This could be a very important piece of information I am about to share with you. Whether it is or not is up to you. It depends on how much you care about the money being spent on our state’s politicians. If you don’t care and want to cop the “it doesn’t make any difference” attitude, then I suggest you blow the dust off the ol’ Funk & Wagnall and look up the word “apathy.” … [Read more...] about December 30, 2013: How to Monitor Who is Spending What on Our Legislators
2013 Columns
December 23, 2013: With The New Year Coming, Time For Some Serious Soothsaying
Good grief. I just took a peek at next week’s calendar. It says 2014. That can’t be correct. I’m still waiting for Y2K and for all our computers to crash. I must have overslept. Time flies when you are having fun and never do I have more fun than on New Year’s Eve at the exquisite little Georgia Sea Grill on St. Simons Island, featuring a group of friends better than I deserve … [Read more...] about December 23, 2013: With The New Year Coming, Time For Some Serious Soothsaying
December 16, 2013: There Is Much To Believe In At Christmas
This column first ran in 2010. The status of Cameron Charles Yarbrough has been updated, but the message remains timeless. I believe in Christmas. I believe as a Christian that Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus, the Son of God. The Messiah. I believe you have the right to disagree with me, but I know what I believe in my heart. I believe no Christmas is … [Read more...] about December 16, 2013: There Is Much To Believe In At Christmas
December 9, 2013: Like Nelson Mandela, Andrew Young’s Journey One Of Forgiveness
Former South African president Nelson Mandela has received much-deserved praise following his death on Dec.5 at the age of 95, and rightly so. South Africa could have sunk into chaos and a bloody civil war with Mandela’s rise to power following 27 years of imprisonment and the end of apartheid. Instead, he preached reconciliation and forgiveness, not vengeance. For that, the … [Read more...] about December 9, 2013: Like Nelson Mandela, Andrew Young’s Journey One Of Forgiveness
December 2, 2013: Game Over, Now Time To Get Down To Business At UGA
It was as ugly as a wart hog, but for the 11th time in the past twelve years, 38 of the past 50 and 65 out of 108, the University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered university in the nation, located in Athens, the Classic City of the South has bested You-Know-Where Institute of Technology for the State Football Championship, 41-34. YKWIT claims 39 victories during that … [Read more...] about December 2, 2013: Game Over, Now Time To Get Down To Business At UGA