PROPOSED IMMIGRATION REFORM IS A HOT TOPIC IN GEORGIA This is a first. I am getting inundated with angry mail, and for once, I am innocent. Usually, my broadsides at politically irrelevant flaggers or loud-talking, know-it-all Yankees or President Peanut’s pontifications will have folks snorting like a cranky bull with postnasal drip. But, alas, the Loyal Opposition is having … [Read more...] about Jun. 4, 2007: Proposed Immigration Reform Is A Hot Topic In Georgia
Columns
Jul. 2, 2007: Run Zell, Run. Your Nation Needs You
RUN ZELL, RUN. YOUR NATION NEEDS YOU I wish to say a word about the current crop of people running for president of the United States. The word is “ugh!” There’s not a pony in the pile. Maybe it doesn’t matter who is president. After all, we have survived one of the most inarticulate presidents in our history, who in turn had replaced one of the most libidinous. Even Jimmy … [Read more...] about Jul. 2, 2007: Run Zell, Run. Your Nation Needs You
May 28, 2007: Jimmy Carter Can’t See Himself As Others See Him
JIMMY CARTER CAN’T SEE HIMSELF AS OTHERS SEE HIM I had planned to ignore Jimmy Carter’s latest blather about the Bush administration being the worst in history. For one thing, President Peanut is Exhibit A when it comes to bad presidential administrations, and he doesn’t need my help in reminding you of that. Instead, it had been my intention to ask my dear friend, Sen. … [Read more...] about May 28, 2007: Jimmy Carter Can’t See Himself As Others See Him
May 21, 2007: Georgia’s Public School Teachers Need Support, Not Meddling
GEORGIA’S PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS NEED SUPPORT, NOT MEDDLING As another school year comes to a close in Georgia, hats off to those heroes who labor in the trenches underpaid, underappreciated and under pressure — our teachers. I have two public school teachers in my family, Dr. Ted Wansley and Ken Yarbrough. Both are high school science teachers, and I wonder sometimes why … [Read more...] about May 21, 2007: Georgia’s Public School Teachers Need Support, Not Meddling
May 14, 2007: House Speaker Goes From Political Penthouse To Outhouse
HOUSE SPEAKER GOES FROM POLITICAL PENTHOUSE TO OUTHOUSE You live by the sword, you die by the sword. In my not-so-humble opinion, House Speaker Glenn Richardson got badly gored during the recent budget fight in the General Assembly. He had it coming. He may be King Kong in the House of Representatives, but to a lot of people he comes across as hot-headed and arrogant. In … [Read more...] about May 14, 2007: House Speaker Goes From Political Penthouse To Outhouse