Category: Opinion

  • New Boss, Old Boss

    New Boss, Old Boss

    Ah yes, the words of The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” ring through my head this morning more than ever before. “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” Ain’t that the truth after the 2024 Election results came in overnight and finally the race was declared (at least by the Associated Press) for…

  • Election Day should be a National Holiday

    Election Day should be a National Holiday

    Tinsel-covered decorations and sales are in full force all around the nation as Christmas is right around the corner. Dollar General down the way from the house didn’t even make it past Halloween this year before they began to push out the variety candy bags and replaced them with the red and green decorations for…

  • Crying wolf over the weather

    Crying wolf over the weather

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  • Rivalries

    Rivalries

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  • The Bojangles problem

    The Bojangles problem

    I get it. Any job in the service industry sucks these days, with the amount of nasty behavior that people get up to when it comes to their demands for everything to be done immediately thanks to the speed of the internet. Yet there’s one particular place in Cedartown I think deserves to be criticized…

  • Revenge of the ‘Vid.

    Revenge of the ‘Vid.

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  • Acts of Violence

    Acts of Violence

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  • What the Trump?

    What the Trump?

    Editor’s note: I began this post at the beginning of June, not long after the verdict of came out following the conclusion of the State of New York vs. Donald J. Trump, and let it sit while I was working on news items of local import. I have since expanded my thoughts to include the…

  • Finding a Connection

    Finding a Connection

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  • Stepping up to the plate

    Stepping up to the plate

    I find myself in a strange position over the past few weeks. I’ve been talking to folks and thinking a lot about how the County Commission was going to act when faced with seven candidates for the board to replace Scotty Tillery as the District 1 Commissioner. I think back a long time ago to…