We would get along better if we disagreed better

The conversations you never anticipated can be some of the most challenging. They also, I learned the other day, can be the most rewarding. This particular dialogue didn’t begin with much promise. It only happened because no one came to a community event where I was scheduled to speak.

School days are back

Next week, students will be back in the classroom. Yellow school buses will be back on the roadway, and faculty and staff are excited to be going back. Motorists need to be cautious and know the laws concerning school buses.

Being a smart UGA graduate is a beautiful thing

Now, I’m going to blush. Not only am I smarter than smart, I am also a chick magnet. My cup runneth over. With what little modesty I can muster, I must admit I didn’t set out to be this wonderful. I just picked the right university to attend. A firm called DatingAdvice.

In their own words

There was a time when both political parties wanted the same things — national security, good schools, a strong economy, and equal opportunities for every American to pursue a better life. This was a time when politics was about working through contrasting ideas on how best to achieve common goals.

Important to be an informed citizen

CIMARRON, N.M. – The word spread in spare phrases and hushed tones: “Trump was shot.” I was in the base camp at Philmont Scout Ranch on July 13, set to embark the next morning on a week of backpacking with my crew from Atlanta.

Twists in presidential campaign

American history has shown that presidential campaigns every four years are filled to the brim with intrigue, rhetoric and banter. And these are spewed forth from the candidates themselves; their followers and dissenters; and the national media.

Correcting the record on the Vietnam generation

For those of you with some walking-around knowledge of what goes into this space each week, you know that I write what I mean and mean what I write. But today, I am going to walk back something I said a few weeks ago because I didn’t say it well.

Lesson in human decency can be learned in grammar school

When I was in elementary school — it was either the sixth or seventh grade — my classmates elected me to fight a boy named Johnny because he supposedly was picking on smaller kids. It was almost an honor. The fight took place down at the railroad tracks near the school.

It’s better Georgia is a low-income-tax state

Georgians have been getting a lot of new neighbors. Our population boom reflects tens of thousands of people moving here each year from other states, particularly high-tax states. But these new Georgians don’t arrive empty-handed. They bring their family, their belongings – and their incomes.

How do we provide the best health coverage for Georgians?

Most Americans get their health insurance from one of two providers: either through the government or from commercial health plans.