Need a Christmas gift idea? I have a suggestion. Write the citizen-soldiers of Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team. Tell them you are thinking about them at this special season, and thank them for the sacrifices they are making on our behalf. I can think of no better gift you could give than that. When I was in Iraq, the soldiers told me that while they appreciated the cookies … [Read more...] about Nov. 21, 2005: Holiday Letters To The Troops: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
2005 Columns
Nov. 14, 2005: What Part of ‘Illegal’ Do Georgia Businesses Not Understand?
Sen. Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) is taking a lot of crap for doing the right thing. In this case, the right thing is Senate Bill 170, which declares that anyone not legally in the United States is also not a legal resident of Georgia. Well, duh! Rogers says his measure simply supports existing laws that already require recipients of government aid to be in the country legally. … [Read more...] about Nov. 14, 2005: What Part of ‘Illegal’ Do Georgia Businesses Not Understand?
Nov. 7, 2005: To My Grandson Nicholas: You Are a True Champion
Dear Nicholas: You gave your grandfather one of his proudest moments last week. Watching you run your last high school cross-country race in the state championships at Carrollton was special. You didn’t win the race and you didn’t finish in the top ten. You did something better. You gave it everything you had. You told me last summer that you were going to dedicate yourself … [Read more...] about Nov. 7, 2005: To My Grandson Nicholas: You Are a True Champion
Oct. 31, 2005: McKinney’s Fund-Raising Tactics Out of This World
Here is some political news guaranteed to sour your milk. Cynthia McKinney, our ambassador to Outer Space and congressperson from Georgia’s 4th Congressional District, has been fined $33,000 by the Federal Election Commission and must reimburse as much as $72,000 more to political donors after accepting excessive contributions in the 2002 election, which she lost to Denise … [Read more...] about Oct. 31, 2005: McKinney’s Fund-Raising Tactics Out of This World
Oct. 7, 2005: Iraq — So Near and So Far Away
This isn’t the column I wanted to write. I am supposed to be in Iraq, embedded with Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team, but I am sitting in an Air Force Base in Ramstein, Germany, watching one of the biggest fiascoes imaginable. I’m not sure how many days I have been here; and that isn’t important. What is important is that there is a group of elite Marines who have been … [Read more...] about Oct. 7, 2005: Iraq — So Near and So Far Away