It has been almost 50 years since a young University of Georgia student working at a small Commerce radio station penned a song about the town. The song launched the career of a country music superstar – Whisperin’ Bill Anderson. In congruence with his Southern roots, Anderson has never forgotten the small northeast Georgia city where he got his start, and...

It was seven years ago this June that I was standing above the River Seine, not far from Notre Dame Cathedral, frustratingly shuffling through boxes of used books sold by vendors lining the sidewalk. Just as I was about to give up and walk away, one of the merchants asked if I was shopping for myself or someone else. “For someone else,” I answered in...