It is hard to find much good news these days as we relive the horrific events of 9-11 that took the lives of 2,977 innocent souls in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. And then after some 2,500 American deaths, we have withdrawn our troops from that hellhole called Afghanistan. We will now have to endure those … [Read more...] about September 12, 2021: Looking for Some Good News in These Trying Times
2021 Columns
August 28, 2021: Nervously Awaiting Another Football Season at UGA
If you don’t know by now, I love my alma mater, the University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered university in the nation. I am a proud graduate and a past president of the national alumni association. I have a haughty-looking portrait hanging somewhere in my beloved Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, where I give what I consider a rather generous … [Read more...] about August 28, 2021: Nervously Awaiting Another Football Season at UGA
August 22, 2021: Remembering A Time When Negative Was Positive
I had a COVID-19 test the other day even though I have been fully-vaccinated and wear my mask regularly in public. I am sure to some of you that proves I am a liberal weenie commie who loves Nancy Pelosi, watches CNN and glows in the dark. But I digress. My doctor thought it would be a good idea for me to take the test. The not-so-good idea was ramming a … [Read more...] about August 22, 2021: Remembering A Time When Negative Was Positive
August 15, 2021: Skeeter Skates and Gang Suggest Some Topics Besides Politics
While trying to figure out whether to dangle my participle in this hot weather or work up a sweat and split an infinitive, the phone rang. It was Skeeter Skates, proprietor of Skeeter Skates Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Ryo, Georgia, and a charter member of the Ryo Morning Coffee Club in Ryo, Georgia. If you are not familiar with the Ryo Morning Coffee Club, it … [Read more...] about August 15, 2021: Skeeter Skates and Gang Suggest Some Topics Besides Politics
August 8, 2021: Some Random Thoughts on Some Random Subjects
What a bunch of whiners. I refer to the jive-talkers that stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, waving their Trump flags and having a big ol’ time. One even put a finger emoji on a fuzzy image of himself with the caption, “THIS IS ME,” in case you missed it. Oops! Maybe that wasn’t such a good idea after all. Thanks to the magic of motion pictures, he … [Read more...] about August 8, 2021: Some Random Thoughts on Some Random Subjects