Dick Yarbrough
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Column: Education expert says students aren’t blue...
by Dick Yarbrough
Columnist
10:43 AM, Friday, May 24
Dear public school teachers in Georgia: It looks as if you have survived another year of underwhelming support from state legislators, many of whom would kiss a tree toad if so instructed by the anti-public education crowd. I know it is frustrati...

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Column: Egos at work and ties that bind
Q: We can’t afford to take a real vacation this year, so I guess we’ll be having a “staycation.” The thought of thi...
03:20 PM, Thursday, February 28
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Thornton Kennedy
Column: Carpools have gone the way of the dodo
Our mother Mary’s wood-paneled Oldsmobile station wagon had the steering capabilities of a boat, the acceleration of ...
11:48 AM, Thursday, February 28
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Column: More scams; run for the hills!
You get home after a very long day at work. There was a two-hour traffic delay, you had to fill up your tank, which ...
01:40 PM, Friday, February 22
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Dick Yarbrough
Column: Thanks to humor-impaired, the state of this column...
My fellow Americans: (Yea! Clap! Clap! Clap!) I come to you today to report on the state of your column — and it is y...
02:48 PM, Thursday, February 21
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Lauretta Hannon
Column: On energy vampires and moving mountains
Q: My hubby and I have sort of a backwards marriage. He does everything around the house: cooks, cleans, does laund...
02:36 PM, Thursday, February 21
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Loran Smith
Column: The other side of Herschel Walker
WESTLAKE, Texas — The Herschel Walker you know is likely the one who won the Heisman Trophy, played 15 years of pro...
02:17 PM, Thursday, February 21
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Thornton Kennedy
Column: Birthday invitations come with waivers
Children’s birthday parties have evolved in ways impossible to conceive. No longer content to skate around in circles...
10:54 AM, Thursday, February 21
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Dick Yarbrough
Column: Speaker discusses proposed ethics legislation
Are you sitting down? I had a meeting with House Speaker David Ralston last week at the Capitol. Got your breath yet?...
03:57 PM, Thursday, February 14
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Loran Smith
Column: Dr. Bobby Brown a baseball anomaly
FT. WORTH — Dr. Bobby Brown, the one-time Yankee third baseman who roomed with Yogi Berra on road trips, lives on a q...
03:51 PM, Thursday, February 14
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Lauretta Hannon
Column: On Mama Power and Cooter Brown
Q: My daughter and her husband wanted to come to my house to watch football, and they would be bringing beer with t...
03:37 PM, Thursday, February 14
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LETTER TO EDITOR: Selection of deputy whip questionable
EDITOR: It seems very troublesome to read in your recent front-page article on ethics reform (“Local senators vote...
03:32 PM, Thursday, February 14
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Thornton Kennedy
Column: Buckhead barely passes black history
Since 1928, the small white church on Arden Road has drawn predominantly African Americans in an overwhelmingly white...
04:16 PM, Wednesday, February 13
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Dick Yarbrough
Column: Walking away from public schools not a solution
As many of you recall, I opposed the recent charter school amendment, not because I oppose charter schools — I don’t ...
03:56 PM, Thursday, February 07
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Steve Green
Guest column: New stadium a sound investment for Georgia
Every day, in homes and businesses, decisions are made based on return on investment. In making those decisions, we d...
03:46 PM, Thursday, February 07
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Lauretta Hannon
Column: Sensitive males, buzz kills and beauty tricks
Q: How do I deal with a very sensitive male friend who I have no romantic interest in — and he says he doesn’t in m...
02:50 PM, Thursday, February 07
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Recent Comments

« K. Kemp wrote on Friday, May 24 at 12:32 PM »
Beautiful thought: "a school is not a business." However, wit...
« ThatsJustPeachy wrote on Thursday, May 23 at 10:44 AM »
I think regular opossums are much cuter than that mascot.
« Phil Ketron wrote on Wednesday, May 22 at 08:09 PM »
Looking forward to your achievements both on and off the field...
« Mindi Hutchinson wrote on Tuesday, May 21 at 02:56 PM »
And Swade is my son,I am so proud of all your achievements and...