What do Bulgarians know about the South?

According to QR Code Generator – whatever that is – Georgia is the least sociable state in the union.

The Urgency of Now

As a former Georgia state senator, mayor of Milledgeville, and Vietnam helicopter pilot, I bring decades of experience and a steadfast commitment to democracy and women’s rights to our beloved state of Georgia.

Setting the Vietnam War record straight

Let’s face it, the Vietnam War was not our finest hour.

The folks who are proud of you

About a year ago, Tink and I were visiting our friends, Don and Debbie Reid in Staunton, Virginia.In their living with the over-stuffed chairs and sofa, the four of us had settled into a long, easy conversation. The kind you have with people who are your kind. Don’s phone beeped with a text.

And they’re off

Our father, my sisters and I spent the better part of three-years with our mother during that slow, halting walk into her sunset.

Trusting your gut

It’s one of life’s hardest lessons to learn and then, just as hard to make it stick: Trusting an unseeable force – intuition.Daddy preached it.“Stick to your gut.

Get schooled by a job

It did not feel like Christmas morning, or even a birthday, that late afternoon when I received my first job offer. It was 1974, I was 13, and before the end of the year I was paying Social Security taxes.

Who are the good ole boys?

Someone – a non-Southerner – asked me the other day, “What is a good ole boy?”I’m happy to answer that question. Let me tell you about the South’s good ole boys: First of all, you will probably see him at every Friday night home football game.

The tears that wouldn’t fall

Huge tears pooled in my eyes but, amazingly, for 15 minutes, they did not fall.They were stoic.Just like my friend, John Jarrard.As I sat at a table in a sequined dress for a black-tie event, I watched the video that honored that wonderful man.There are many stories I could tell about him but the...

Knowing when it’s time to go home

I first had the pleasure of meeting U.S.SenatorMitch McConnell of Kentucky in 1987 at Scottsdale, Az., roughly six months into his first term.McConnell was energetic, vibrant, quick-witted, and very thoughtful in his public policyposition statements.McConnell is now retiring as U.S. Senate Minority...