2010 Columns

Even conceding our state’s seemingly clueless attitude toward understanding the importance of education to Georgia’s future prosperity, our politicians and bureaucrats are going to have a hard time screwing up the College of Coastal Georgia. The institution simply has too much going for it. In the first place, the college is located only a few miles from Georgia’s Golden … [Read more...] about March 22, 2010: College of Coastal Georgia Primed to be a Major Player in the State

Senate Majority Whip Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) wants to eliminate a bunch of Superior Court judges in Georgia. Seabaugh says getting rid of 19 judges would save the state $13 million to $14 million. This means we Georgians would then have money available for really important stuff like building Gov. Sonny Perdue’s $9 million horse barn in Houston County and enough cash left … [Read more...] about March 15, 2010: Just What We Need: More Guns and Less Judges

In the midst of one of the worst economic crises in memory, the Georgia General Assembly has to make some extremely difficult financial decisions. I don’t envy them their job. To make their challenge even harder, up pops Gov. Sonny Perdue with some budget add-ons. This time we aren’t talking about concrete fishponds. While teachers are being furloughed, state employees laid … [Read more...] about March 8, 2010: Perdue Horsing Around With Budget Proposals

I am up to my gizzard with our governor and Legislature and assorted bureaucrats stomping around in public education with little regard for the consequences of their actions. Example: One school system in the state has been considering allowing the police to bring Tasers into the schools to quell unruly students. While this is going on, Gov. Sonny Perdue has rolled out a … [Read more...] about Feb. 22, 2010: Want Parents In Charge of Education? Then Let Government Rate Them

This is a Valentine story. We had our first date on Valentine’s Day a few eons ago. She and I were juniors in high school and just good friends. Nothing more. We agreed to go together to the Sweetheart Ball sponsored by the school newspaper. Stringent privacy laws prevent me from revealing the name of the editor of the school paper. I can tell you that he still doesn’t … [Read more...] about Feb. 13, 2010: A Valentine Story of Love and Marriage and Endurance