I have never been more proud to be an American citizen than I am today. We proved the pundits – including yours truly – wrong. We are not apathetic. We do care. All over the country, we went out in record numbers to vote for those we want to lead us into the new millennium. I didn’t see a tank, a gun-toting soldier or mobs with sticks and stones impeding anyone’s right to … [Read more...] about November 9, 2000: Flash! We Have a Bulletin! Democracy is Alive and Well
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November 2, 2000: If You Don’t Vote, You Can’t Whine
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government is to live under the government of worse men.” Plato - 500 BC (or thereabouts) “Any able-bodied person who doesn’t vote should be keel-hauled, dipped in boiling oil and forced to answer the mail generated by my column on Arab terrorists.” Yarbrough – 2000 AD. Power to the people! Once again, we … [Read more...] about November 2, 2000: If You Don’t Vote, You Can’t Whine
October 26, 2000: Open Letter to Governor Roy Barnes
Governor Roy Barnes State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia Dear Governor: It has been quite awhile since I have written. You will recall that a few months back, I asked you to resist Atlanta Journal columnist Colin Campbell lobbying you to store Olympic first aid forms at my beloved alma mater, the University of Georgia. I check periodically to be sure that junk hasn’t slipped in … [Read more...] about October 26, 2000: Open Letter to Governor Roy Barnes
October 19, 2000: Lesson from the USS Cole Bombing: Terrorists are Cowards
I usually leave world issues to those self-important prigs in the national news media who grace the Sunday talk shows with their pontifications, but not today.I'm ready to solve the problem of Arab terrorism. Enough is enough. When a bunch of weirdos crash a boat into the side of an United States destroyer and kill 17 American sailors, kids who were simply doing their duty, we … [Read more...] about October 19, 2000: Lesson from the USS Cole Bombing: Terrorists are Cowards
October 12, 2000: I Hate to Say “I Told You So,” but — well — I Told You So.
For that small group of you who do not clip, paste and hermetically seal my columns each week, I predicted last April that the Atlanta Braves would fold like a cheap suit when October came. I had said it would be the Cincinnati Reds or the New York Mets that would do the Bravos in but it was the St. Louis Cardinals who beat our local boys like a base drum. Hey, I can’t be … [Read more...] about October 12, 2000: I Hate to Say “I Told You So,” but — well — I Told You So.