2024 Columns

There is a lot going on at my alma mater, the University of Georgia.  Not all the news has been good.  There was the tragedy last year when an athletic department staffer and a member of the football team were killed in a tragic car crash that law enforcement authorities say involved speeding, racing, reckless driving and alcohol impairment.  This, ironically, hours after a … [Read more...] about March 24, 2024: Welcome To A New Generation of Georgia Bulldogs

Between the time I write this and you read this, conditions can change.  Particularly in politics.  But as of this writing, there seems to be little doubt that an Alabama mining company will get permission from Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division (an oxymoron) to begin extractions of minerals from the Okefenokee Swamp. Correction: It is not “the” Okefenokee Swamp.  … [Read more...] about March 17, 2024: Do Our Politicians and Bureaucrats Really Care About Protecting Okefenokee?

My fellow Americans!  (Yea!  Clap!  Clap!) My fellow Georgians!  (Yeah!  Yeah!) And my loyal readers without whom I would have to go get a real job, (Laughter and applause!) I come before you today to submit to you my annual State of the Column address.  It is with great pride that I state to you that the state of this column is in such a state that it cannot be overstated!  … [Read more...] about March 10, 2024: Stating The State Of This Column Can’t Be Overstated

I get a number of suggestions from readers regarding topics for a column.  For that, I am grateful.  I also get suggestions from some readers about what I can do with the column and where I can go while placing it where they suggest.  For that, I will leave to your imagination. A good example of how this particular column came to be was from an incident related to me by a … [Read more...] about March 3, 2024: A Reader’s Reminder Of The Goodness Within Us

Today, dear readers let us turn out attention to some serious monkey business currently taking place in the Great State of Georgia.  And, no, I’m not talking about stolen elections and fake electors.  I’m talking about monkeys.  Real live monkeys. It seems that Bainbridge, the home of University of Georgia football coach Kirby Smart and one of my all-time favorite political … [Read more...] about February 25, 2024: Looking At Some Serious Monkey Business In Bainbridge