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Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Some words of advice to a great grandson

Well, it’s that time of year again when your great-grandfather dispenses a little advice to you that he wishes he had gotten when he was ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, January 10, 2023 9:30 am

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Sharing some advice for the new year

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! “Who’s there?” “It’s 2023. May I come in? It’s a bit cold out here. All I’m wearing is a sash and some Huggies!” “Please do. ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Thursday, January 5, 2023 10:30 am

Editorials

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Junior E. Lee takes a look at Y2KXXIII

The New Year is upon us. 2023. It seems like only yesterday that we were up at midnight on New Year’s Eve, 1999, wringing our ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Wednesday, December 28, 2022 9:30 am

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Herschel Walker and advisors fumbled senate campaign

One of the givens in occupying this space weekly is that when I talk about politics, which I do on occasion, anything I opine will ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, December 13, 2022 10:30 am

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Making an exception

As a matter of policy, I don’t do book reviews in this space. If you do one, you are pretty much committed to do them ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, December 6, 2022 11:30 am

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Can our Democracy outlast us?

This is kind of a bummer way to start your day but it is worth reflection: “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, November 29, 2022 11:30 am

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Remembering the extraordinary kindness of Vince Dooley

There is no need for a recitation here of Vince Dooley’s myriad and well-deserved accomplishments on and off the football field. You have seen and ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Monday, November 7, 2022 12:02 pm

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Some random thoughts on random subjects

If you had the opportunity to speak with a typical Russian family about how the current war with Ukraine has impacted their lives, what would ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, October 25, 2022 10:30 am

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: No Nobel Prize for Literature again this year a bummer

I just learned that I have been passed over for the Nobel Prize for Literature once again. Bummer. And that crowd over in Stockholm didn’t even ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, October 11, 2022 10:30 am

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Remembering a group of heroes in Iraq

It seems like a lifetime ago and in some ways it was. It has been 17 years this week since I was in Iraq with ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Saturday, October 8, 2022 9:30 am

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