It is time to dust off the metal detectors, groom the drug-sniffing dogs and crank up the heavy metal music. School is back in session! Time for the three R’s: Reluctant students, recalcitrant parents and red tape. After a year of meat-axe tinkering with our education system by the governor and the legislature, accompanied by grave nods of approval from business nabobs and … [Read more...] about August 10, 2000: We Are a Long Way From Having Our Education Problems Under Control
Columns
August 3, 2000: Only Four Things We Can Count On
There are only four things in this world we can count on with absolute certainty: Death. Taxes. Roy Barnes making astute political moves. Republicans clueless on how to respond. The appointment of Zell Miller to succeed the late Paul Coverdell as senator provides an interesting commentary on the current state of the two political parties. Many have said, including some in … [Read more...] about August 3, 2000: Only Four Things We Can Count On
July 27, 2000: Paul Coverdell Will Be Missed
I don’t know what I can say about Paul Coverdell that hasn’t already been said except that I think he would be embarrassed by all the attention. Without question, he had the smallest ego of any politician I have ever been around. I got to know him well during my days at the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. One of my responsibilities was dealing with the federal … [Read more...] about July 27, 2000: Paul Coverdell Will Be Missed
July 20, 2000: ‘Supercop’ Will Give Gov. Barnes Even More Power
I owe an apology to the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta. In my column on the Supreme Court decision that upheld the right of the Boy Scouts of America to bar homosexuals as scout leaders, I spoke of the pressures being placed on the BSA. I mentioned that Levi Strauss had dropped its support and that United Way organizations were not accepting solicitations for the Boy … [Read more...] about July 20, 2000: ‘Supercop’ Will Give Gov. Barnes Even More Power
July 13, 2000: The Atlanta Media Can Dish It Out, But Can They Take It?
Once again, I hear the siren call of corn-fried shrimp and am off to St. Simons Island and the exquisite little Georgia Sea Grill. I have decided if I am ineligible for heaven when I die – a likely possibility – I will accept St. Simons as second choice. I’m not sure I would know the difference. If they don’t have corn-fried shrimp in heaven, St. Simons would be my first … [Read more...] about July 13, 2000: The Atlanta Media Can Dish It Out, But Can They Take It?