Scott a good role model for GOP

Georgia Congressman Austin Scott of Tifton is what a Republican should be – and used to be – before the right-wing crowd took control.

Just a little talk

Tink enjoys looking out a window to see me meandering through the yard, talking to imaginary people. Usually, I’m working out a story but, not infrequently, I’m talking to someone special. Recently, I was out in the yard, picking up limbs from River Birch trees which prune themselves, constantly.

No Nobel Literature Prize – again

Rats!Can you believe it?Once again, I have been passed over for the Nobel Prize in Literature.This is beginning to get on my nerves.Some guy named Jon Olav Fosse won it this year.As you may know, the Nobel Committee is located in Sweden and the award went to a Norwegian.

More random thoughts on random subjects

Just when you thought our federal government couldn’t get any more dysfunctional, we all watched the political train wreck that was the ouster of a U.S. Speaker of the House for the first time in our nation’s history.

Business trip to Music City

With all the conference realignment that has taken place, you hear about all the travel costs and headaches to come with expansion, which will have, in the Big Ten, UCLA and Southern Cal playing in New Brunswick, N.J., and State College, Pa.

Tournament fishing

James K. Pressley First things first. I’ve never fished a bass tournament in my life. I’ve fished striper tournaments but never a bass tournament. However, I have always been a fan of them. B.A.S.S. tournaments, like the Classic and the Elite Series, have always held my attention.

Yarbrough: Visiting Iraq with Georgia’s 48th

Eighteen years ago this week, I ventured off to Iraq to report on the brave men and women of Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team, located in an accurately named area of that country, the Triangle of Death. It is thought the Garden of Eden was located somewhere in that general area, too.

Crane: When Moore means less

As if Georgia and the American South need more help in shaking loose the shackles and shadows of the American Civil War, Georgia State Senator Colton Moore (R-District 53) is suggesting that any actual trial or felony convictions for former president Donald J.

Yarbrough: On talking ‘Southern’

I just had to call Skeeter Skates with the news. As many of you know, Skeeter is the owner/ operator of Skeeter Skates Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Ryo, Georgia.

Crane: Big kick coming for Georgia

In 1972, what was then the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), relocated its headquarters from New York City to Colorado Springs, Colorado.