My friend, Norm Solon, was a journalist and speech writer for some of the major companies and trade associations in the country. Now retired, he recently shared with me some of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunities he experienced in his long and distinguished career. For starters, how being at the launch of Apollo 11 in July 1969, which sent Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to … [Read more...] about August 21, 2022: What This Angry World Needs Is More Hope
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August 14, 2022: What Would Will Rogers Think Of Today’s Republicans?
American humorist Will Rogers once observed, “I’m not a member of any organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” There is no question that if ol’ Will was around today, he would probably be a Republican. The Grand Old Party gives new meaning to the term disorganized. For example, former University of Georgia football legend Herschel Walker is the Republican nominee for … [Read more...] about August 14, 2022: What Would Will Rogers Think Of Today’s Republicans?
August 7, 2022: Some Random Thoughts On Some Random Subjects
Fourteenth Century Italian writer Dante Alighieri in his “Divine Comedy” describes Hell as a place for those who have perverted “their human intellect to fraud or malice against their fellowmen." He could have been describing Alex Jones and his Infowars followers. For the past decade, this incorrigible blowhard has claimed the massacre in which twenty children and six … [Read more...] about August 7, 2022: Some Random Thoughts On Some Random Subjects
July 31, 2022: An Open Letter To Georgia’s Public Schoolteachers
DEAR TEACHERS: Let me begin my annual message to you as I am going to end it: Thank you. Thank you for your willingness to go back into the classroom once again this year in spite of every roadblock imaginable. A lot of your colleagues have thrown in the towel and decided that the teaching isn’t worth the hassle. It is and you know it because you have a chance to make a … [Read more...] about July 31, 2022: An Open Letter To Georgia’s Public Schoolteachers
July 24, 2022: Sharing Some Olympic-Sized Memories Of 1996 Centennial Games
It is hard to believe it has been 26 years this week since the Centennial Olympic Games were in Atlanta. They began on July 19, 1996, and wound up August 4th. To refer to them as Atlanta’s Games is not entirely accurate. Competitions were held throughout the state, from Athens to Gainesville to Savannah and even one in Ocoee, Tennessee. Most everyone knows the story today … [Read more...] about July 24, 2022: Sharing Some Olympic-Sized Memories Of 1996 Centennial Games