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.

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.

Crane: The possibilities remain endless

By all estimations, Cleveland, Ohio, is on the rebound. However, like many of America’s great industrial cities of the Midwest and Northeast, it was crippled by the industrial and jobs migration into the Southeast, from the 1970s to the present day. Former mayor, and later U.S.

Crane: How technology helped solve the midtown shooting case

In the immediate and tragic aftermath of the Midtown Atlanta shooting of five unrelated women in a doctor’s office waiting room on May 3rd, officers from almost every city/county police agency in metro Atlanta, as well as the Georgia State Patrol, SWAT teams and multiple Sheriff’s offices,...

Crane: Someone is watching over us

There is a tendency, well-documented by historians and military experts, of defending and preparing for the next enemy of the United States with the tools and techniques that worked well in the country’s most recent war.

Crane: Fielding life’s curve balls

Though admittedly, I have led a somewhat blessed life and have so much to be grateful for each day, I was not unhappy to say goodbye to 2022.

Crane: Look for the Union Label

Baby Boomers and even Gen Xers of a certain vintage may remember a catchy TV jingle, which easily can become an earworm, celebrating the work of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) and urging Americans to buy clothing manufactured in America, by American workers.

Crane: Yes, to Cop City

As our nation reacts this week to two avoidable deaths, Tyre Nichols in Memphis and activist/ protestor Manuel Teran, illegally camping on the grounds of the former Old Atlanta Prison Farm, one similarity stands out between the two.

CRANE: There’s a new speaker in town

State Representative Jon Burns(R-District 159) of Newington in Effingham County, is not new to the State House, having joined the body in 2005. Nor is he new to leadership, having served as GOP House Majority Leader since 2015.

CRANE: At times we need uncomfortable truths

By the late 1970s, the famed, nearly 50-foot tall Cyclorama painting of the Battle of Atlanta during the Civil War was moldy, wet and rotting in places, slowly making its way toward a landfill somewhere.