Crane: Free speech, hate speech and the first amendment

Among the many lessons I learned from my maternal grandmother, Mary L. Crane, was that it can be tough to hate up close. Mary was an Irish-Catholic carpetbagger who moved her family south from upstate New York in 1949.

Crane: I really hate E-tickets

Though not always an early adapter, I tend to roll with and learn the latest technologies as they become readily and widely available. With few exceptions, I do consider technology to be a friend of productivity.

Crane: Georgia winning water wars

Though a long way from the Dust Bowl Droughts of 1924-1927, and again from 1930-1935, which contributed to national food scarcity and further complicated the Great Depression, Georgia is in a state of continuing drought, which looks increasingly like the drought of 2007.

Crane: Here we go again …

The new U.S. House Speaker, Congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana, is about to experience the first major test of his mettle and abilities. Just a few weeks into the job, Congress is again approaching another fiscal cliff and likely 11th-hour increase of the U.S.

Crane: I stand with Israel

As a world leader, the United States has plenty of conditional allies and even occasionally helpful “frenemies,” but when the chips are down that list of nations that always have our backs gets pretty short pretty quickly. Canada, the United Kingdom, Israel, and most of the time Australia.

Crane: The SEC and me

Thankfully, as a nation, we still have sport and play and rivalries and school spirit, which reward and embrace us, giving us new experiences and memories, atop layers of the old.

Crane: When Moore means less

As if Georgia and the American South need more help in shaking loose the shackles and shadows of the American Civil War, Georgia State Senator Colton Moore (R-District 53) is suggesting that any actual trial or felony convictions for former president Donald J.

Crane: Big kick coming for Georgia

In 1972, what was then the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), relocated its headquarters from New York City to Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Crane: Knowing when it’s time to go home

I first had the pleasure of meeting U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky in Scottsdale, Ariz., roughly six months into his first term.McConnell was energetic, vibrant, quick-witted, and very thoughtful in his public policy position statements. McConnell is now the U.S.

Crane: Only time travel can change the past

Though I have never been a legislator, nor a lawyer, nor have I even played one on television, I have a more than basic understanding of how laws are made, take effect, and the legislative process. Here is a simple primer with some examples which folks might find helpful.