2025 Columns

Have you ever read, seen or heard something that sticks to your mind like glue and just won’t go away?  I have.  It was an article that appeared recently in the New York Times. (Yes, I do read the Times, but I don’t inhale.)  Jancee Dunn, who covers personal health issues for the publication asked the question: What would you do if you knew you were at the end of your life?  An … [Read more...] about February 9, 2025: Reminding Ourselves Of What Is Important And What Is Not

Dear Mr. President: I am writing a letter you will never see or know of its existence. So, why the effort?  It is because I think it needs to be said. You won this election, no question about it. That makes you the president.  My president.  But you need to know that Joe Biden was also my president as were Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and all the others who … [Read more...] about February 2, 2025: President Trump: America Is Already Great.  Make It Good Again

Well, that’s over and done with.  Donald John Trump, the 45th president of the United States has been officially sworn in as our 47th president, joining Grover Cleveland who was president #22 and #24 as in, then out, then back in office.  Happily, nobody ransacked the United States Capitol this time, including the guy wearing the buffalo horns on his head.  Those that did trash … [Read more...] about January 26, 2025: Some Random Thoughts On Some Random Subjects

Dear Samuel Knox Wansley:  Who are you and who am I?  The answer is that you are the youngest member of the family still awaiting your first birthday and I am your great grandfather who doesn’t have that many birthdays ahead of him.  So, I thought we should have this conversation while I am still able to write it and hope that one day you will choose to read it. There is a … [Read more...] about January 19, 2025: Some Facts Of Life For A New Great-Grandson

While some things may change, others seem not to change at all. I am talking about the efforts to drag-mine our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge for titanium dioxide in order that mankind will never run short of toothpaste whitener.   Sources tell me that Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals, which applied for a permit from Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division (insert … [Read more...] about January 12, 2025: Are We Swapping One Problem for Another in Okefenokee Mining Project?