letters to the Editor: Thanks to Georgia Writers Museum

Dear Editor, Once again, I experienced the community coming together, not through the arts this time, but through the love of botany and books at the Georgia Writers Museum.

Letters to the Editor: Trump should admit he needs an ‘Aaron’

Dear Editor, In my opinion, Donald Trump may well be the only one who can be so strategic as to end the war in Ukraine, be the one to get our economy functioning again and de-politicize the FBI and other government agencies that are supposed to be non-partisan.

Yarbrough: In defense of a Southern accent, y’all

Well, swat my hind with a melon rind! I just found out why I’m so slowwitted and eat my peas with a butter knife. It’s my Southern accent, y’all.

Letter to the Editor: Dairy Festival delivers for Eatonton/Putnam

Dear Editor, From this old girl here in Eatonton, Georgia, it is not easy to express my grateful thanks to all who participated in getting the “best Dairy Festival Parade ever” organized.

Letter to the Editor: Invitation to a beach party

Dear Editor, I am so excited I can barely think or write. My promoter’s hat was used over and over the past week or so. First, I cannot express the way I feel about Putnam County High School’s graduation ceremonies last week. It was absolutely great!

Rich: The star witness no more

A few years ago, I was a prosecution witness for a rather serious criminal trial. Humility aside, I was the star witness.

Crane: Not so set in stone

Stone Mountain. It is the world’s largest outcropping of granite and on its northeastern elevation is the world’s largest bas-relief carving, nearly three football fields long and 90 feet tall, a trio of Confederate leaders – President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E.