REFLECTIONS ON IRAQ TWO YEARS LATER It has been two years since my trip to Iraq to see the war through the eyes of Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team located in the aptly named “Triangle of Death”, south of Baghdad. The longer I am away, the scarier it seems. Would I do it again? In a heartbeat. Happily for them and their families, members of the 48th are back home and back … [Read more...] about Oct. 1, 2007: Reflections On Iraq Two Years Later
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Sep 24, 2007: Cynthia McKinney Has Returned, And I’m Ecstatic
CYNTHIA MCKINNEY HAS RETURNED, AND I’M ECSTATIC The Lord works in mysterious ways. After enduring the unending righteous indignation of Al, a former television network correspondent, and Barney (not his real name) who is a “charter coordinator” of something or other (he won’t tell me) in the Atlanta area, I was about ready to insert bamboo splints under my fingernails and find … [Read more...] about Sep 24, 2007: Cynthia McKinney Has Returned, And I’m Ecstatic
Sep. 17, 2007: Governor Shares Lessons Learned From Athletics
GOVERNOR SHARES LESSONS LEARNED FROM ATHLETICS Watching Gov. Sonny Perdue on television at the Little League World Series, where his hometown Warner Robins team defeated Japan for the world championship, reminded me that he was a pretty good athlete in his day. How good? “I was small,” he said when I dropped by his office recently to ask him, “but I made up for that by being … [Read more...] about Sep. 17, 2007: Governor Shares Lessons Learned From Athletics
Sept. 10, 2007: From Gator Jibes To Diatribes: Readers Respond
FROM GATOR JIBES TO DIATRIBES: READERS RESPOND If you know any shrimp personally, you might tell them to get out of town. As soon as I finish writing this, I am off to the exquisite little Georgia Sea Grill on St. Simons Island to stuff my face with copious amounts of the corn-fried variety. Before I go, I need to clean out my overflowing mailbox. It has been a busy few … [Read more...] about Sept. 10, 2007: From Gator Jibes To Diatribes: Readers Respond
Sept. 3, 2007: Some Reflections On 9/11 Six Years Later
SOME REFLECTIONS ON 9/11 SIX YEARS LATER It has been six years since a group of madmen carried out a series of unprovoked attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon killing more than 3,000 innocent people. I can still see a group of frightened U.S. senators standing on the steps of the Capitol that afternoon singing “God Bless America.” They didn’t look so all-fired … [Read more...] about Sept. 3, 2007: Some Reflections On 9/11 Six Years Later