Columns

It has been awhile since I heard from Skeeter Skates and his colleagues at the Ryo Morning Coffee Club.  That ended this week. In case you are new to these parts, Skeeter is the owner and operator of Skeeter Skates Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Ryo, Georgia.  He is also the current presiding chair of the Ryo Morning Coffee Club, a collection of Great Americans which … [Read more...] about April 23, 2023: Talking Politics With Skeeter Skates and the Ryo Morning Coffee Club

The following is a Public Service announcement:  Congress is in recess and members are back home.  Kiwanians and Rotarians, Chambers of Commerce and other assorted groups can likely expect a visit from their intrepid public servants. If you are tied up and unable to make it to one of their fly-bys because you have more important things to do like scrubbing the bathtub or … [Read more...] about April 16, 2023: Deciphering What Our Intrepid Public Servants Say and What It Means

As I watched the surreal events this past week concerning the first-ever criminal indictment of a former president of the United States, I thought of a passage in the Old Testament, Hosea 8:7:  "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind."  Donald Trump, who has sown a lot of wind, is reaping the whirlwind of potentially damaging investigations from a number … [Read more...] about April 9, 2023: Random Thoughts On Random Subjects

When did public schools start failing?  It had to be after I graduated.  I seem to recall a group of dedicated teachers who taught me how to read and write, add and subtract and even multiply and divide.  All these many eons later, I still remember them: Ms. Dent, in the 3rd Grade; Ms. Bolton, in the 5th Grade; Ms. Largin, in the 6th; Mr. Gibbons, my high school geography … [Read more...] about April 2, 2023: It’s Not Public Schools That Are Failing, It Is Society

Columnist David French is a recent addition to the editorial pages of  the New York Times.  (Yes, I read the New York Times, but I don’t inhale.)  His is a conservative voice.  Born in Alabama and currently living in Tennessee, French describes himself as a “Reagan Republican” going back to his early teens.  I like him already. French was graduated from Lipscomb University, … [Read more...] about March 26, 2023: It’s Not The Wolves We Should Worry About, But The Termites