DRUMMING UP APPRECIATION FOR THE MARCHING BAND A young man asked recently if I would write a letter on his behalf, recommending him to the University of Georgia. That was an easy request. The lad is as bright as a newly-minted penny and I have no doubts that if UGA remains his first choice, he will excel there as he has done in one of the more academically-demanding private … [Read more...] about Sep. 28, 2009: Drumming Up Appreciation For The Marching Band
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Sep. 21, 2009: Carter Is Poster Boy For “Acts Based On Racism’
CARTER IS POSTER BOY FOR “ACTS BASED ON RACISM’ I don’t know how Jimmy Carter can look himself in the mirror. He has made hypocrisy an art form. When asked recently about the actions of South Carolina Republican Cong. Joe Wilson, who stunned the crowd during President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress on health care reform a couple of weeks ago by yelling, … [Read more...] about Sep. 21, 2009: Carter Is Poster Boy For “Acts Based On Racism’
Sep. 14, 2009: Obama Needs A New Czar And I Have The Perfect Choice
OBAMA NEEDS A NEW CZAR AND I HAVE THE PERFECT CHOICE Dear Mr. President: I don’t know if you see my columns because I can’t get anybody at the White House to return my calls. I do know plenty of politicians in Georgia read me because a lot of them get their drawers in a wad over some of my observations — like suggesting that members of the Legislature take unpaid furloughs … [Read more...] about Sep. 14, 2009: Obama Needs A New Czar And I Have The Perfect Choice
Sep. 7, 2009: Reflections On The Loss Of A Young Life
If you will allow me a moment of personal privilege, it has been one year since our grandson, Zack Wansley, collapsed and died while training for the Thanksgiving Day Marathon in Atlanta. He was 22. This was not his first Thanksgiving Day race. If memory serves me correctly, it was his eighth. Zack was an excellent long-distance runner. He had run cross-country at Chapel Hill … [Read more...] about Sep. 7, 2009: Reflections On The Loss Of A Young Life
Aug. 31, 2009: Georgia Safety Organization To Conduct National Emergency Drills
GEORGIA SAFETY ORGANIZATION TO CONDUCT NATIONAL EMERGENCY DRILLS FOR BUSINESSES AND FAMILIES It has been eight years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington killed some 3,000 innocent people. How soon we forget. Fortunately, there are people like Len Pagano who haven’t forgotten. Pagano is president and CEO of the … [Read more...] about Aug. 31, 2009: Georgia Safety Organization To Conduct National Emergency Drills