While the nation has remained transfixed over the question of “how many lawyers does it take to elect a president,” The Coca-Cola Company continues to sue for peace. This time it has pledged $1.5 million to establish the Diversity Leadership Academy of Atlanta. I presume the creation of this academy is just another response to the class-action discrimination lawsuit that has … [Read more...] about December 14, 2000: Diversity Training Shouldn’t be Directed Just to Whites
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December 7, 2000: CEOs Make the Tough Decisions
Today, let us discuss the role of the chief executive officer, commonly referred to as the CEO. Our class assignment will be to look at the firing of Georgia football coach Jim Donnan and the role played by the University’s CEO, Mike Adams. The first thing to know about CEO’s is they get paid the big bucks and find their pictures at the top of the organization chart because … [Read more...] about December 7, 2000: CEOs Make the Tough Decisions
November 30, 2000: Color My Red and Black Blue
Memo to the World: Color My Red and Black Blue I am in a big time crabby mood today. Losing to Georgia Tech does that to me. Let me say at the outset that when it comes to my alma mater, the University of Georgia, I am an academic hawk. I strongly support the tremendous progress UGA has made in becoming one of the nation’s outstanding public universities. And I put my … [Read more...] about November 30, 2000: Color My Red and Black Blue
November 23, 2000: A Day to Count My Blessings
Why set aside a single day to be thankful? If any people on earth should be constantly focused on our blessings, we are the ones. Therefore, by the power vested in me, I declare this Thanksgiving Year. I hope retail merchants don’t take this as an excuse for a year-round Christmas selling season. Who wants to see Chia pets and electric foot massagers in July? But take all … [Read more...] about November 23, 2000: A Day to Count My Blessings
November 16, 2000: That Was History’s Goofiest Election Ever
With one of history’s goofiest elections behind us – I hope – let us sort through the events of the past few weeks and see what sense we can make of it all. EVERYBODY TAKE A DEEP BREATH. This is not the first close presidential election, folks. In 1880, James Garfield defeated Winfield Hancock by .02 percent, or to be more specific, 48.27% to 48.25%. Four years later, … [Read more...] about November 16, 2000: That Was History’s Goofiest Election Ever