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.

How Technology Helped Save the Day

In the immediate and tragic aftermath of the Midtown Atlanta shooting of five unrelated women in a doctor's office waiting room on Wednesday, May 3rd, officers from almost every city/county police agency in metro Atlanta, as well as the Georgia State Patrol, SWAT teams and multiple Sheriff offices, converged on the area.

9:00AM ( 11 months ago )

I'm Still an A.M. Radio Fan

The 'death' of AM radio was first foretold with the advent of television. The number of AM and Low Power AM stations only grew. And again, as the better fidelity and stereo sound of FM eclipsed its older sibling, again the dearth of AM frequencies was forecast...and then the birth of Talk Radio and AM audiences only exploded.

9:00AM ( 1 year ago )

They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore

As a teenager growing up in Griffin, Georgia, Scott Slade would point out the local radio station in a two-story walk-up just off the town square and say, "Someday, I'm going to be working there."

9:00AM ( 1 year ago )

The dying custom of shared sacrifice

Granted, the past year and change have been tough on almost all of us. Global pandemics have a way of leaving a mark.

9:22AM ( 2 years ago )

Time for more?

For the third time in as many months, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was holding a press conference, to acknowledge the tragedy of another child killed, this time among the crossfire of 20 shootings in just one Atlanta weekend.

9:23AM ( 2 years ago )

Who doesn't like free money?

During 2019, the entire U.S. budget was $2.7-trillion, for all programs, Social Security, Medicare, national defense, etc...

9:25AM ( 3 years ago )

Addition versus subtraction, along with compromise

For centuries it was a sacred Indian burial ground. Later the site of one of the most commercially viable granite quarries in the nation, with its granite now forming the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court, one side of the U.S. Capitol building, and the walls of Fort Knox. And since 1958, the world's largest granite out-cropping has been a Georgia State Park and Confederate Memorial.

9:27AM ( 3 years ago )

So you have a case of vaccine hesitancy?

If you are among those who have already received your first COVID19 vaccine, the J&J one-shot, or awaiting only your second vaccine dose, then thank you for doing your part.

9:31AM ( 3 years ago )

Out of their league

I certainly give Major League Baseball (MLB) and Jackie Robinson credit for breaking the color barrier and slowly ending segregation within the sport.

10:52AM ( 3 years ago )

Any antidote for hate?

At some risk of over-simplification, the mass murder of eight massage parlor workers and customers in Cherokee and Fulton counties was in fact an act of hate.

8:56AM ( 3 years ago )