David Petite has a very simple view on the immigration issue raging in the United States. “You are all immigrants,” he says with a smile. “We didn’t invite any of you here.” He should know. Petite is a Native American, a member of the Chippewa tribe, where his father was a tribal chief in Wisconsin. His people were around long before we came to these shores and long before … [Read more...] about October 10, 2011: Native American Inventor Proud of Past and Focused on Future
2011 Columns
October 3, 2011: Skeeter Skates Doesn’t Care Much for Due Process When Terrorists Are Involved
Everybody needs a guru. Someone you can go to whenever you find yourself stuck on the horns of a moral dilemma. Some climb the mountain tops of Nepal to sit before an old guy wrapped in a bed sheet and listen to him prattle about inner beauty. I am very fortunate. My guru doesn’t live on a mountain. Skeeter Skates is owner of Skeeter Skates Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair … [Read more...] about October 3, 2011: Skeeter Skates Doesn’t Care Much for Due Process When Terrorists Are Involved
September 26, 2011: Who Cares What Michael Moore Thinks About Georgia?
In case you were rearranging your sock drawer and missed the big announcement, filmmaker Michael Moore, who is about as relevant as a female appendage on a boar hog, is asking “all Americans with a conscience to shun anything and everything to do with the murderous state of Georgia.” I can hear the shudders from Aragon to Zebulon. Moore didn’t approve of the execution of Troy … [Read more...] about September 26, 2011: Who Cares What Michael Moore Thinks About Georgia?
September 19, 2011: Becoming a Mover and Shaker Can be Very Frustrating
When Nathan Deal was elected governor, I made myself a promise that I was going to get along better with him than I did with his predecessor, George E. Perdue. If our new governor wanted to build a few concrete fishponds, I’d look the other way. If he wanted to dress up like Dr. Seuss’ “Cat in the Hat” and talk to school kids while shafting their teachers, I would just shake my … [Read more...] about September 19, 2011: Becoming a Mover and Shaker Can be Very Frustrating
September 11, 2011: Some Parting Thoughts on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11
Before we leave the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center Towers the Pentagon and Flight 93 over Shanksville, Pa., allow me a couple of parting thoughts. As with everybody who witnessed the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, I have vivid memories of that day. I was at Saint Simons Island, having helped kick off the local United Way campaign a few days. … [Read more...] about September 11, 2011: Some Parting Thoughts on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11