Pardon me for stating the obvious but 2020 has been a dumper of a year and I can’t wait to see it in the rearview mirror. Try as I might, it has been difficult not to be overwhelmed by the constant barrage of coronavirus cases and deaths, violence in our cities, a contentious presidential race, hyperbolic political ads, racial disharmony and not being able to hug the … [Read more...] about November 15, 2020: It’s Never Too Early To Be Thankful
November 8, 2020: Bugging Junior E. Lee About the Presidential Election Results
As I promised last week, I contacted Junior E. Lee, general manager of the Yarbrough Worldwide Media and Pest Control Company, located in Greater Garfield, Georgia, to get his observations on the presidential election. Not only is he considered one of this nation’s foremost political analysts, Junior is also a pest control professional, a rare combination. Watching … [Read more...] about November 8, 2020: Bugging Junior E. Lee About the Presidential Election Results
November 1, 2020: Junior E. Lee Primed to Analyze Election Results
Because this column runs across the state on different days of the week depending where you may happen to be, some of you will be reading this before Election Day, on that day or a day or two afterwards. Therefore, I am going to wait on responding to the results until we can all see them at the same time. As Lady Mary Montgomerie Currie, who wrote under the … [Read more...] about November 1, 2020: Junior E. Lee Primed to Analyze Election Results
October 25, 2020: Glory, Glory to the Rocket Scientists at UGA
As you may have heard by now, a group of young men from the University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered university in the nation, located in Athens, the Classic City of the South and home to more Rhodes Scholars than a coon dog has fleas recently engaged in a scrum with a group of semi-professional athletes in Alabama and lost 41-24. Not making excuses but what can … [Read more...] about October 25, 2020: Glory, Glory to the Rocket Scientists at UGA
October 18, 2020: A Reminder That Voting Is A Privilege From One Who Knows
I would say great minds run in pairs, but when it comes to my friend and Great American, Stewart Rodeheaver, that does him a disservice. Simply put, his mind is a couple of laps ahead of mine. For those of you recent to this space, Stewart Rodeheaver is Brigadier General (Ret.) Rodeheaver, who commanded Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team in Iraq when I had the … [Read more...] about October 18, 2020: A Reminder That Voting Is A Privilege From One Who Knows