GEORGIA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS NEED SUPPORT, NOT MEDDLING As another school year comes to a close in Georgia, hats off to those heroes who labor in the trenches underpaid, underappreciated and under pressure — our teachers. I have two public school teachers in my family, Dr. Ted Wansley and Ken Yarbrough. Both are high school science teachers, and I wonder sometimes why … [Read more...] about May 21, 2007: Georgia’s Public School Teachers Need Support, Not Meddling
2007 Columns
May 14, 2007: House Speaker Goes From Political Penthouse To Outhouse
HOUSE SPEAKER GOES FROM POLITICAL PENTHOUSE TO OUTHOUSE You live by the sword, you die by the sword. In my not-so-humble opinion, House Speaker Glenn Richardson got badly gored during the recent budget fight in the General Assembly. He had it coming. He may be King Kong in the House of Representatives, but to a lot of people he comes across as hot-headed and arrogant. In … [Read more...] about May 14, 2007: House Speaker Goes From Political Penthouse To Outhouse
May 7, 2007: ‘Victims’ Should Understand That Actions Have Consequences
‘VICTIMS’ SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES I am sick of people who get into trouble of their own making and then are portrayed as victims. Take the case of Genarlow Wilson, a former Douglas County student who is doing ten years in prison for having oral sex with an underage girl in a hotel at a wild New Year’s Eve party in 2003, which he and his fellow geniuses … [Read more...] about May 7, 2007: ‘Victims’ Should Understand That Actions Have Consequences
Apr. 30, 2007: Just What the World Needs — A Kinder, Gentler Column
It is not easy being married to the fearsome Woman Who Shares My Name. She makes me eat broccoli all the time, which I believe to be hazardous to my health, except she says things will be more hazardous if I don’t eat it. Even though we have dual heating and air-conditioning controls in the car, she is always reaching over and messing with my side because she wants the car’s … [Read more...] about Apr. 30, 2007: Just What the World Needs — A Kinder, Gentler Column
Apr. 23, 2007: Random Thoughts On Random Subjects
RANDOM THOUGHTS ON RANDOM SUBJECTS Here is a suggestion for all the self-important talking heads on television and newspaper editorial writers across the country: Take the time and space that have been devoted to harrumphing about Don Imus and blabbering over Anna Nicole Smith and spend it on Professor Liviu Librescu, the 76-year-old Virginia Tech professor who gave his life … [Read more...] about Apr. 23, 2007: Random Thoughts On Random Subjects