Don’t look now, but the New Year is here. I had a feeling it was coming and, as is my custom, I made ready with a primordial ritual of devouring all the corn-fried shrimp the exquisite little Georgia Sea Grill on St. Simons Island could muster. It is a solemn and sacred ceremony, heavy with symbolism and tartar sauce. I had many observations to make before Y2K pulled out of … [Read more...] about December 28, 2000: Random Thoughts on Random Subjects
2000 Columns
December 21, 2000: Good Luck to President-Elect George W. Bush
Honorable George W. Bush President-Elect of the United States Congratulations on your election as the 43rd president of the United States. I know you are glad to have this ordeal behind you. The rest of us are, too. Because you barely squeaked by Al Gore, the assumption is that our nation is deeply divided. It isn’t. We found that our democracy works well and we are … [Read more...] about December 21, 2000: Good Luck to President-Elect George W. Bush
December 14, 2000: Diversity Training Shouldn’t be Directed Just to Whites
While the nation has remained transfixed over the question of “how many lawyers does it take to elect a president,” The Coca-Cola Company continues to sue for peace. This time it has pledged $1.5 million to establish the Diversity Leadership Academy of Atlanta. I presume the creation of this academy is just another response to the class-action discrimination lawsuit that has … [Read more...] about December 14, 2000: Diversity Training Shouldn’t be Directed Just to Whites
December 7, 2000: CEOs Make the Tough Decisions
Today, let us discuss the role of the chief executive officer, commonly referred to as the CEO. Our class assignment will be to look at the firing of Georgia football coach Jim Donnan and the role played by the University’s CEO, Mike Adams. The first thing to know about CEO’s is they get paid the big bucks and find their pictures at the top of the organization chart because … [Read more...] about December 7, 2000: CEOs Make the Tough Decisions
November 30, 2000: Color My Red and Black Blue
Memo to the World: Color My Red and Black Blue I am in a big time crabby mood today. Losing to Georgia Tech does that to me. Let me say at the outset that when it comes to my alma mater, the University of Georgia, I am an academic hawk. I strongly support the tremendous progress UGA has made in becoming one of the nation’s outstanding public universities. And I put my … [Read more...] about November 30, 2000: Color My Red and Black Blue