OBAMA NEEDS A NEW CZAR AND I HAVE THE PERFECT CHOICE Dear Mr. President: I don’t know if you see my columns because I can’t get anybody at the White House to return my calls. I do know plenty of politicians in Georgia read me because a lot of them get their drawers in a wad over some of my observations — like suggesting that members of the Legislature take unpaid furloughs … [Read more...] about Sep. 14, 2009: Obama Needs A New Czar And I Have The Perfect Choice
2009 Columns
Sep. 7, 2009: Reflections On The Loss Of A Young Life
If you will allow me a moment of personal privilege, it has been one year since our grandson, Zack Wansley, collapsed and died while training for the Thanksgiving Day Marathon in Atlanta. He was 22. This was not his first Thanksgiving Day race. If memory serves me correctly, it was his eighth. Zack was an excellent long-distance runner. He had run cross-country at Chapel Hill … [Read more...] about Sep. 7, 2009: Reflections On The Loss Of A Young Life
Aug. 31, 2009: Georgia Safety Organization To Conduct National Emergency Drills
GEORGIA SAFETY ORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT NATIONAL EMERGENCY DRILLS FOR BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES It has been eight years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington killed some 3,000 innocent people. How soon we forget. Fortunately, there are people like Len Pagano who haven’t forgotten. Pagano is president and CEO of the … [Read more...] about Aug. 31, 2009: Georgia Safety Organization To Conduct National Emergency Drills
Aug. 24, 2009: Random Thoughts On Grinches, Values And Sweet Tea
RANDOM THOUGHTS ON GRINCHES, VALUES AND SWEET TEA Sometimes you just can’t help but feel sorry for Malfunction Junction, aka, the City of Atlanta. Admittedly, it is hard to do because it is such a blowhard town and not half as hip as it thinks it is. But if I was a city booster, I’d be embarrassed to tell people that my hometown newspaper has decided to pick up stakes and … [Read more...] about Aug. 24, 2009: Random Thoughts On Grinches, Values And Sweet Tea
Aug. 17, 2009: It’s About More Than Health Care Reform: Ordinary Citizens Are Fed Up With Out-Of-Touch Government
IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN HEALTH CARE REFORM: ORDINARY CITIZENS ARE FED UP WITH OUT-OF-TOUCH GOVERNMENT I was discussing with my son, Ken, the free-for-alls taking place in town hall meetings around the country as angry people confront members of Congress over the Obama Administration’s current health care reform proposals. It isn’t all that surprising, he said, and it’s not just … [Read more...] about Aug. 17, 2009: It’s About More Than Health Care Reform: Ordinary Citizens Are Fed Up With Out-Of-Touch Government