Ole timers

A note from a friend recently made me aware that with all the money that is out there for young athletes today, that they should be reminded that when the sun begins to set in their lives, they are not going to be able to buy friendships. You don’t need friendships when you are young.

All it takes

Perhaps because I don’t have children, I never gave much thought to the importance of good mothers. I took the good mama I had for granted.

A day with Kevin Underwood

Recently I got a chance to spend a day on the water with a new guide and tournament angler at Lake Oconee. Kevin Underwood is a newcomer from Lake Lanier. That is a good thing in my opinion. It brings a fresh perspective to the lake. It did for me anyway.

Fernandina Beach

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla – If you are an infrequent visitor to these parts, sometimes, there is uncertainty when you try to distinguish the town of Fernandina Beach from Amelia Island Plantation.

Refunding the police

Many political scientists and sociologists view the shifting sands of public opinion as cyclic. In more recent years, exacerbated by social media, as well as legacy media outlets landing often on only one side of a hotly contested topic...I view public opinion swings as much more like a pendulum.

A tale of two cities

British author Charles Dickens (1812-1870) published his perhaps best known and most widely and well-received fictional novel, “A Tale of Two Cities,” in 1859, 163 years ago.

David Perdue’s shot at Georgia State Patrol can’t be explained

Back in 1984 as Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale was preparing to lose bigtime to incumbent president Ronald Reagan, he said something he shouldn’t have said and then tried to clarify his remarks.

Who is a storyteller?

Almost everyone thinks they’re a storyteller and that there’s little to retelling something seen or heard. This is not true. Our unique ways of telling stories are born in us. Believe this by watching babies and toddlers in how differently they express themselves.