It is not easy being a house husband cum columnist. Trying to figure out where the paper towels are located at the same time I am trying to figure out where the commas go makes my brain hurt. I am in this stressful situation because the Woman Who Shares My Name has received a new hip and is temporarily out of service. That means I have to grapple with all manner of … [Read more...] about February 28, 2011: Tired Of Snow Storms And Lindsay Lohan? Here’s Some Good News
February 21, 2011: UGA Coach Mark Richt Shows There Is More To Winning Than Final Score
Over my long life, I have come to realize that college football is not life-or-death. Life and death are life and death. Football is a game. Only a game. Yet, there are those rare times when the sport can tell us a lot about life — and death — and remind us that there is more to winning than the final score. Georgia Head Football Coach Mark Richt has been the subject of a … [Read more...] about February 21, 2011: UGA Coach Mark Richt Shows There Is More To Winning Than Final Score
February 14, 2011: For .0000127 Cents, Speaker Ralston Could Have Gone To Powder Springs
Things are in a mess under the Gold Dome and I may be responsible. As previously noted, House Speaker David Ralston has infuriated a vast portion of We The Unwashed with his $17,000 “working trip” to Germany and the Netherlands last Thanksgiving with his family, staff members and a Washington lobbyist. (Common Cause Georgia has filed a complaint with the powerful and dreaded — … [Read more...] about February 14, 2011: For .0000127 Cents, Speaker Ralston Could Have Gone To Powder Springs
February 7, 2011: Random Thoughts On Random Subjects
State Rep. Rich Golick (R-Smyrna) is one of the more able members of the Georgia General Assembly and a serious young man not given to hyperbole. When he gets upset, it is noteworthy. Golick went ballistic last week when the Mexican Ambassador to the United States, Arturo Sarukhan, came to Atlanta specifically to criticize a couple of pieces of proposed legislation regarding … [Read more...] about February 7, 2011: Random Thoughts On Random Subjects
January 30, 2011: House Leader Seek Teacher Input In Upcoming Legislation
House Majority Whip Ed Lindsey (R-Atlanta) and I decided to quit lobbing mortars at each other and do what we should have done earlier — talk about his proposed legislation to evaluate teachers. I had written a column critical of his proposal and he had responded with letters of harrumph to several of the newspapers that run my opinions. As we talked, we came to realize we … [Read more...] about January 30, 2011: House Leader Seek Teacher Input In Upcoming Legislation