Quick Poll
With Georgia's Powerball Jackpot at $250 million for its drawing tonight, will you buy a lottery ticket today?
- Absolutely: 117
- Probably: 69
- Doubt It: 91
- No Way: 69
- No Opinion: 4
Total Votes:
Peace at last
February 05 | 6:19 AM | Comments (0)
Say hallelujah, brother. The civil rights struggle is over.
Mascot mess
Posted 2/5/2012 | Comments (0)
Fall is always a fun time in my hometown. The air is crisp, the leaves are lovely and at any moment you're liable to hear a group of high school students yelling, "Go, Cougars!"
Home work
Posted 1/29/2012 | Comments (0)
I might as well have asked my parents for a sleepover with Satan. In their eyes, there probably wasn't much difference.
Forget the beef. Where's the excitement?
Posted 1/22/2012 | Comments (0)
Forget the beef. Where's the excitement?
Crowd control
Posted 1/15/2012 | Comments (0)
Every new year brings a new set of goals, a new set of dreams and a new set of challenges. And right now, no group feels more challenged than the mayors of America's big cities.
A New Year's resolution anyone can keep
Posted 1/8/2012 | Comments (1)
A few days ago, Americans were crawling out from under a pile of Christmas presents. Soon, they will be buried under the avalanche of bills they ran up to make the season so jolly.
Santa played a saxophone
Posted 1/1/2012 | Comments (0)
Another great Christmas is in the memory book. And with it, my favorite reminder that it truly is better to give than receive.
Internet shopping shortcomings
Posted 12/25/2011 | Comments (0)
'Tis the season when shoppers burst forth in smiles and shopkeepers bust out in hives.
Count your blessings -- or your cash
Posted 12/18/2011 | Comments (0)
Once upon a time the Christmas season was a joyous December interlude marked by warm wishes, cold eggnog and entertainment specials ranging from the movie "White Christmas" to the semi-tolerable operetta "Ahmal and the Night Visitors."
The changing season
Posted 12/11/2011 | Comments (0)
It's not true that old dogs -- or people -- can't learn new tricks. They can. They just prefer time-tested traditions to fads as fickle as an Al Gore weather forecast.
Holiday pest control
Posted 12/4/2011 | Comments (0)
The best thing about going to my grandmother's house in Ft. Gaines, Ga., for Thanksgiving wasn't the great food and fine company. It was the chance to shoot something.
Tough customers
Posted 11/27/2011 | Comments (0)
Civilizations come and civilizations go. You can look it up. But none was more powerful than the Roman Empire, which dominated the globe for over four centuries.
Turnover time
Posted 11/20/2011 | Comments (0)
The best Christmas present of the 2012 political season was just delivered to voters. But it wasn't dropped off by Santa Claus. This particular package, a piece of political pond scum named Jack Abramoff, was delivered by federal prison officials who just released the world's best known lobbyist from jail once Abramoff had served 3.5 years after pleading guilty to charges of corrupting public officials, tax evasion and fraud.
Tat-tered dreams
Posted 11/13/2011 | Comments (0)
Everybody in the world has an opinion about where the U.S. is headed. But if you want to know the current state of the union, it's easy. Just check out what the kids want for Christmas.
Occupational hazard
Posted 11/6/2011 | Comments (0)
For several weeks cranky kids have gathered from coast to coast to protest everything from jobs (they don't want them) to junk food (they want it delivered to protest sites for free).
A belated 'Thank You'
Posted 10/30/2011 | Comments (0)
Anyone born and raised in America since 1980 can't remember a time when the members of our nation's military weren't respected and honored for the service and sacrifice they and their families make for our country.
Bye, buddy. It was a blast.
Posted 10/23/2011 | Comments (0)
I don't say this often, but thank goodness for computers. If I had written this on a typewriter, the pages would be too soaked with tears to read.
Easy riders
Posted 10/16/2011 | Comments (0)
The government's attempt to create "green" jobs has been in the news a lot lately. And all the news is bad.
The fun is back
Posted 10/9/2011 | Comments (0)
Christmas time is always more fun when your shopping list includes children's toys. After more years than I care to count, the thrill is back.
New, improved and ... tasty
Posted 10/2/2011 | Comments (0)
America may have its faults, but for as long as anyone can remember, the Land of the Free has also been the Land of Innovation.
Who's in charge?
Posted 9/25/2011 | Comments (0)
Fourteen months from now Americans will head to the polls to elect a president, 435 members of the House of Representatives, one-third of the U.S. Senate and thousands of others eager to fill state and local offices.
