Another session of the General Assembly is upon us. This is an election year and there will be more posturing under the Gold Dome than a prima ballerina in a performance of Swan Lake. One of the big issues will be how to deal with Gov. Brian Kemp’s call for the Legislature to cut 4 percent from many program budgets this fiscal year and 6 percent next year in case … [Read more...] about January 13, 2020: General Assembly Needs to Take a Hard Look at Film Tax Credit Scheme
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January 6, 2020: Some Advice For a Great-Grandson at the Start of a New Year
TO: CAMERON CHARLES YARBROUGH For a number of years, I have written a letter at the beginning of the year offering some thoughts on living a meaningful life now and in the future. The letters were written to your dad, your uncle and their cousins – my grandsons. Now, it looks like it is your turn at bat. In all that time, I never asked them if they read my … [Read more...] about January 6, 2020: Some Advice For a Great-Grandson at the Start of a New Year
December 30, 2019: Ready Or Not, Here Comes 2020
Gadzooks! Can it really be 2020? That sounds more like what I wish my vision was than an actual year. Wasn’t it only yesterday when we sat holding our breath awaiting Y2K and wondering if all the computers in the world would go crazy and die? The only thing that happened was that a bunch of consultants got rich telling us our computers would go crazy and … [Read more...] about December 30, 2019: Ready Or Not, Here Comes 2020
December 23, 2019: Resolve To Make A Positive Difference In Someone’s Life
Have you thought about what kind of difference you have made in this world by your presence here ? Or could make? Or should make? Dr. Bill Burch has stepped into the large footprints left behind by the retired Dr. Gil Watson, the World’s Greatest Preacher, and has shown without doubt that he can flat preach a lick or two himself. Recently, he shared a story about … [Read more...] about December 23, 2019: Resolve To Make A Positive Difference In Someone’s Life
December 16, 2019: I Wish I Had Been There. In Bethlehem
These words are dedicated to the memory of my friend, the late Otis Brumby, Jr., publisher of the Marietta Daily Journal. He encouraged me to run this column each Christmas season. It is also dedicated to those who believe. I wish I had been there. In Bethlehem. I wish I had witnessed the birth of the baby Jesus in a lowly manger. Was it really as … [Read more...] about December 16, 2019: I Wish I Had Been There. In Bethlehem