Decisions have lasting impact

By Lynne Stevens Guest Columnist Exactly what do we in Graham County care about judges given lifetime jobs on the Federal and Supreme Court?  It is worth looking at how the decisions these judges make influence our lives for decades.

Respect for our Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United States is one of three branches of the Federal Government. Congress and the Executive Branch are the other two.  One thing is certain. The Founding Fathers had great experience with an all-powerful monarch in the form of King George III.

Aunt Sarah is star attraction

One of the poignant scenes of the COVID-19 pandemic is staged outside windows of nursing homes all over the nation.  Friends and relatives gather there to visit – without physically touching – their loved ones, held captive in their rooms by the virus.

Change your lifestyle to fight dementia

Dementia has often thought to be unavoidable and incurable. In recent years, risk factors – including lifestyle attributes – have been associated with the two commonest forms of dementia: Alzheimer’s Disease and vascular dementia.

Slaying dragons, both past and present

A friend asked me when the next food distribution was at the “Dragon Slayer” Church.  It took me a moment to realize he was talking about Grace Fellowship Baptist Church, which is the location of one of MANNA Feeding America’s monthly sites.

Will drive-ins make a comeback?

Okay, so you’re tired of watching movies on TV.  You want to see something on the big screen, even if it’s a movie you’ve seen before.  What are you going to do?  The coronavirus has hamstrung indoor theaters.

A patch of weeds, or a garden grows

A few weeks ago, this column was critical of the establishment of a new National Space Force. Just what we need when NASA is being privatized and nearly 35 million people are unemployed.  Now the White House has produced a new doozy called the “National Garden of American Heroes.

A big festival, for tiny fish

In 2018, Newborn, Ga. had a population of 759, when everybody was at home.  Today, it’s a little over 800. Tiny, yes, but with a big sense of humor.  Perhaps that’s why the town chose a tiny, pesky fish to spotlight during its annual festival.

Flight of the Bumble Bee(s)

When Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov composed the orchestral interlude “Flight of the Bumble Bee” around 1899-1900, he couldn’t have known that it would one day relate to some young boys growing up on Atoah Creek in Graham County.

Political correctness gone wild

This column launches headlong into an important and controversial subject.  One that is red hot now, as it should be.