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Congratulations. After years of being ignored by the body politic, patronized by the media, criticized by every two-bit country on earth, made to feel that patriotism was passé and forced to endure human fruitcakes like Ted Turner extolling the “bravery” of the terrorists who killed thousands of innocent people in the Sept. 11 attacks, we have our voice back. Doesn’t it feel … [Read more...] about Apr. 20, 2003: Memo To The World: We Are Back

Maybe it’s the whole war thing, but I have decided it is high time that I become an embedded journalist. The term "columnist" no longer carries the panache it once did. Embedded journalists wear neat stuff like gas masks and helmets and goggles. Columnists wear loafers with no socks. Embedded journalists make journalism professors swell with pride, and I want so very much for … [Read more...] about Apr. 13, 2003: Embedded in the Political War Zone

The state of Georgia lost two great men recently. Charles Gowen, a former state legislator from Brunswick and one-time candidate for governor, died on March 31. He was 99 years old. That same day, Dr. William Suttles, 82, from my hometown of East Point, also died. Dr. Suttles had served as provost and as acting president of Georgia State University. Men of their stature … [Read more...] about Apr. 6, 2003: Goodbye to Two Great Men

What in the name of Orville and Wilbur Wright could Delta have been thinking! At a time when young men and women have sacrificed careers to go fight a war on our behalf; when more than 8 million people are unemployed -- many with no insurance or benefits -- and millions more wonder if they, too, may soon be out of a job, the robber barons at Delta Air Lines decided this would … [Read more...] about Mar. 30, 2003: Delta Bonuses Would Make Enron Blush

I called my daughter’s friend, Bobbie Zakary, to see how she was doing. (An aside: Bobbie is a working mother with four kids and an 85-year-old grandmother at home. Her husband, Ray, is a captain in the U. S. Army involved in the Iraqi war. The last she heard from him, he was in Kuwait. Whether or not he is in Iraq yet, she doesn’t know. In the meantime, she works at her … [Read more...] about Mar. 23, 2003: Keeping Things in Perspective During the War