Tribute to one who made a better world

The late Jasper Dorsey, my boss and mentor at Southern Bell, taught me a lot about the business world, but he also taught me a lot about life. One of the things he emphasized to me is that we have an obligation to leave this a better world than we found it. Audrey DeShetler did just that.

One million words

One million words ago, I started this column.That’s a lot of stories to tell.Additionally, I have written eleven books, including one that was turned into a television movie and one that is closing in on its 50th printing.

Thoughts about fathers on their special day

This coming Sunday is Father’s Day. I thought I would get a head start on the topic since I happen to be a father, had a great father of my own, sired one who, in turn, sired one, and not to be outdone, a daughter who managed to produce one as well. Ergo, I know a bit about the subject of fathers.

Brent’s extraordinary father

Brent’s birth, when he joined his sister, Laurie, and brother, Jay, on an Autumn day was joyous.Brent, looking straight into his mother’s eyes, smiled with an abundance of sweetness. He was happy to meet the world that he would be his new home.

Too funny to be true

This story sounds too remarkable to be true. You may doubt its veracity.But trust me: the truth it is.It began decades ago.Some stories happen quickly but the most remarkable ones unfold over years.This is one of those stories.I have a dear friend of 30 years who was a fabled Hollywood stuntman.

Make parents responsible for school absenteeism

Just what the world needs, more legislative study committees. At last count, the state Senate has 18 and there are 16 in the state House of Representatives. According to Lt. Gov.

The colors of war

There is a multiawarded country song, written by Jamey Johnson and Bill Anderson, with a line about two soldiers in World War II in a blackand- white photo: “You can’t see what those shades of gray keep covered; You should have seen it in color.

Survey says high marks for Georgia cities

I get a lot of mail. Some of it is my fault. Strong opinions begat strong reaction. Humor-impaired wingnuts on both ends of the political spectrum are convinced I am on the end opposite their ideological purity.To them, I am either a “DemoRat” or a “RITNO” (Republican in Trump’s Name Only.

Ideal candidate passes on Senate race

I wanted you to be the first to hear the news, disappointing as it may be.

When a landmark died

Perhaps, it is the older we get, the more it hurts.Or perhaps it is the more sentimental we get, the more it hurts.Growing up, we rarely ate out. We were rural country people so my parents counted pennies to have enough for taxes, electricity and the few groceries we bought.