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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Dick Yarbrough
Outstanding equestrian team is UGA’s best kept secret
They are the best University of Georgia athletic team you have likely never heard of. They have won five national tit...
04:11 PM, Monday, April 15
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Thornton Kennedy
Column: Georgia Tech legend stays grounded at Chastain
A friend once attempted to calculate how many baseballs Randy Rhino has thrown over the course of his coaching career...
06:57 PM, Wednesday, April 10
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Loran Smith
Column: Masters Tournament Update
AUGUSTA – There is an abundance of fans at Augusta today who likely are Tiger Woods aficionados, give or take a few w...
05:13 PM, Wednesday, April 10
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Column: Skeeter Skates not impressed with ethics reform laws
When the phone rang, I knew who was on the other end: Skeeter Skates, owner of Skeeter’s Tree Stump Removal and Plow ...
05:50 PM, Thursday, April 04
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Lauretta Hannon
Column: Secrets, texting and tough times
Q: My dad passed away a couple of years ago. He had been sick for awhile and living with my grandmother, who took c...
05:41 PM, Thursday, April 04
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Mitch Seabaugh
Guest column: Choosing right plan for child’s college savings
When it comes to financial planning, fear of the unknown often paralyzes people into inaction. Unfortunately, it’s ea...
05:25 PM, Thursday, April 04
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Atlanta cheating scandal indictment ...
Editor: It is clear from the last-minute indictment, on the eve of the statute of limitations, that Fulton County ...
04:43 PM, Thursday, April 04
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Thornton Kennedy
Column: Early warm weather is the ultimate April fools
T.S. Eliot probably didn’t spend too much time in Atlanta in the spring. If he had he would have added March to April...
04:11 PM, Wednesday, April 03
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Dick Yarbrough
Column: Going into the lion’s den for a worthy cause
I have a good idea what Daniel felt like when he was tossed into the lion’s den way back yonder. I found myself last ...
10:21 AM, Friday, March 29
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Loran Smith
Column: Whitehead was ‘first lady’ of Georgia ticket office
It would be difficult to imagine anybody operating in these times of information overkill without the benefit of a co...
10:17 AM, Friday, March 29
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Lauretta Hannon
Column: Chit-chat and making peace
Q: I need insider info on what drives Southerners crazy about Yankees. … Although I have been here since July, I st...
10:04 AM, Friday, March 29
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Tom Price
Column: The unserious Senate budget
For years now, House Republicans have proposed responsible budgets, only to debate our actual written plan against sp...
09:54 AM, Friday, March 29
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Guest column: Issues regarding Brook Run Trail
I read with interest the update on Brook Run trail construction published in the March 20 issue of the DeKalb Neighbo...
01:18 PM, Tuesday, March 26
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Column: If not for natural resources, we could be Iran or ...
It is a theological fact that God really likes Georgia. That is why he put mountains in North Georgia and the Golden ...
10:45 AM, Thursday, March 21
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Loran Smith
Column: Stripling’s reminds of past
When Stripling’s, the everything-under-one-roof store developed by Ricky and Lisa Hardin, the sausage-making family f...
10:34 AM, Thursday, March 21
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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...