2023 Columns

I am so conflicted these days.  I haven’t been my usual sharp incisive self.  Even the RITNOs (Republicans in Trump’s Name Only) must be wondering why I haven’t jerked their pompous, self-righteous chains recently.  Same with the Chardonnay-sipping liberal weenies who vigorously defend free speech on college campuses as long as it is pro-Palestinian only. There is good … [Read more...] about December 31, 2023: Gender Identity Engenders Conflicting Emotions

Wait a minute!  What was that that just blew by me?  It looks like 2023 but it has gone so fast I hardly saw it.  Okay, I know we have a few days left in the year but by the time I write this and you read it, it will probably be July.  Or at least it seems that way. I remember sitting in Ms. Bolton’s 5th Grade class at S. R. Young in College Park and thinking the school day … [Read more...] about December 24, 2023: Could That Be 2024 Heading This Way?

You’ve heard the old saying that things are going to the dogs.  After talking to Jennifer Arnold, we should be so lucky.  Ms. Arnold is founder and executive director of Canine Assistants, a non-profit organization which provides service dogs to adults and children with physical disabilities and other special needs. It was suggested I talk to her by Mike McConnell, a loyal … [Read more...] about December 17, 2023: Canine Assistants Prove That Going To The Dogs Is A Good Thing

The mystery is solved.  I now know what happened to my fraternity brother, Maj. Paschal Boggs, USMC, who was declared Missing in Action in 1967.  Finally, there is a sense of closure. Pat Boggs and I were from the same town, East Point, and undergrads at the University of Georgia.  I happened to run into him one day on campus and he invited me to visit his fraternity, Lambda … [Read more...] about December 10, 2023: A Sense of Closure Over A Fraternity Brother Long Lost

You never know what you are going to discover in the process of churning out columns.  And, of course, I have an obligation to share with you any new and exciting developments, hoping that at your next cocktail party or church social, you can dazzle the crowd by quoting a factoid you found on these pages and see the look on their faces. I have just read a report that the … [Read more...] about December 3, 2023: An Awakening on the Subject of Sleep Deprivation