The State Board of Regents voted recently to tighten their policies governing illegal immigrant applicants to Georgia colleges and universities and they did it with little discussion. Funny how those things happen. It wasn’t all that long ago that we were being lectured by Chancellor Erroll Davis, who said, “We have no reason not to allow illegals to attend, any more than the … [Read more...] about October 18, 2010: Regents Face Increased Skepticism About Need For New Engineering School
2010 Columns
October 11, 2010: Seminary President Needs To Focus On Hate Groups, Not Yoga
Albert Mohler is at it again. Albert is president of the Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky which must give him a lot of time to think about the burning issues of the day. Unfortunately, somewhere between the thinking and the saying, there seems to be a major disconnect. You may recall that Albert is the guy who got his robe in a wad a few years back when the … [Read more...] about October 11, 2010: Seminary President Needs To Focus On Hate Groups, Not Yoga
October 4, 2010: A Salute To Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team And The Man Who Led Them
Five years ago this week, I was in Iraq in a dirty, foreboding piece of real estate known as “The Triangle of Death.” That is not a misnomer. I almost found out the hard way. I had been invited by Gen. Stewart Rodeheaver, commanding officer of Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team. The general gave me free rein to go out with the troops and see the war up-close and personal … [Read more...] about October 4, 2010: A Salute To Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team And The Man Who Led Them
September 27, 2010: UGA President Adams Has It Right On Athlete Behavior
When I pay University of Georgia President Michael Adams a compliment, you may be sure it is the real thing. Somewhere over the years, he and I have gotten at rigid right angles. It is not the end of the world for either of us. The president seems to have survived without my advice and counsel — although he would be light years less controversial had he listened to me — and I … [Read more...] about September 27, 2010: UGA President Adams Has It Right On Athlete Behavior
September 19, 2010: Leave It To Potted Plants To Ruin A Perfectly Good Pontification
This isn’t going to please those boys and girls with the dark glasses and hearing aids who are always talking to their lapels, but my column commandoes walked right past them the other night to attend the season’s first Conversation at the Carter Center, otherwise known as Jimmy Carter’s Out-of-Touch-With-Reality Pontifications. They were disguised as potted plants. The … [Read more...] about September 19, 2010: Leave It To Potted Plants To Ruin A Perfectly Good Pontification