Some random thoughts on random subjects

I am having an identity crisis. Last week, a reader opined, “I’ve read your editorials for years and know you are a supporter of Republican Party efforts. I had hoped, in vain, that you would disavow the current Republican Party.

A bridge too far

Like it or loathe it, commerce and the movement of goods have been at the center of Georgia since the 1733 founding of the colony in Savannah.

The economics of homemaking

The last ten years of her life, Mama once said, were the happiest of an extremely happy, fulfilling life. Daddy had “made his way to the Lord” a decade before Mama did so, for the final chapter of her life, Mama was able to “loafer” and do whatever she pleased, whenever she pleased.

Let’s get schooled

I am a proud graduate of DeKalb County public schools, now the DeKalb County School District (DCSD), still the thirdlargest school system in the state of Georgia, with just under 100,000 students and 15,000 teachers, administrators, and system employees.

Courtroom not the place to decide Marjorie Taylor Greene’s future

I think Marjorie Taylor Greene is a joke. An unfunny joke. She has accomplished nothing in her one term in Congress except to be denied assignment to any Congressional committee where the real work is done.

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.