Monday, November 24, 2025 -Bill Crane- Here’s the story of the high-flying funny money that flew too close to the sun…and then… There are times in life when a moment crystallizes in your mind, and increasingly, at least for me, when you can anticipate when that latest ‘hot topic,’ is about to Jump the Shark.…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, November 4, 2025 -Bill Crane- Settled back in 1892, Tucker was a prosperous town, in east central DeKalb County. Along the main rail line heading east out of Atlanta, it had a Main Street, prominent local businesses in the same family for generations like Cofer Brothers and Matthews Cafeteria, and its own High School…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 -Bill Crane- Now in the September of my years, I find that more and more of my thoughts and time are spent in introspection, revisiting old memories, good and bad, and occasionally wondering if I made the best choices. Friends and peers of my parents seem to be passing with such…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 -Bill Crane- As a loyal Georgia Bulldog, it stings a bit to have to admit how much rival university, the Georgia Institute of Technology, is leading and contributing to the advancement of practical uses for Artificial Intelligence (AI), in a wide array of settings and industries. The Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation…… Continue Reading
Monday, September 22, 2025 -Bill Crane- I am not a lawyer, nor expert in Constitutional Law, nor do I play one on TV, thankfully our U.S. Constitution’s language in the First Amendment and our Bill of Rights is written pretty plainly. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free…… Continue Reading
Wednesday, September 17, 2025, -Bill Crane Luigi Mangione, Tyler Robinson, Dylann Roof, Colt Gray, and Thomas Matthew Crooks… In order, the alleged murderer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, charged assassin in the killing of Charlie Kirk, convicted murderer of nine black churchgoers in Charleston, SC in 2015, the former classmate and alleged shooter of 11 students and adults (4 fatalities, 2…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 -Bill Crane- Improving health has allowed me to resume a more regular, yet slightly strenuous calendar, as well as frequent out of state travel. Returning to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport recently, the near continuous construction there routinely relocates services and amenities, without always having corresponding new or temporary signage. In the…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 -Bill Crane- It will be 40 years next spring that I returned home to Atlanta, from days away in college and beginning my career in Macon, Georgia. I moved into a modest apartment in Midtown, within stumbling distance of Manuel’s Tavern, and as I set up my utilities, I began my…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, August 26, 2025, -Bill Crane- I have learned from others on these pages and elsewhere, to not bury the lead, as well as to share the good news, as for many these days that seems increasingly rare. As of this mid-month, August 13, 2025, I learned the results of several scans, tests and blood work and…… Continue Reading
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 -Bill Crane Our U.S. President and Commander in Chief has broad and almost limitless power related to declaration of emergency and control of our national defense and its deployment in times of need. The National Guard, the standard bearers of our State Militia, continue the service of our Revolutionary War veterans…… Continue Reading