If Republicans have a strategy for remaining the majority party in Georgia, I am missing it. So far, it seems to be about punishing anyone in the party who has ever uttered a discouraging word about Donald Trump. That is not much of a strategy. Has anybody figured out yet that it is the Democrats the GOP should be focused on and not each other? Democrats have … [Read more...] about May 16, 2021: Some Random Thoughts On Some Random Subjects
2021 Columns
May 9, 2021: Could That Covid-19 Shot Be Spying On You?
It is my firm policy that all members in my conglomerate of companies must receive their COVID-19 shots or risk losing the generous perks offered them as employees. These include occasional weekends off (without pay), discounts on zither lessons, signed photographs of me kneeling during the playing of “Ramblin’ Wreck from You-Know-Where-Institute of Technology,” and the … [Read more...] about May 9, 2021: Could That Covid-19 Shot Be Spying On You?
May 2, 2021: When It Comes to Politics, Sir Isaac Newton Is A Smart Cookie
I have a feeling that few of our intrepid public servants under the Gold Dome are familiar with the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton, except that he was the guy that got conked on the head with an apple or maybe the one that invented the cookie with figs in it. Chances are none have read Newton’s Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica published way back in 1687 … [Read more...] about May 2, 2021: When It Comes to Politics, Sir Isaac Newton Is A Smart Cookie
April 25, 2021: Some Reflections on Standing In The Need Of Prayer
“Not my brother, not my sister, but it's me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer. It’s me, it's me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer.” Can I get an amen? I have had that old-time spiritual on my mind since friend and former colleague Susan Larson wrote to inform me that Thursday, May 6 is National Day of Prayer. Incidentally, the president of the National Day of … [Read more...] about April 25, 2021: Some Reflections on Standing In The Need Of Prayer
April 18, 2021: To Noah Sumner Wansley: Welcome to The World
Dear Noah: Welcome to the world. As information, you are great-grandchild number six, following Cameron Charles Yarbrough, Hayden Rose, Hadley Ann and Harper Grace Yarbrough and brother Henry Sanford Wansley. However, in the case of great-grandchild rankings numbers are irrelevant. All are Number One with me and you will be, too. I must tell you that I … [Read more...] about April 18, 2021: To Noah Sumner Wansley: Welcome to The World