Here we go again. The pointy-heads at WHO, the World Health Organization, apparently have decided that trying to shame us into not eating bacon and sausage and ham isn’t good enough. Now, they are going after (shudder) trans fats. Good luck with that. You may recall that back in 2015, the World Health Organization, which is a part of the United Nations, which … [Read more...] about May 21, 2018: Who Says We Can’t Have Sausage With Our Pancakes
May 14, 2018: If You Don’t Vote, Don’t Complain About the Outcome
Okay, raise your hand and repeat after me: “I (state your name) do solemnly swear that if I do not vote in the primaries next Tuesday, May 22, I will not criticize those who win. I further pledge that I will not talk about “crooked politicians” and how my vote doesn’t matter. I will accept the fact that I am too apathetic to appreciate what a special privilege it is to … [Read more...] about May 14, 2018: If You Don’t Vote, Don’t Complain About the Outcome
May 7, 2018: Where Would We Be Without Our Mothers?
Whether we are liberal or conservative; black or white; rich or poor; speak English or habla Espanol; live in God’s Country (aka Georgia) or are from up north where all the buildings are rusted and it snows ten months a year, we share one thing in common. We all have or have had a mother. There is a lot of weird stuff happening these days but I don’t think we have … [Read more...] about May 7, 2018: Where Would We Be Without Our Mothers?
April 30, 2018: This Academic Supporter is Stoked Over UGA’s Football Fortunes
I feel like a hypocrite. Well, sort of. I am an enthusiastic supporter of the academic mission at my alma mater, the University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered university in the nation, located in Athens, the Classic City of the South. I evince that support with an annual gift to UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications. The funds help … [Read more...] about April 30, 2018: This Academic Supporter is Stoked Over UGA’s Football Fortunes
April 23, 2018: Maybe Trapping Alligators Isn’t That Bad After All
I will admit that this job doesn’t rise to the level of trapping alligators in a swamp, but it is hard enough. In the first place, I am dealing with editors across the state who wonder if I skipped school when the subject of punctuation was covered in my high school English class. I tell them I was too busy diagramming sentences in Birdie Parker’s class at Russell High … [Read more...] about April 23, 2018: Maybe Trapping Alligators Isn’t That Bad After All