Rats! Can you believe it? Once again I have been passed over for the Nobel Prize in Literature. This is beginning to get on my nerves. Some guy named Jon Olav Fosse won it this year. As you may know, the Nobel Committee is located in Sweden and the award went to a Norwegian. Am I am smelling a little Scandinavian home cooking here? Admittedly a few Americans have won … [Read more...] about October 15, 2023: Passed Over For Nobel Prize For Literature Again This Year
2023 Columns
October 8, 2023: Remembering A Visit To Iraq With Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team
Eighteen years ago this week, I ventured off to Iraq to report on the brave men and women of Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team, located in an accurately-named area of the country called the Triangle of Death. It is thought that the Garden of Eden was located somewhere in that general area. If so, Adam and Eve were lucky to get out when they did. The serpent, too. It was … [Read more...] about October 8, 2023: Remembering A Visit To Iraq With Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team
September 24, 2023: Talking Southern With The Ryo Morning Coffee Club
I just had to call Skeeter Skates with the news. As many of you know, Skeeter is the owner and operator of Skeeter Skates Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Ryo, Georgia. He is also the current presiding chair of the Ryo Morning Coffee Club, a collection of Great Americans which includes Walleye, who runs the bait shop over in Red Bud, Booger Bledsoe, who operates a local … [Read more...] about September 24, 2023: Talking Southern With The Ryo Morning Coffee Club
September 17, 2023: Reflections On a Grandson Who Left Us Much Too Soon
My oldest grandson, Zachary Earl Wansley, died 15 years ago this past week while on a training run for an upcoming marathon. He was 21 years old. I am not sure what he would be doing today were he here, but I am positive whatever it might be, he would be a success. He always was. As to what happened, I do not know. Zack was at the peak of physical condition. The results … [Read more...] about September 17, 2023: Reflections On a Grandson Who Left Us Much Too Soon
September 3, 2023: A Look At Brian Kemp’s Increasing Political Influence
It was just a few short years ago that Brian Kemp was one of our most underrated and understated governors. But not anymore. Today, he is a power to be reckoned with, both in the state and nationally. Who saw it coming? I didn’t. Former Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle looked like a shoo-in for governor in 2018 until he was caught saying something he shouldn’t have said to a former … [Read more...] about September 3, 2023: A Look At Brian Kemp’s Increasing Political Influence