Opinion

By Mike Ruffin

Iwould have liked to have gone to church with Dusty Rhodes.

I never have, though, and now I never will.

Dusty died on June 11 at age 69. [Full Story »] 

By Walter Geiger

In case you missed it, The Rolling Stones blew into Sanford Stadium West in Atlanta last week on their Zip Code Tour. This was the least-hyped Stones tour that I can recall and I have pretty much seen them all.

Apparently, at this juncture, the Stones don’t need any hype.

My daughters grew up listening to the Stones.

Their Pandora station is my go to driving soundtrack. I have countless CDs as well that May Melton and Livia Lanier have heard many times. [Full Story »] 

The Augusta Chronicle


Is this the leadership we deserve?

In Washington, they had to turn the lights on in the U.S. Senate last Sunday for senators to get their work done at the last minute on the expiring Patriot Act.

They still didn’t get it done. They work overtime, costing us more money to operate the Capitol, and they routinely spend more money than we can send them in taxes, and they still can’t get their work done.
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