In March of 1872, the United States Senate was reviewing the federal budget as sent to it from the House of Representatives. One Senator offer…
(Author’s note: This happened to me last summer and I do not want a repeat.)
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The Georgia General Assembly adjourned Sine Die on March 31. While we addressed several issues and passed legislation that will have a positiv…
Our Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin asked for a military-wide stand down to address extremism within the ranks. That stand down has been com…
In the span of 66 years, I’ve survived hauling hay, digging thousands of postholes, picking hundreds of bushels of butterbeans, coaching high …
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The 2021 Session of the Georgia General Assembly is finally over, and I can honestly say that most people on both sides of the aisle are glad.…
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Florida is booming. The beaches are open, restaurants are open, schools are open and the economy is soaring. How did that happen? Basically, t…
Back in the good old days, rural counties totally controlled our state government. The system they used was known as the “County Unit System.”…
I looked up the term obsessive-compulsive disorder the other day because my friends have hinted strongly that there’s something wrong with me.…
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On Monday, March 8, the Georgia General Assembly completed Crossover Day – the last day a bill can pass each chamber to be eligible for consid…
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When President Trump was inaugurated in January 2017, he was invited to give a State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress on Fe…
So, it’s now come to this: March 2, a date that for years has been celebrated as Read Across America Day, an organizing event created to promo…
Dr. Martin L. King said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
It’s been about one year now and living in a pandemic has been, well, boring. Those of us who are older and have a few underlying health issue…
In modern society, we classify people of different ethnic origins according to “race.” The majority of people in the U.S. and Canada are white…
(Author’s note: With turkey season around the corner I thought it might be appropriate to send this along so you guys could avoid a pitfall or two.)
Since Joe Biden became President the drug cartels are getting richer every day charging each person crossing the border $6,000 to $8,000 a per…
As we prepare for Crossover Day next week, we have been busy with committee hearings, voting on bills in the Chamber and, most importantly, he…
I have been hearing a lot about “firsters.” These are those who enter a profession usually occupied by another sex. Usually it involves female…