Crane: This is only a test

This is a test ... this is ONLY a test ...Followed by a series of sharp, pitching squeaks and clicks on your typically AM radio dial.This was a weekly test of the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS).The EBS was in place from 1963-1997, ostensibly to provide a United States president with an...

Crane: Celebrating Georgia Day

Barbara Ann Stanley Overton, age 79, of Greensboro, Georgia passed away on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, at her home with her family.

Crane: Salute to Saban

Seeking a brief respite from this bitter cold snap, and the flaming rhetoric of the national political scene, I offer a warm and genuine salute to a man of intelligence, ability, and leadership ... even though he leads a team I do not support toward victories which I almost universally oppose.

Crane: Keeping things in suspense

Under the heading of learning something new every day, one of the most iconic structures on our Georgia coast, the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in Savannah, connecting Georgia to South Carolina across the Savannah River is not a suspension bridge.

Crane: Much more still to be done

I remain a strong son of the South, the product of a Mason-Dixon marriage (Mom from Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham, Dad and the Crane family hailing from upstate New York).

Crane: In celebration of the non-traditional

I can’t even remember the first time I heard the phrase, but I think it was related to one of Olivia’s school meetings when we were referred to as a “non-traditional” family.

Crane: The Rematch no one wants

At nearing 300 pounds in this corner, resembling an Oompa Loompa in lifts, with a cotton candy-esque coiffure, and leaning slightly forward, surrounded by lawyers instead of trainers ... The Teflon Don!

Crane: Free speech, hate speech and the first amendment

Among the many lessons I learned from my maternal grandmother, Mary L. Crane, was that it can be tough to hate up close. Mary was an Irish-Catholic carpetbagger who moved her family south from upstate New York in 1949.

Crane: I really hate E-tickets

Though not always an early adapter, I tend to roll with and learn the latest technologies as they become readily and widely available. With few exceptions, I do consider technology to be a friend of productivity.

Crane: Here we go again …

The new U.S. House Speaker, Congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana, is about to experience the first major test of his mettle and abilities.