Am I my brother’s keeper? Absolutely. My sister’s too. Particularly, if they are my readers. When they hurt, I hurt. I have been blessed to write a weekly column that has been running in newspapers throughout the state of Georgia for the past two decades. There are readers I have never met face-to-face but who I consider my friends, thanks to their … [Read more...] about October 22, 2018: Hurting for the Victims of Hurricane Michael
2018 Columns
October 15, 2018: Random Thoughts on Random Subjects
There has been a change of plans. I was going to talk about Georgia’s olive industry this week. It is one of our state’s best-kept secrets. According to gourmands in the know, the quality of Georgia’s olive oil rivals that of anywhere in the nation and is even compared favorably with overseas producers. But now is not the time for that discussion. … [Read more...] about October 15, 2018: Random Thoughts on Random Subjects
October 8, 2018: National Newspaper Week Reminds Us That Journalism Matters
In case you haven’t noticed, this is National Newspaper Week. The theme this year is “Journalism Matters.” Yes, it does. I wouldn’t be doing this if I thought otherwise. You will read a lot of things in this paper but not “fake news.” You can’t get away with that kind of stuff locally. You will catch us at the grocery store or gas station or a … [Read more...] about October 8, 2018: National Newspaper Week Reminds Us That Journalism Matters
October 1, 2018: Georgia’s National Guard Members Are True Heroes
You want to talk about heroes? They are not a bunch of irrelevant overpaid knee jerk professional athletes who don’t like their country and do little to improve it, just criticize it. Twenty years from now, they will likely be jelly-brained from banging into each other and drooling their oatmeal. It couldn’t happen to a more deserving group of … [Read more...] about October 1, 2018: Georgia’s National Guard Members Are True Heroes
September 24, 2018: Does Anybody Care What Georgia’s Schoolteachers Think?
Well, public schoolteachers, they are at it again. “They” are our intrepid public servants under the Gold Dome, who siphoned $100 million out of the state budget for tax credits so parents can avoid sending their kids to public schools in Georgia. In their inimitable wisdom, they have decided public school are the pits – or as our esteemed Secretary of Education in … [Read more...] about September 24, 2018: Does Anybody Care What Georgia’s Schoolteachers Think?