Cryptocurrency’s kryptonite

Here’s the story of the high-flying funny money that flew too close to the sun...and then... There are times in life when a moment crystallizes in your mind, and increasingly, at least for me, when you can anticipate when that latest “hot topic” is about to “jump the shark.

Some random thoughts on some random subjects

Fourteenth Century Italian writer Dante Alighieri in his “Divine Comedy” describes Hell as a place for those who have perverted “their human intellect to fraud or malice against their fellowmen.” He could have been describing Alex Jones and his Infowars followers.

Back to school, new businesses and good eats

Dear editor: I am so happy, the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter. We need to be encouraged and not give up. We also need to stand up and definitely become more involved and don’t forget the village concept. And Eatonton, Putnam County is a village, a real village.

Jimmy Davis Park concerns continue

Dear editor: It is a sad day when a public park named for one of Putnam’s first Black county commissioners sits unwanted in the heart of an historic Black neighborhood.

Taxing issues

Dear editor: Revenue to Putnam County has grown by about 28 percent since 2020. In addition, the county has benefited from a multimillion-dollar windfall from the American Rescue Plan (ARP).

It’s all about the arts

Dear editor: I commend The Eatonton Messenger for publishing articles on the arts like Maureen Brower’s “The benefits of performing arts programs in our schools,” and Charlotte Mosteller’s “How singing can be beneficial and help you prosper with a group.

Vin Scully: Big league announcer

When the Dodgers played their first season of baseball in Los Angeles in 1958, they competed in what had to be the worst facility in major-league history. Built in 1921, owing to civic pride, it was configured for the Olympics, but it became the home of the Los Angeles Rams and later the L.A.

An open letter to Georgia’s public schoolteachers

Dear Teachers: Let me begin my annual message to you as I am going to end it. Thank you. Thank you for your willingness to go back into the classroom once again this year in spite of every roadblock imaginable.

Why we need the filibuster

The framers intended for our U.S. Constitution to be the upper chamber and more deliberative body. Until the 17th amendment was ratified in 1913, the two senators from each state were appointed, either by their legislature or governor and not popularly elected.

Old home week

KENNEBUNK, Maine – It could have been something of a University of Georgia “Old Home Week” in Maine much of the last fortnight at every stop on an excursion from Boston throughout the Pine Tree state, there were constant connections to the “G” wherever my itinerary took me.