2026 Columns

A bit of an update:  It has been a little more than two months since our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and to my knowledge, the United Nations has not installed a One World curriculum in the Charlton County school system or begun microchipping stray cats in Ware County. In fact, a check of other cities in the U.S. that have … [Read more...] about October 4, 2026: Okefenokee Mining Controversy Hasn’t Gone Away

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

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

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?

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