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

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2010 Columns

May 31, 2010: Would Somebody Tell The Mexican President Where Arizona Is?

June 4, 2010 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Would somebody tell that guy that runs Mexico to buy a map? President Whoever had the audacity to come to our country and tell Congress he doesn’t like Arizona’s tough new immigration laws. The last time I looked, Arizona wasn’t in Mexico so he should mind his own beeswax. He reminds me of the guy who came to Atlanta as the French consul-general and promptly announced that … [Read more...] about May 31, 2010: Would Somebody Tell The Mexican President Where Arizona Is?

May 24, 2010: Far-Sighted Advocates Prove Arts Are Good For Business

May 30, 2010 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Up until the final days of the 2010 legislative session, Georgia was about to become the only state in the union without an arts council. The Georgia House had dropped all funding for the arts and it wasn’t until the State Senate under the leadership of Senate Appropriations Chair Jack Hill (R-Reidsville) stepped in and restored $860,000 for the Georgia Council for the Arts. … [Read more...] about May 24, 2010: Far-Sighted Advocates Prove Arts Are Good For Business

May 17, 2010: Lack Of Shared Vision Has Made Georgia’s Public Education A Barren Wasteland

May 20, 2010 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Kathy Cox has resigned as State School Superintendent to take a new job in Washington. I have no way of knowing who will win the job this fall, but I do know that what public education lacks more than dollars is a strong and effective advocate. No one – not Cox, not the State Board of Education, not the Georgia School Board Association, not the Georgia Association of Educators … [Read more...] about May 17, 2010: Lack Of Shared Vision Has Made Georgia’s Public Education A Barren Wasteland

May 10, 2010: Sweet Vidalia Onions- Just Another Of Georgia’s Blessings

May 17, 2010 by webmaster Leave a Comment

If I want to pucker a few know-it-all Yankee fannies, all I have to do is start bragging about how the Great State of Georgia is most blessed among these our United States. There are majestic mountains to the north and the Golden Isles to the south. In between, we have the University of Georgia, the oldest-state chartered university in the nation, located in Athens, the … [Read more...] about May 10, 2010: Sweet Vidalia Onions- Just Another Of Georgia’s Blessings

May 3, 2010: Jimmy Carter’s Al Het? Oy Vey!

May 3, 2010 by webmaster Leave a Comment

I don't give a flip whether Jason Carter is elected to the Georgia state senate or not. He won't represent me because I don't live in Georgia's 42nd district. What I do care about is that his grandfather, Jimmy Carter, is at it again. If you are a long-time Georgian, you will remember the savagely racist campaign Carter ran for governor in 1970, impugning the reputation of a … [Read more...] about May 3, 2010: Jimmy Carter’s Al Het? Oy Vey!

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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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July 2021: 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 … Read more... about News

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