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Columns

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

Columns

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

Columns

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

Columns

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

Columns

On Friday nights this fall, don’t forget the marching band

OK, the lazy days of summer are gone and school is back in session. Even before classes began, many of our high school kids were ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, August 30, 2018 6:00 pm

Columns

Readers, schoolteachers respond to column on public education

Maybe I have worn them out (I hope so) or maybe they have chosen to ignore me (Bad idea. That only encourages me), but opponents ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, August 23, 2018 6:58 pm

Columns

UGA needs to do right thing for Dooley

I have said it before and I say it again: If the field at Sanford Stadium is not named for Coach Vincent J. Dooley while he ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, August 16, 2018 6:06 pm

Columns

Open letter to Georgia’s public schoolteachers

Good grief, here we are slap-dab in the middle of the dog days of summer and you are already back in the classroom. I remember ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, August 9, 2018 6:19 pm

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