VIVE LA FRANCE! MY NEW BEST FRIENDS! I haven’t cared much for the French since some weenie named Jean-Paul Monchau came to Atlanta a few years ago as France’s consul general. He’d barely unpacked his bags before he announced that he intended to have the state of Georgia declare a moratorium on capital punishment and that he intended to see that the moratorium became … [Read more...] about Oct. 20, 2008: Vive La France! My New Best Friends!
2008 Columns
Oct. 13, 2008: Skeeter Skates Dispenses Some Much-Needed Advice
SKEETER SKATES DISPENSES SOME MUCH-NEEDED ADVICE Leave it to my friend and counselor, Skeeter Skates, owner of Skeeter’s Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Greater Metropolitan Pooler, to shake me out of my doldrums. “Hoss, glad to see you back in the paper,” he growled over the phone. “You are about the only one of them sissy newspaper people I can abide. I just wish … [Read more...] about Oct. 13, 2008: Skeeter Skates Dispenses Some Much-Needed Advice
Oct. 6, 2008: Back In The Saddle, But Still A Little Shaky
BACK IN THE SADDLE, BUT STILL A LITTLE SHAKY After the unexpected death of my beloved grandson Zack Wansley, I wasn’t sure I wanted to do this anymore. Twitting inept politicians, know-it-all media, smug entertainers, greedy CEOs and the terminally humorless seemed absurdly irrelevant. Then I began to hear from friends and strangers telling me they missed my column. Several … [Read more...] about Oct. 6, 2008: Back In The Saddle, But Still A Little Shaky
Sep. 16, 2008: Ken Yarbrough Steps In
My name is Ken Yarbrough. I’m writing this week because my father, the wordsmith that you’ve come to expect in this space, is taking a sabbatical. You see, his oldest grandson died recently, and as you might expect, he’s taking it hard. Please forgive me for presuming that I can capably fill in for him, which I can’t. What I can do, though, is to … [Read more...] about Sep. 16, 2008: Ken Yarbrough Steps In
Sep. 2, 2008: Exclusive: Political Pros Ponder Palin Pick
EXCLUSIVE: POLITICAL PROS PONDER PALIN PICK Want to know how Democratic strategists reacted to John McCain’s selection of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate? Let’s listen in and hear for ourselves: “Okay, folks, let’s get the meeting underway. We have a lot of issues to cover and Sen. Obama is anxious to see what we come up with. Let me start by saying I am … [Read more...] about Sep. 2, 2008: Exclusive: Political Pros Ponder Palin Pick