Dear Cameron Charles Yarbrough: Pardon me, but your great grandfather is having a surreal moment. Knowing you are now firmly ensconced in the first grade is taking some getting used to. I remember entering Ms. Dent’s first-grade class at Colonial Hills grammar school in East Point, Georgia, a few millennia ago. My memory is a bit hazy on the details but I am reasonably sure I … [Read more...] about August 31, 2015: Great Grandson’s Enthusiasm a Reminder of Why Teachers Matter
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August 24, 2015: Gov. Deal’s Communications Director Ready to Try it on His Own
Unless you are one of the intrepid public servants we keep sending back to the Gold Dome to get you out of our hair, or a lizard-loafered lobbyist lurking around the capitol with free lunch coupons or members of the news media with coffee stains on their shirts and cynicism in their hearts, the name Brian Robinson may be unfamiliar to you. For four-and-half years, Robinson has … [Read more...] about August 24, 2015: Gov. Deal’s Communications Director Ready to Try it on His Own
August 17, 2015: One Of Georgia Tech’s ‘Lost Dodd Boys’ Looks Back On The Experience
To say Betty Wallace loves Georgia Tech is to say Romeo loved Juliet or hogs love slop. It is a simple fact. Who else do you know that attended Georgia Tech football games for some eighty years – that’s not a misprint – and was a season ticket holder for Tech basketball for decades until the practicality of age made her realize she could root just as hard from home as she did … [Read more...] about August 17, 2015: One Of Georgia Tech’s ‘Lost Dodd Boys’ Looks Back On The Experience
August 10, 2015: Some Random Thoughts On Some Random Subjects
Hooray! The State of Georgia, CSX Transportation, Murray County and the Georgia Ports Authority have announced construction of the Appalachian Regional Port to be built in Murray County in Northwest Georgia. Automobiles, carpet and flooring and other goods from Georgia and neighboring states will be shipped via a direct 388-mile CSX rail line to the Georgia Ports Authority’s … [Read more...] about August 10, 2015: Some Random Thoughts On Some Random Subjects
August 3, 2015: By Popular Demand Junior E. Lee Analyzes Presidential Races
Please don’t say anything to Junior E. Lee about this but I had several people come up to me after a recent speech to ask why they had not seen his observations in the paper recently. If he knew that, he might ask for a raise. For those of you who are new to the planet — and judging by some of my recent mail, I think an extraterrestrial being currently resides among us — … [Read more...] about August 3, 2015: By Popular Demand Junior E. Lee Analyzes Presidential Races