Whether you support Donald Trump or think he is guilty of nefarious deeds regarding the Ukraine, he is not going to be removed from office unless Republicans have a death wish. This, despite ponderous pontifications by liberals that at least ten Republicans senators will turn on him and provide a constitutional majority for removal. Right now, I see only Mitt … [Read more...] about January 20, 2020: Some Random Thoughts on Some Random Subjects in the New Year
Columns
January 13, 2020: General Assembly Needs to Take a Hard Look at Film Tax Credit Scheme
Another session of the General Assembly is upon us. This is an election year and there will be more posturing under the Gold Dome than a prima ballerina in a performance of Swan Lake. One of the big issues will be how to deal with Gov. Brian Kemp’s call for the Legislature to cut 4 percent from many program budgets this fiscal year and 6 percent next year in case … [Read more...] about January 13, 2020: General Assembly Needs to Take a Hard Look at Film Tax Credit Scheme
January 6, 2020: Some Advice For a Great-Grandson at the Start of a New Year
TO: CAMERON CHARLES YARBROUGH For a number of years, I have written a letter at the beginning of the year offering some thoughts on living a meaningful life now and in the future. The letters were written to your dad, your uncle and their cousins – my grandsons. Now, it looks like it is your turn at bat. In all that time, I never asked them if they read my … [Read more...] about January 6, 2020: Some Advice For a Great-Grandson at the Start of a New Year
December 30, 2019: Ready Or Not, Here Comes 2020
Gadzooks! Can it really be 2020? That sounds more like what I wish my vision was than an actual year. Wasn’t it only yesterday when we sat holding our breath awaiting Y2K and wondering if all the computers in the world would go crazy and die? The only thing that happened was that a bunch of consultants got rich telling us our computers would go crazy and … [Read more...] about December 30, 2019: Ready Or Not, Here Comes 2020
December 23, 2019: Resolve To Make A Positive Difference In Someone’s Life
Have you thought about what kind of difference you have made in this world by your presence here ? Or could make? Or should make? Dr. Bill Burch has stepped into the large footprints left behind by the retired Dr. Gil Watson, the World’s Greatest Preacher, and has shown without doubt that he can flat preach a lick or two himself. Recently, he shared a story about … [Read more...] about December 23, 2019: Resolve To Make A Positive Difference In Someone’s Life