Editor’s Note: The MDJ archives did not have newspapers for The Cobb County Times or The Marietta Journal for this week 100 years ago.
One of the judicial philosophies that conservatives hold in high regard pertains to originalism and textualism. What was the intent of the Fou…
This week’s Time Capsule looks at a murder trial, Lockheed’s C5A and a house explosion.
This week’s Time Capsule looks at a train jumper’s death, chicken thieves and Marietta High School’s long hair controversy.
We live in strange and changing times, but I state the obvious. I am a New Yorker (Brooklyn and Staten Island), but have lived in the Deep Sou…
This week’s Time Capsule looks at a grist mill accident, a “liquor car” chase and a dress code protest at Marietta High School.
This week’s Time Capsule looks at some World War I soldiers, the hunt for an armed, intoxicated man and a shooting at Cherokee Mills.
I recall the terror of polio when I was in the third grade. Even at that young age one understood the face of terror. Magazine photos of victi…
This week’s Time Capsule looks at an assault, pirate treasure, Attica State Prison, alcohol sales and Windy Hill Hospital.
This week’s Time Capsule looks at women voting, a drowning, accidents, pigeons, the Keith School and W. Paul Sprayberry.
I am not aware of any books that have been written about Donald Trump yet that would rival biographies of Abraham Lincoln and FDR among those …
The events of September 11, 2001 are so fresh in my mind. It’s hard to believe that today’s high school seniors were not even born when terror…
This week’s Time Capsule looks at a bank robbery, an unwanted baby, a playground and a race to save a child’s life.
This week’s Time Capsule looks at a truck accident, a Prohibition arrest, novelist Rex Beach and a deadly well.
One of the most brilliant and significant results of the Founding Fathers drafting of the Constitution was adding the Bill of Rights to it. Wh…
This week’s Time Capsule looks at whiskey busts, accidents, a curious object and a murder.
This week’s Time Capsule looks at a Knights Templar invasion, still busts, rodents and a plane crash.
This week’s Time Capsule looks at two shocking events, Marietta’s exhausted water supply and a new hospital.
This week’s Time Capsule looks at two murder trials, a train wreck, nuisance birds and an errand of mercy.
As a young boy growing up in Brooklyn months after World War II had ended, I can still see the blue light bulb in the bathroom of our apartmen…
This week’s Time Capsule looks at an axe accident, robberies, escaped convicts and a watermelon in a jug.
This week’s Time Capsule looks at an abandoned baby, a peach truck wreck and a panic at The Strand Theater.
The American flag has been so many things to so many people over the course of its history. It has been a symbol to rally troops, to instill e…
This week’s Time Capsule looks at accidents, shootings and a streetcar wreck.
Policing is easy and crime isn’t a huge problem in totalitarian countries. Gun control goes with the territory since the government doesn’t ne…
This week’s Time Capsule looks at a pair of deaths, Dempsey vs. Carpentier and Allatoona Dam.
This week’s Time Capsule looks at a drowning, vaccinations, a mid-air collision and a fire.
Some clever person in the distant past re-wrote the Golden Rule to state something entirely different, but no one would dispute the truth of t…