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- Saturday, May 18, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
Archive By Section - Mitch Clarke's column
Hometown unites over pride for its peanuts
BLAKELY - Growing up in a small, agricultural community the way I did, it was sometimes hard not to take it all for granted.
To solve our budget woes, let's sequester the politicians
In the days following Washington's failure to deal with sequestration, I kept hearing a lot of the talking heads on TV telling me about cuts to nonessential government services.
There's 'snow' way forecasters can get it right
Three times in the last few weeks, the weatherman has predicted that up to an inch of snow would fall in Gainesville.
To each his own when choosing a favorite sport
I'm having a good-natured disagreement with a friend of mine, who I won't name for fear of embarrassing him. He's a NASCAR fan.
Sometimes a leaf is just a football team's logo
Some stories just seem too funny to really be true. But today's comes from an actual event that happened on an actual interstate highway in an actual state (Tennessee) as reported by an actual newspaper (The Columbus Dispatch).
Not all presidents are as worthy of celebration
Monday is Presidents Day, and I'm sure you'll spend all of your day off celebrating the 43 men who have been served in the nation's top office.
Tossing, turning and things that go bump
On nights when I can fall asleep easily - and that's most nights - it seems like my head barely hits the pillow before the alarm clock goes off and it's time to get up again.
Long live the Twinkie, an icon of my youth
I was very excited to learn last week that Twinkies aren't going the way of the dodo after all.
Snow and ice ain't so nice, but it could be worse
It's time for my annual rant against winter. I don't like it. I'm a Southwest Georgia boy. It's gets cold down there. But you only see snow and ice every four or five years. Snow storms in southwest Georgia are perfect. Usually, it starts snowing overnight and when you wake up, the ground is covered in two or three inches, just enough to build a snowman or have a snowball fight with your friends - ...
Falcon fans rising up after years of futility
It hasn't always been easy being an Atlanta Falcons fan. Sure, with a victory today, the Falcons will go to the Super Bowl for only the second time in team history. But it surely wasn't always this way. For much of this franchise's storied history, the team was, shall we politely say, victory challenged. This year's team has won 14 games. The team was playing its fifth season - in 1970 - before it tallied ...
That talking fork really should just keep its mouth shut
I'm something of a nerd when it comes to electronic gadgetry, so I always look forward to the annual International Consumer Electronics Show where a whole slew of new gizmos are announced.
A weeklong trip to Orlando really took a toll
I spent most of last week living in a hotel room in Orlando, Fla., and because not much happens in hotel rooms, my friends and I drove around the area a lot.
We owe it to each other to be nicer in the New Year.
I don't usually make New Year's resolutions because, for most of us, they seem impossible to keep.
Let's all remember what we celebrate
I admit without shame that I'm a present shaker. When I was a little boy, I would rattle any Christmas present that had my name on it. As soon as gifts started appearing under the tree, I was under there, too. If I might be allowed to brag a bit, I actually got quite good at it figuring out what each rattle was. Some things just made a certain noise when you shook them. So ...
Why did they start making a charge for air?
I'm calling on that great philosopher, Gomer Pyle, to help me explain what's gotten my dander up this morning.
Articles by Section - Mitch Clarke's column
Even battered and bruised, America will always stand tall
Mere minutes after a teenage terrorist had been captured, Bostonians poured into the streets and cheered – cheered! – the police and firefighters who had ended the terror.
Grab your wallets, the tax man cometh
The government has been getting its grubby little paws into your paycheck every two weeks for the last year, and now it's ready for you to give more.
Man's best friend made a lasting impression
I often get asked how Glory, the black and white springer spaniel who lives at my house, and I got together.
My column today comes without any side effects
I sometimes have a hard time sleeping, so I do what a lot of people suffering from insomnia do. I turn on the TV.
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