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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

Columns

Cagle should have winked more and talked less

Dear Casey, Well, so much for that coronation. Jeepers Creepers. Give me $10.5 million in campaign contributions and the endorsement of one of our most popular ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, August 2, 2018 7:20 pm

Columns

The World Cup, UGA and other thoughts

Spoiler alert — a non-negotiable and finite deadline doesn’t allow me the opportunity to discuss the primary runoff results this week. That’s OK. We can ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, July 26, 2018 7:37 pm

Columns

July run-off elections just the beginning

Don’t look now but it is almost time to go back to the polls in Georgia. Either Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle or Secretary of State ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, July 19, 2018 9:06 pm

Columns

Who says our politicians can’t lower our expectations?

Just when you think expectations can go no lower in politics, our gubernatorial candidates continue to prove us wrong.  Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, July 12, 2018 10:57 pm

Columns

The state of Georgia has a lot to be proud of

Maybe your work is sun to sun, but my work is never done. If I am not giving the folks at the International Monetary Fund ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, June 28, 2018 8:19 pm

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