Lawyers, like kids, can say the darnedest things. During a recent hearing in Atlanta regarding an appeal by environmental groups of a permit allowing the Sea Island Company to construct a 350-foot long rock barrier, known as a groin that would jut out from the island’s shoreline and would create a new beach at the posh resort, opponents said the project would be detrimental to … [Read more...] about August 21, 2016: Random Thoughts on Random Subjects like Sea Turtles, The Olympics and Vince Dooley
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August 16, 2016: Georgia’s ‘Paintingest’ First Lady in a Class of Her Own
Class, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. In my long years on this planet, I never met a man with more class than the late Gov. Carl Sanders. He was and remains my political hero. As has been stated many times by me and others who grew up during the period, it was through the leadership of Gov. Sanders that Georgia was spared much of the racial strife that engulfed … [Read more...] about August 16, 2016: Georgia’s ‘Paintingest’ First Lady in a Class of Her Own
August 8, 2016: A Reminder to Teachers That the Rewards Outweigh the Frustrations
Dear Public School Teachers: Although I think I am supposed to know stuff like this, I can’t understand why the school year now begins in late July or early August. I hope you do. All I know is I never started school before Labor Day and was out by Memorial Day. Somehow in that period of time I learned to read and write and add and subtract well enough that I was able to hold … [Read more...] about August 8, 2016: A Reminder to Teachers That the Rewards Outweigh the Frustrations
August 1, 2016: Putin Swears It Wasn’t His Special Hand-Picked Covert Operatives That Hacked DNC
Ring! Ring! Ring! “Hello, Vladimir Putin speaking. How may I help you?” “Vladimir, this is Barack Obama.” “Barry! How the heck are you? I haven’t heard from you in ages. How’s the golf game? Still shanking those sand wedges?” “My golf game is just fine, thank you, but that is not the reason I called. And by the way, I have asked you not to refer to me as ‘Barry.’ I will … [Read more...] about August 1, 2016: Putin Swears It Wasn’t His Special Hand-Picked Covert Operatives That Hacked DNC
July 25, 2016: What Good is a Bucket List Without the Gaithers On It?
I don’t have a bucket list but if I did I would be hard-pressed to find room to add anything else. There is not much I have wanted to do that I haven’t done from shooting the breeze with the president in the Oval Office to seeing the sun rise in the Scottish Highlands to being embedded with the brave men and women of Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team in Iraq. But until I am … [Read more...] about July 25, 2016: What Good is a Bucket List Without the Gaithers On It?