Kris Kristofferson

A friend and I were discussing which version of the movie, A Star Is Born, was our favorite.Remade four times – each one terrific -- it was based on the original, 1932 film, What Price Hollywood? Hands down, we both chose the Kris Kristofferson/ Barbra Streisand version because of Kristofferson.

Watching the political pendulum swing

Like the late baseball great Billy Martin used to say in the beer commercials, “I feel strongly both ways.” But for me, it’s not about the beer. It is about one-issue, my-way-orthe- highway groups on both ends of the political spectrum.

Legislators propose bills to address Okefenokee

Don’t get your hopes up, but a couple of bills have surfaced in the Legislature addressing the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (insert oxymoron here), giving approval for Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals to mine a 584-acre tract of Trail Ridge on the eastern flank of our Okefenokee...

When schools close

At an invitation-only reception before my speaking engagement, Tink and I found ourselves in the midst of lovely people who came one at a time for introductions, then to talk about our work, either individually or separately.

Joining those saying goodbye to DEI

Uh oh, this column as you read it may never be the same again. I’m not talking about finally figuring out where commas go. That will never change. No, I am talking about my Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.I am afraid I am going to have to dismantle that sucker.

The worst date ever

Several years before I married a wonderful creature named John Tinker, I had the worst date of my life.In Louisville, Kentucky. Ironically, a runner-up for that honor happened years earlier in Lexington, Kentucky, during the weekend of THE Derby.

Georgia congressman’s name game a bit lame

Georgia’s 1st Dist. Rep.Buddy Carter is a pharmacist. I can’t be sure, but I’m guessing he may have had a sip or two of Robitussin AC while back home. Why else would he have introduced a bill last week in the U.S. House of Representatives to rename Greenland, “Red, White, and Blueland?

The hands of hard work

Back in the days when work was bone-deep hard and money was so scarce that people often barded for necessities, Mama recalled many stories of that time.Like most teenagers, I half listened but asked questions to be polite.

One of the most famous men I ever knew

His name is Calvin.There will never be a monument, a bridge, or dirt road named for him.But in this part of the South, his name, Calvin Stewart, will be engraved in our hearts forever.Calvin was a patrol officer for the local sheriff’s department.

Remember what’s important – and what’s not

Have you ever read, seen, or heard something that sticks in your mind like glue and just won’t go away? I have. It was an article that appeared recently in The New York Times. (Yes, I do read The Times, but I don’t inhale.