Opinion
The Good Ole Days
They call it progress, and in some ways, that can be a good thing, but I am not sure about it most days. In the almost 46 years I have been on this earth, it seems like things are changing faster than ever; especially in the last 20 years. I think a lot about how…
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I got a text message from my Aunt Marie a few days back. She lives just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Aunt Marie sent me a picture of a copy of one of our newspapers and she highlighted the date of the newspaper. She had written the date she received the newspaper, took a picture of…
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From emancipation to enterprise: The Summeralls’ drive for self-sufficiency
As we continue our exploration of the Summerall family’s history in anticipation of their 70th annual gathering in Baxley, we move beyond their foundational resilience to examine their remarkable drive for enterprise and self-sufficiency in the challenging decades following emancipation. The transition from slavery to freedom was not merely a change in legal status; it…
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Why are so many data centers popping up in Georgia?
GUEST COLUMNIST Some of the most significant innovations in technology have become common to the point of monotony in only a few decades. It’s easy to take daily actions like texting, streaming movies and shows and using apps on our smartphones for granted, but almost all online activity taps into a vast infrastructure of…
Read MoreRecipe for a good impression: It’s more than just the food
We all know the saying, “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” While often applied to people, this adage rings just as true for businesses, especially those in the service industry. A restaurant can have the most delicious food, the most inviting ambiance, and the most innovative menu, but if the…
Read MoreThe illusion of freedom
In our country, we always hear “the land of the free,” but when you sit back and think about it, are we really that free? We do have a lot of freedoms here that other countries do not have, but I have been thinking about this and how far we have drifted away from what…
Read MoreHow do you come up with something every week?
I get asked that question frequently. People ask me all the time how I come up with a column each week. Let me tell you, it’s not always easy. There are times I just want to do this… …JBNIOJGokjbwrflkhnq3rgljbwrlfknas,DBCNWKLEJFHLEJKWRjkhnergjhbergjhwrjfhsdbcnmwbnriu34hwtwijuwerbhrfkjbsdlfjknlknwdaljknasdlfbhjalsdfjkhlwkfghlwjhglsjdhgfljshdfglkshgfdlkjhsdfl;kjhsdflkjhgsaljhasdgljhsdagljhsdfljhsdglkjhsdglkjhsgfdlkjhfdgsljhfsdglkjsfhgljhsagljkhgrwpiwrpihgpiwhrgpihwrqouafhIHJWPIHF….. …and say done. Then there are those special weeks when something falls into my lap and…
Read MoreDirty hands and clean money
Most of us have heard the saying dirty hands mean clean money. This saying is very true. In a world of technology, it is very easy to make money online as an influencer and other nonsense such as that. I personally would rather go home every day with dirty hands knowing I worked hard doing…
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