Dear Governor: Forgive me for not writing you sooner. I didn’t want you to think I had forgotten you, but I know you have been busy. It is hard to believe it has been almost a year since you were sworn into office as Georgia’s 83rd governor and the second member of the Nu Zeta chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha at our beloved University of Georgia. The other, of … [Read more...] about December 9, 2019: Some Thoughts for Gov. Brian Kemp on His First Year in Office
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April 30, 2018: This Academic Supporter is Stoked Over UGA’s Football Fortunes
I feel like a hypocrite. Well, sort of. I am an enthusiastic supporter of the academic mission at my alma mater, the University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered university in the nation, located in Athens, the Classic City of the South. I evince that support with an annual gift to UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications. The funds help … [Read more...] about April 30, 2018: This Academic Supporter is Stoked Over UGA’s Football Fortunes
May 27, 2013: Waiting For Atheists To Create A Sunset Or A Duck-Billed Platypus
Dear God: I apologize for contacting you in such a public manner but there is an issue here in Georgia I need to discuss with You pronto. I thought about bringing it up in my prayers but, frankly, I have so many sins teed up to apologize for that my knees would likely give out before I ever got to this matter. I don’t claim to be a theologian but I know in my heart that You … [Read more...] about May 27, 2013: Waiting For Atheists To Create A Sunset Or A Duck-Billed Platypus
May 21, 2012: An Open Letter To Georgia’s Public School Teachers
I write to applaud you for having made it through another year in Georgia’s public schools. Good for you. Frankly, I wonder sometimes why you do what you do and then I remember that you are changing young lives for the better. Not many of us can make that claim. Your rewards for your efforts are unpaid furlough days, larger class sizes, no pay increases (but increased … [Read more...] about May 21, 2012: An Open Letter To Georgia’s Public School Teachers