My name is Ken Yarbrough. I’m writing this week because my father, the wordsmith that you’ve come to expect in this space, is taking a sabbatical. You see, his oldest grandson died recently, and as you might expect, he’s taking it hard. Please forgive me for presuming that I can capably fill in for him, which I can’t. What I can do, though, is to … [Read more...] about Sep. 16, 2008: Ken Yarbrough Steps In
Zack Columns
May 12, 2008: Baseball Trip with Grandson Was a Home Run
BASEBALL TRIP WITH GRANDSON WAS A HOMERUN There are no two ways about it: Being a grandfather is better than a plateful of hot buttered biscuits. Nothing compares to it. Nothing comes close. After deciding that President Peanut would be home long enough to wash his socks before taking off for Timbuktu to mediate a simmering dispute among local mountain goats, I figured that … [Read more...] about May 12, 2008: Baseball Trip with Grandson Was a Home Run
Mar. 10, 2008: Where Have All The Reliable Targets Gone?
WHERE HAVE ALL THE RELIABLE TARGETS GONE? I am getting concerned. A lot of my most reliable targets have dried up and gone away. Kind of like the drought, except annexing Tennessee won’t help me any. Our Ambassador to Outer Space Cynthia McKinney has disappeared into the cesspool of the free world, Berkeley, Calif. I had high hopes that she might run for president on the … [Read more...] about Mar. 10, 2008: Where Have All The Reliable Targets Gone?
January 1, 2008: To My Grandsons: Work Hard and Have Passion
To Zachary and Nicholas Wansley, Brian and Thomas Yarbrough Thinking about what I wanted to share with you this year, I was struck at how much we — you and I — have changed since we began this annual correspondence back at the beginning of the new millennium. Zack was a newly minted teenager, and the rest of you guys were barely double-digit. Now before this year is over … [Read more...] about January 1, 2008: To My Grandsons: Work Hard and Have Passion
Dec. 19, 2005: An Ode of Appreciation To Our Public School Teachers
This is as good a time of year as any to thank public school teachers for doing a tough job well. There are two high school science teachers in my family. Both are at work early, and both stay late. When at home, they are calling parents about their kids’ schoolwork, or fielding calls from parents about anything and everything. I suspect my son and son-in-law are fairly … [Read more...] about Dec. 19, 2005: An Ode of Appreciation To Our Public School Teachers