Walking into Bob Shaw’s home in suburban Atlanta is like walking into a slice of Republican Party history. On one wall of his study are pictures of Shaw with the Who’s Who of the GOP: Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, James Baker, Gerald Ford, Newt Gingrich, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and the list goes on. While he humbly acknowledges that he has known and been known … [Read more...] about February 3, 2020: Bob Shaw and Georgia GOP Make Beautiful Music Together
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January 27, 2020: Private School Voucher Proponents Blowing More Smoke
You know that an organization that thinks Big Tobacco is getting a raw deal is just the group you want shilling for private school vouchers. That brings me to the Heartland Institute which is doing both. I am still researching their other policies, including whether or not the earth is flat. I have discovered they once undertook a short-lived effort to debunk … [Read more...] about January 27, 2020: Private School Voucher Proponents Blowing More Smoke
January 20, 2020: Some Random Thoughts on Some Random Subjects in the New Year
Whether you support Donald Trump or think he is guilty of nefarious deeds regarding the Ukraine, he is not going to be removed from office unless Republicans have a death wish. This, despite ponderous pontifications by liberals that at least ten Republicans senators will turn on him and provide a constitutional majority for removal. Right now, I see only Mitt … [Read more...] about January 20, 2020: Some Random Thoughts on Some Random Subjects in the New Year
January 13, 2020: General Assembly Needs to Take a Hard Look at Film Tax Credit Scheme
Another session of the General Assembly is upon us. This is an election year and there will be more posturing under the Gold Dome than a prima ballerina in a performance of Swan Lake. One of the big issues will be how to deal with Gov. Brian Kemp’s call for the Legislature to cut 4 percent from many program budgets this fiscal year and 6 percent next year in case … [Read more...] about January 13, 2020: General Assembly Needs to Take a Hard Look at Film Tax Credit Scheme
January 6, 2020: Some Advice For a Great-Grandson at the Start of a New Year
TO: CAMERON CHARLES YARBROUGH For a number of years, I have written a letter at the beginning of the year offering some thoughts on living a meaningful life now and in the future. The letters were written to your dad, your uncle and their cousins – my grandsons. Now, it looks like it is your turn at bat. In all that time, I never asked them if they read my … [Read more...] about January 6, 2020: Some Advice For a Great-Grandson at the Start of a New Year