Why set aside a single day to be thankful? If any people on earth should be constantly focused on our blessings, we are the ones. Therefore, by the power vested in me, I declare this Thanksgiving Year. I hope retail merchants don’t take this as an excuse for a year-round Christmas selling season. Who wants to see Chia pets and electric foot massagers in July? But take all … [Read more...] about November 23, 2000: A Day to Count My Blessings
2000 Columns
November 16, 2000: That Was History’s Goofiest Election Ever
With one of history’s goofiest elections behind us – I hope – let us sort through the events of the past few weeks and see what sense we can make of it all. EVERYBODY TAKE A DEEP BREATH. This is not the first close presidential election, folks. In 1880, James Garfield defeated Winfield Hancock by .02 percent, or to be more specific, 48.27% to 48.25%. Four years later, … [Read more...] about November 16, 2000: That Was History’s Goofiest Election Ever
November 9, 2000: Flash! We Have a Bulletin! Democracy is Alive and Well
I have never been more proud to be an American citizen than I am today. We proved the pundits – including yours truly – wrong. We are not apathetic. We do care. All over the country, we went out in record numbers to vote for those we want to lead us into the new millennium. I didn’t see a tank, a gun-toting soldier or mobs with sticks and stones impeding anyone’s right to … [Read more...] about November 9, 2000: Flash! We Have a Bulletin! Democracy is Alive and Well
November 2, 2000: If You Don’t Vote, You Can’t Whine
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government is to live under the government of worse men.” Plato - 500 BC (or thereabouts) “Any able-bodied person who doesn’t vote should be keel-hauled, dipped in boiling oil and forced to answer the mail generated by my column on Arab terrorists.” Yarbrough – 2000 AD. Power to the people! Once again, we … [Read more...] about November 2, 2000: If You Don’t Vote, You Can’t Whine
October 26, 2000: Open Letter to Governor Roy Barnes
Governor Roy Barnes State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia Dear Governor: It has been quite awhile since I have written. You will recall that a few months back, I asked you to resist Atlanta Journal columnist Colin Campbell lobbying you to store Olympic first aid forms at my beloved alma mater, the University of Georgia. I check periodically to be sure that junk hasn’t slipped in … [Read more...] about October 26, 2000: Open Letter to Governor Roy Barnes