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Four-time winner of the Georgia Press Association's Best Humor Column

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September 27, 2026: No Debate That These Should Be Great Debates

October 6, 2026 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Unless you have been living in a cave, you have no doubt been inundated with political ads from businessman Rick Jackson and former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms who are running for governor and incumbent Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican challenger Cong. Mike Collins, the two candidates vying for the U.S. Senate seat in Georgia.  The ads are so incessant we almost know … [Read more...] about September 27, 2026: No Debate That These Should Be Great Debates

September 20, 2026: Niece Searching For Uncle Missing In Action In Vietnam Finds Him Elsewhere

September 28, 2026 by webmaster Leave a Comment

You have read my accounts of my fraternity brother at UGA, Pat Boggs, a Marine Corps pilot who went missing in action during the Vietnam War.  One of my columns wondering what had happened to him made it to Monterey, California, where his brother-in-law, Ron Breuch, filled me in on the details.  Maj. Boggs had been killed on a bombing mission in North Vietnam when his plane hit … [Read more...] about September 20, 2026: Niece Searching For Uncle Missing In Action In Vietnam Finds Him Elsewhere

September 13, 2026: Is A Write-In Candidacy Right In The Future?

September 22, 2026 by webmaster Leave a Comment

I’ve not decided, okay?  These kinds of decisions require time and a lot of thought.  And I’m not talking about whether to eat my peas with a fork or a spoon or to not eat peas at all.  I am talking about am I right in being a write-in candidate for governor of the Great State of Georgia. I need to make a decision soon.  After having brought up the idea a few months back, I … [Read more...] about September 13, 2026: Is A Write-In Candidacy Right In The Future?

September 6, 2026: Latest Space Probe Deepens Mystery of God and the Universe

September 16, 2026 by webmaster Leave a Comment

I don’t know about you but my God is about to get even bigger and my theological beliefs even more challenging thanks to, of all people, Elon Musk.  His company, SpaceX, has just launched a rocket with a telescope the size of a bus for NASA that is headed to outer space more than 1 million miles away from earth. The $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope is named after the late … [Read more...] about September 6, 2026: Latest Space Probe Deepens Mystery of God and the Universe

August 30, 2026: Son-In-Law Not Helpful in Mike Collins Senate Campaign

September 7, 2026 by webmaster

I have warned my two kids that if they ever contemplated divorcing their spouse, I was keeping the one they brought. My son-in-law is a retired public schoolteacher with a PhD, a coach and was named Georgia’s Teacher of the Year. He can build anything, including the house they have occupied for the past 35 years. He is kind and thoughtful and smart as a whip. My … [Read more...] about August 30, 2026: Son-In-Law Not Helpful in Mike Collins Senate Campaign

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State Sen.Steve Gooch, R-Dahlonega, has announced he is running for lieutenant governor.  Gooch is the guy who said that approving permits to strip-mine the Okefenokee for titanium dioxide to manufacture, among other things, toothpaste whitener is not a legislative matter.  It is up to the bureaucrats to decide. This, despite overwhelming opposition from Georgians across the state.  File that away and remember it when it comes time to vote.  I know I will. … [Read More...] about A long memory

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Yarbrough received over 1,000 email responses last year – both positive and negative. Though most of the emails he receives support his viewpoints, one thing is for sure: Dick Yarbrough’s column speaks to people and they respond. Here is a sampling of email responses Yarbrough has received in the past:

  • Thanks for writing what we all are thinking.
  • I am annoyed by anybody who presumes to know what Georgians think.  And that, sir, includes you.

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Dick's NEW Edition of his popular book 'And They Call Them Games' -- a look back at the 1996 Olympics Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the Olympic games in Atlanta, Dick's book has been re-released and is available now on Amazon.  If you're a fan of Dick, or the Olympics -- or both! -- you won't want to miss this! > Follow this link to order.   February 2020:  Grady-Yarbrough Fellows Announced for Spring 2020 Athens, Ga. … Read more... about News

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