Let us pause a moment from the endless angst and anguish over racial issues, the uncertainty of the status of COVID-19, faulty voting machines and who is to blame, political campaigns that seem to have no end, a hemorrhaging state budget and no Major League baseball. Sunday is Father’s Day. What better time to pay homage to a special group of unsung heroes – … [Read more...] about June 14, 2020: Remembering Dad on His Special Day
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June 7, 2020: A Complex Issue With No Easy Answers
These thoughts on the current upheaval in our country come courtesy of an unusual array of sources: The late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy; Larry Savage, a candidate for chairman of the Cobb County Commission and Hayden, Cayden and Jamaya (more on them later.) I read a quote recently in which Sen. Kennedy, a Democrat, said, “What is dangerous about extremists is not that they … [Read more...] about June 7, 2020: A Complex Issue With No Easy Answers
May 31, 2020: Is There No Place These Days for Thoughtful Discourse?
My column last week on a radio commentary by the late Paul Harvey drew a lot of reader response from across the state, all of it positive. As you will recall if you saw the column, some 55 years ago Harvey penned a piece entitled, “If I Were the Devil,’ that was frighteningly prescient. He talked about the moral decay rife in the nation and how the devil would hasten our … [Read more...] about May 31, 2020: Is There No Place These Days for Thoughtful Discourse?
May 24, 2020: Prophetic Words from A Late and Great Commentator
I have long been an admirer of the words and works of the late Paul Harvey and his radio commentaries known as the “The Rest of the Story.” I had the privilege of meeting him in New York at the Peabody Awards ceremonies, sponsored by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Georgia. He was a deserved recipient of that … [Read more...] about May 24, 2020: Prophetic Words from A Late and Great Commentator
May 17, 2020: A Special Group Helps Repay A Special Debt
For much of my adult life, I have tried to return to my alma mater, the University of Georgia, a portion of what the institution has given me. I say “a portion” because I can never totally repay the debt I owe UGA for the honor of being a Georgia Bulldog. But that doesn’t mean I can’t try. After all, to whom much is given, much will be required. (Luke 12:48). I … [Read more...] about May 17, 2020: A Special Group Helps Repay A Special Debt