Bill Crane

Columnist

Bill Crane has been a political analyst and commentator for 20 years. A former communications staffer for two U.S. Senators and one Governor in both major political parties, Crane 'grew up' in Georgia politics in a newspaper family. Crane owns his own corporate communications firm in Decatur, CSI Crane, LLC. He is a regular guest on WDUN's "Morning Talk with Martha Zoller," His weekly syndicated column is entitled "One Man's Opinion," and draws on his experience, good humor and life as a son of the south.

School Days, Rue Days...Dear I Am Confused Days

With all due respect Madam Secretary, I respectfully disagree, and we may all rue the day if we rush to get kids back in their respective classrooms and schools too soon to do things safely.

12:00AM ( 4 years ago )

Defend the police

Detroit also has had its share of unrest and disturbances over racial justice this summer of 2020, but the rule of law is still being enforced

12:00AM ( 4 years ago )

To mask or not to mask?

COVID19 positive test results are significantly rising. Georgia last week experienced three consecutive days of daily sharp increases and record 'positives.'

9:58AM ( 4 years ago )

No place for hate

My paternal grandmother, Mary L. Crane, imbued in me at a young age an attitude towards life which has always served me well. If you start each day willing to learn something new, you probably will.

10:00AM ( 4 years ago )

Bluster, then cluster, now let's muster

Tuesday, June 9, 2020, will be an Election Day that thousands of Georgia voters may remember for years to come.

10:03AM ( 4 years ago )

My waking moment

I am a middle-aged white male, proudly born and raised a son of the south, though not always proud of things we southerners have done,

12:00AM ( 4 years ago )

You CAN'T Do THAT Anymore

I have often heard from my parents, and even aging peers, that among the many joys of aging is the increasingly long list of items that you are told, "You can't DO THAT anymore."

12:00AM ( 4 years ago )

Testing, tracing and fears, oh my!

Though nine weeks seems a world way, it is helpful to recall that our self-imposed quarantine and national lock-down was about 'flattening the curve,' to prevent an unmanageable and perhaps much the more fatal surge of COVID19 cases, overwhelming our hospitals and healthcare system during this pandemic.

12:00AM ( 4 years ago )

Leadership requires making tough calls

As a young man in 1751, George Washington visits the Caribbean island of Barbados, contracting smallpox.

12:00AM ( 4 years ago )

Let's try fighting together

It is as clear in my mind as yesterday how quickly many divides and gaps in the American culture and psyche narrowed, tightened or closed in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.

9:11AM ( 4 years ago )