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.

The Same House...Save the House?

I have been fortunate to grow up in circumstances and with a family that always provided good food on the table, a comfortable home, and a safe roof over our heads.

8:00AM ( 1 year ago )

No Name...No Way

A recent Quinnipiac University poll found that 47% of registered voters in America would consider voting for a third-party candidate for President.

10:00AM ( 1 year ago )

Our Governor, And We'd Like to Keep Him

I first met Brian Kemp as a young State Senator from Athens, Georgia.

9:00AM ( 1 year ago )

Viva Lost Wages

My first trip to Sin City was during Christmas week in 1995.

10:00AM ( 1 year ago )

Mind If I Smoke?

Growing up in a household where both parents were heavy smokers, I can attest directly to the lifetime impacts of second-hand smoke.

9:00AM ( 1 year ago )

Biden His Time

I first met then-U.S. Senator Joe Biden of Delaware in 1988, during what would be his first of two unsuccessful campaigns for President of the United States (1988, 2008).

9:00AM ( 1 year ago )

The GOP That Used To Be

I grew up in suburban metro Atlanta, Georgia, under one party and primarily Democratic rule.

9:00AM ( 1 year ago )

BET On Tyler Perry

The motion picture and television production industries domestically are temporarily stalled by a Writer's strike, and though much of the industry now is distributed across many right-to-work states like Georgia, the related artistic and production unions are honoring the strike, refusing to cross picket lines and placing an indefinite pause on millions in productions by major and minor studios alike.

9:00AM ( 1 year ago )

Not So Set In Stone

It is the world's largest outcropping of granite, and on its northeastern elevation, is the world's largest bass relief carving, nearly three football fields long and 90 feet tall, a trio of Confederate leaders, President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, and General Stonewall Jackson, facing the eastern horizon on horseback.

9:00AM ( 1 year ago )

A True Turf War

Memorial Day weekend and the official start of summer are here. Pools open, park use explodes, festivals and outdoor concerts and events fill your summer calendars in communities across Georgia.

9:00AM ( 1 year ago )