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Putting military at the border is well within Trump’s authority

Because of a finite deadline, I won’t be commenting on the election results in Georgia until next week since some of you will see this ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, November 8, 2018 5:43 pm

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Bugging Junior E. Lee about the election

As a public service, I want to share with you the latest political data in order to help you decide for whom to vote in ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, November 1, 2018 7:02 pm

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Hurting for the victims of Hurricane Michael

Am I my brother’s keeper? Absolutely. My sister’s, too. Particularly, if they are my readers. When they hurt, I hurt. Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, October 25, 2018 5:11 pm

Columns

Some random thoughts on some random subjects

There has been a change of plans. I was going to talk about Georgia’s olive industry this week. It is one of our state’s best-kept ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Friday, October 19, 2018 5:45 pm

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Reminder that good journalism matters

In case you haven’t noticed, this is National Newspaper Week. The theme this year is “Journalism Matters.” Yes, it does. I wouldn’t be doing this ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:53 pm

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Georgia’s national guard are true heroes

You want to talk about heroes? They are not a bunch of irrelevant overpaid knee jerk professional athletes who don’t like their country and do ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, October 4, 2018 6:44 pm

Columns

Does anybody care what Georgia’s schoolteachers think?

Well, public schoolteachers, they are at it again. “They” are our intrepid public servants under the gold dome, who siphoned $100 million out of the ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, September 27, 2018 7:45 pm

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Brief treatise on the art of being a southener

Occasionally, I will drop in a comma where it doesn’t belong or fail to associate phrase modifiers with the nearest preceding noun and other stuff ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, September 20, 2018 5:28 pm

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Celebrating of the life and legacy of Zachary Earl Wansley

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the loss of our oldest grandson, Zachary Earl Wansley. Zack was 20 at the time he collapsed and ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, September 13, 2018 5:16 pm

Columns

We church-goers don’t always walk our talk

I am occasionally asked to present the weekly lesson in my Sunday School class. I do it with the clear understanding that everyone in class accepts ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, September 6, 2018 10:02 pm

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