That giant “WHEW” you hear is a collective sigh of relief that the 4,400 members of Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team are coming home after more than a year of active duty in Iraq. Even as we speak, planeloads of our fellow Georgians are safely on the ground, and more are en route. Back home to black-eyed peas, collard greens, corn bread, hot showers, sweet tea, flush … [Read more...] about Apr. 24, 2006: Welcome Home To Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team
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Apr. 17, 2006: Flaggers Are Waging A Losing Battle On Referendum
Flaggers have never been hesitant to state their displeasure with me when I wrote something they didn’t like (a fairly frequent occurrence.) Now, for the past several months I have been trying to get them to tell me about their political strategy for the upcoming elections and their silence has been deafening. In the past, they have said all they want is a public referendum … [Read more...] about Apr. 17, 2006: Flaggers Are Waging A Losing Battle On Referendum
Apr. 10: 2006: Yankee Transplant Doesn’t Think Much of Our History
Sometimes when you cast this bread out on the waters, you never know what is going to come back. I recently heard from an Ohio transplant who resides in one of the garden spots in Georgia. He is a Viet Nam veteran (bless him) who doesn’t like George W. Bush (Neither do a lot of other people), or the war (ditto) or me (Welcome to the club. The line is long). He also doesn’t … [Read more...] about Apr. 10: 2006: Yankee Transplant Doesn’t Think Much of Our History
Apr. 3, 2006: McKinney Returns To Earth With a Bang — And a Slap
Our Ambassador to Outer Space Cynthia McKinney has made a brief landing on earth, and now there is hell to pay. Usually the Ambassador is with us mortals only during the State of the Union address, where she parks herself on the aisle in the House of Representatives in order to plant a wet kiss on whichever unfortunate president of the United States happens to be coming to … [Read more...] about Apr. 3, 2006: McKinney Returns To Earth With a Bang — And a Slap
Mar. 27, 2006: Liberal Readers Say My Column Has Gone To The Dogs
A few weeks ago I wondered aloud what liberals think about a number of issues — and why — and asked them to let me know. A lot of them did, although I got more mail pooh-poohing liberal-think, which makes me wonder if liberals may be a vanishing species — kind of like the snail darter. The responses ranged from preachy and self-important to thoughtful and considerate. One … [Read more...] about Mar. 27, 2006: Liberal Readers Say My Column Has Gone To The Dogs