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SENSATIONAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS!!! 26 Aug 2013 | 07:12 pm
Mercer University Cranks up Football Again and Will Play Georgia Tech Yes, after 72 years, Mercer University goes back into the football business. College football is a business, one that makes goo...
Did America’s Got Talent Show the Worst Side of Human Nature by Exploiting Crying Children? 23 Aug 2013 | 01:36 am
All right, I admit it. I watch the low-brow reality shows America’s Got Talent, American Idol, So You think You Can Dance, and Dancing with the Stars. I said low-brow, but not all of the material.....
Another Island of Hope in a Sea of Hollywood Flotsam 19 Aug 2013 | 11:56 pm
When I read this morning that Lee Daniels’ The Butler was number one in the weekend box-office results, I felt like shouting for joy. I just love it when a quality film that relies on a story well ...
The Music is Back 17 Aug 2013 | 05:41 am
And you are invited to hear it at the River Center Dr. Scott Harris, Director of the Schwob School of Music The highly talented student musicians and their first-rate teachers are in place and the w...
It’s Monday, so I Have to Post Something 12 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm
Well, I don’t really have to. I have a choice. We all have the freedom to choose. That’s what the existentialists tell us. Are they right? Some say no. They made the choice to believe in determi...
The Most Unusual Funeral I Have Ever Attended 10 Aug 2013 | 12:21 am
It was truly unique. It was also very moving, especially for anyone who had played in a Bob Barr directed Jordan Vocational High School Red Jacket Band. I was one of the few in the Evangel Temple s...
I’ve Lost Another Talented Friend 8 Aug 2013 | 02:49 am
Jimmy Cross and I both played in a Bob Barr directed Jordan Vocational High School Band. I was in the orignal band that was formed in 1946. Jimmy came a little later, in time to go with the band t...
A Legendary Columbus Journalist Leaves Us 5 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
I just read on my old friend John Cornett’s Facebook post where former Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reporter Connie Johnson died. John was an executive at the L-E and worked with Connie for a long tim...
Gaming the System 5 Aug 2013 | 12:46 am
So-called Washington gridlock appears to work for the top one percent of America. The economy is improving, and CEOs, top management, and professionals are raking it in. Not so, for most others. Tha...
Practicing What Jesus Preached about Healthcare for the Poor 30 Jul 2013 | 12:47 am
You could say that maybe if we had thousands of philanthropic physicians like Grant Scarborough and those who support him, our country could provide affordable health care for all. Maybe we wouldn’t ...
