Return to the rule of law

To the editor: We are ready, it seems, for the change that is coming. What was happening in Washington in the vote for House Speaker, contrary to the way it was being pictured by the media, was a good thing. Washington and the mainstream media are not accustomed to something called accountability.

True will of democracy

It was pretty clear from the parking lot at Mt. Airy Town Hall on Wednesday night that there was something going down.

The woods are full of folks who’ll take advantage of you

My wife called the company providing service for our “devices” – cellphones, iPads – to see why our bill had increased. She was transferred to customer service. The woman said, “Well, let’s see what I can come up with.”

Make this one easy choice

The shrinking space in the landfill is one problem our community is facing, but we face a trash problem all over Habersham County. It’s called litter. And this time of the year, when the vegetation on the sides of our roads is dead is when our litter problem is most visible.

Files being deleted from the original Google

I was Google before Google was Google. Well, not in quite the all-encompassing detail, but on sports and pop culture stuff, I was the guy.

Community shocked by tragic loss

Filing out of the early service at about 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Toccoa First United Methodist Church, someone touched my shoulder and shoved an iPhone in front of me. “Have you heard about this?,” I heard the voice of Kenneth Cash ask.

End of a long road

Judge Gerald Johnson has been on a life-changing journey for the last 15 months. He endured a terrible incident and was forced to face his own demons, and he detailed his battles with those issues in a very public forum. He lost his position and had to humble himself to ask for it back.

What’s red and black and smiling all over?

Most folks know I am not native to Georgia, meaning I did not grow up with the Dawgs. But something this week has made me smile anyway. I enjoyed seeing the unified sense of community that the Dawgs’ enormous success brings to Habersham and beyond.

Out of the mouth of babes

To the editor: Hallelujah, it took a 9-year-old to tell it like it is. It ought to put us adults to shame. We just don’t talk about Jesus. So thank you, son, just keep talking about Jesus. Shirley King Alto