The news that Jim Tar passed away Tuesday morning came as a shock. On a visit to the storefront he was always found in, Veronique Lyle Thurmond and Elizabeth Moretz-Britt were busy moving paintings around on the walls. “The preacher is very heavy,” Veronique said as they attempted to position the heavy framed painting in […]
Now that former Columbia County Tax Commissioner Kay Allen has resigned following accusations that she improperly profited from contracts to collect taxes for Harlem and Grovetown, there is a familiar face hoping to fill her seat. Former Chief Deputy Tax Commissioner Dwight Johnson, an employee of the tax commissioner’s office for 15 years and the […]
For the past several months, Augusta Commissioner Marion Williams has been driving his colleagues crazy, demanding an investigation into computer files that were allegedly deleted off of former City Administrator Fred Russell’s computer. Williams keeps insisting that the last thing the Augusta Commission should be afraid of is the truth. “Mr. Russell was in a […]
It was one “Throwback Thursday” picture I would have never thought I would be posting on Facebook. I found it a few weeks ago among my mom’s collection of family photos. She always kept pictures that she deemed significant and, even though I had thrown my copy of this one away 29 years ago, Mom was […]
The phrase sword-and-sandal used to evoke vaguely homoerotic visions of old-timey masculinity, back when Spartacus roamed the screen. (“Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?” Capt. Oveur asked in “Airplane,” and a knowing nation chortled.) Whereas the high-aspiring (and eventual Best Picture winner) “Gladiator” didn’t leer at its players’ bodies to any gratuitous degree, its […]
There’s a lot of quotes, songs, poems, books, etc., about change. Change brings a different feeling to everyone. Many people are afraid of change. Many don’t see the need for it. Some get excited about it; welcome it. No matter which category you fall in, none of us can avoid it. Yes, even those who […]