Country stores offered a place to spit opinions and tobacco

As city editor of a southern daily newspaper several decades ago, I asked a reporter to drive out to a certain country store and see what the old boys sitting around the stove were talking about.

Pick football winners to make yourself a winner, too

The hint of an autumn breeze is in the air. The teams’ rankings and conference projections have been posted.

Who would want a peanut butter and jelly snodland?

Our national debt currently stands at $40 trillion (that’s trillion with a “t.”) and rising. We are at war with an intractable enemy that we were assured would last four to five weeks. It has been six months and the enemy is as intractable as ever. If it isn’t 95 degrees outside, it’s raining.

Buffaloes lost, but Dawgs and our family won

The Georgia Bulldogs are gearing up for 2026’s kickoff.But let’s roll back the clock 20 years to a game in Athens.With a name like Ralphie, you’d think the University of Colorado’s mascot would be a boy. But it’s not.

Rabun County thrives when everyone works together

The focus of Forward Rabun/Rabun County Chamber of Commerce is to engage, inform, lead and work together for a stronger Rabun County.

RESPECT: ‘Find out what it means to me’

Not many do it anymore. It used to be in the professional world the “go-to” option, but, alas, it, for all intent and purposes, has virtually gone away.The necktie is the dinosaur of men’s apparel.

One million steps in 100 days

When I heard of a program challenging all hospital employees at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis to walk one million steps in 100 days (10,000 steps a day for 100 days), it immediately appealed to me.

It’s The Law: They trust us

There is something rather remarkable about the relationship we have with our pets. They don’t understand wills, trusts, probate, bank accounts, or estate planning. They don’t know what a power of attorney is, and they certainly don’t know who is named as executor of our estate.

Thoughts on love and loving well

A change of pace today. I am going to give politics and those who practice it the week off. They aren’t going anywhere and I am tired of them and their blather. Instead, let’s talk about love. Love?

‘You should have brought pants’

Like many others in the mid-19th Century, Levi Strauss made his way to California in search of a fortune. He traveled to “The Golden State” loaded with heavy canvas fabric with the idea of making tents and wagon covers.