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BEING GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA IS NOT EASY AND THAT’S NO BULL Where in the world is George? I’m not talking about George W. I know where that George is. He has donned his flight suit and is preparing to jet to Wall Street where he will land in front of the empty Merrill Lynch building festooned with a “Mission Accomplished” banner. No, I am talking about George E. As in George … [Read more...] about Oct. 27, 2008: Being Governor Of Georgia Is Not Easy And That’s No Bull

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!

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

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