I have one of the most interesting jobs in the world. One day I am advising world leaders on the nuances of international monetary policy. The next day I am consoling a distraught reader who thinks I need to “look within myself spiritually.” The last time I looked within myself, I saw my navel. It was full of lint. Never again. This week, I was contacted by a group of deer on … [Read more...] about September 22, 2014: Thinning Out the Alternatives for Jekyll Island Deer
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September 15, 2014: Trying To Find The Positives In This World Can Be A Negative
The Woman Who Shares My Name instructed me that this week’s column was to be about positive things. She says she is tired of bad news and thought you felt the same way. “Surely, you can find some positive things to write about,” she said, “and temporarily take people’s minds off all the terrible things going on in the world. I think your readers would appreciate that.” I … [Read more...] about September 15, 2014: Trying To Find The Positives In This World Can Be A Negative
September 8, 2014: Dalton State College A Major Player In Area’s Economic Rebound
Remember the story of “The Little Engine That Could?” That could well describe the City of Dalton, a town of some 34,000 nestled in the corner of Northwest Georgia not far from the Tennessee line. In the oft-told tale, a long train must be pulled over a high mountain. Larger engines refuse to do it. The little engine takes on the task and tugs at the load, saying, “I think I … [Read more...] about September 8, 2014: Dalton State College A Major Player In Area’s Economic Rebound
September 1, 2014: It’s September and the Political Days Grow Short
Can it be? Is it September already? One of my favorite tunes, “September Song,” was written by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson for a Broadway musical in 1938 called “Knickerbocker Holiday. The lyrics could apply today to the current political season in Georgia -- “For it’s a long, long time from May to December, but the days grow short when you reach September.” Fortunately … [Read more...] about September 1, 2014: It’s September and the Political Days Grow Short
August 25, 2014: Family’s Tragedy is Reminder to Text Less and Live More
It is a potential killer whose numbers rival the deadly Ebola virus and it doesn’t get near the attention it should. Unlike the dreaded illness currently ravaging West Africa this is one with a quick cure. This killer? Texting while driving. The cure? Don’t do it. There is no text so urgent as to distract you in a machine weighing two tons that takes half a football field to … [Read more...] about August 25, 2014: Family’s Tragedy is Reminder to Text Less and Live More