2019 Columns

I usually refrain from commenting on the topic de jour in the media. I’m not much of a “me, too” person.  Let everyone else have their say and when the dust has settled, I will have mine.  Otherwise, you risk being lost in the noise. Today is an exception.  That is because my subject is exceptional.  I am speaking of Georgia’s senior U.S. senator, Johnny … [Read more...] about September 9, 2019: Reflecting on The Legacy of Sen. Johnny Isakson

Dear Vince: The day has finally arrived.  Next Saturday, the University of Georgia will officially name the field at Sanford Stadium, Dooley Field.  It’s about time.  In fact, it is long overdue. You now join fellow Hall of Fame coaches Bear Bryant, Shug Jordan, Frank Broyles, Johnny Vaught, Bobby Dodd, Gen. Robert Neyland, Eddie Robinson, Don Faurot and, yes, … [Read more...] about August 25, 2019: To Coach Vince Dooley:  Congratulations on an Honor Overdue and Much  Deserved

Hollywood is the land of make-believe and nowhere is that make-believe more evident than in the film industries’ alleged impact on Georgia’s economy. That, according to Dr. J.C. Bradbury, professor of Economics at Kennesaw State University. After the General Assembly passed and Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a measure banning abortions if a fetal heartbeat can be detected, … [Read more...] about August 19, 2019: Is Hollywood’s Impact on Georgia’s Economy Just More Make-Believe?

When my momma was alive, she was a walking repository of our family’s history, not only hers but my dad’s as well.  She could rattle off the names of great-aunts and not-so-great uncles, cousins, the good, the bad and the ugly.  There was the uncle who was in the Battle of the Marne in World War I, one of the bloodiest battles in history, the brother of a … [Read more...] about August 12, 2019: Be Careful What You Root Out of The Family Tree

Dear Georgia Public Schoolteachers: Unless I have miscalculated, I believe this is early August and you are already back at work.  School in August?   For a guy who never started school until Labor Day, that takes some getting used to. And wasn’t it just last year that a group of resorts, chambers of commerce and the Atlanta Braves goaded a bunch of politicians … [Read more...] about August 5, 2019: An Open Letter to Georgia Public Schoolteachers