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‘VICTIMS’ SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES I am sick of people who get into trouble of their own making and then are portrayed as victims. Take the case of Genarlow Wilson, a former Douglas County student who is doing ten years in prison for having oral sex with an underage girl in a hotel at a wild New Year’s Eve party in 2003, which he and his fellow geniuses … [Read more...] about May 7, 2007: ‘Victims’ Should Understand That Actions Have Consequences

It is not easy being married to the fearsome Woman Who Shares My Name. She makes me eat broccoli all the time, which I believe to be hazardous to my health, except she says things will be more hazardous if I don’t eat it.  Even though we have dual heating and air-conditioning controls in the car, she is always reaching over and messing with my side because she wants the car’s … [Read more...] about Apr. 30, 2007: Just What the World Needs — A Kinder, Gentler Column

RANDOM THOUGHTS ON RANDOM SUBJECTS Here is a suggestion for all the self-important talking heads on television and newspaper editorial writers across the country: Take the time and space that have been devoted to harrumphing about Don Imus and blabbering over Anna Nicole Smith and spend it on Professor Liviu Librescu, the 76-year-old Virginia Tech professor who gave his life … [Read more...] about Apr. 23, 2007: Random Thoughts On Random Subjects

RUMOR OF UGA VI’S RETIREMENT ‘GREATLY EXAGGERATED’ Dear Uga: I am just back from a trip with my grandson to the Normandy battlefields in France. To tell you the truth, I was reluctant to go because (a) the Legislature was still in session at the time and there was no telling what kind of mischief they would get into if I wasn’t around to tattle on them, and (b) I like the … [Read more...] about Apr. 16, 2007: Rumor Of UGA VI’s Retirement ‘Greatly Exaggerated’

HOME AND HUMBLE FROM OUR TRIP TO NORMANDY The weather was miserable. The trip was magnificent. Grandson Thomas and I are back from Normandy, trying to absorb what we saw, heard and felt as we walked the same beaches, bridges and killing fields where long ago ordinary men did extraordinary things. It was known officially as Operation Overlord. We call it D-Day. D-Day began in … [Read more...] about Apr. 9, 2007: Home And Humble From Our Trip To Normandy