Vin Scully: Big league announcer

When the Dodgers played their first season of baseball in Los Angeles in 1958, they competed in what had to be the worst facility in major-league history. Built in 1921, owing to civic pride, it was configured for the Olympics, but it became the home of the Los Angeles Rams and later the L.A.

An open letter to Georgia’s public schoolteachers

Dear Teachers: Let me begin my annual message to you as I am going to end it. Thank you. Thank you for your willingness to go back into the classroom once again this year in spite of every roadblock imaginable.

Why we need the filibuster

The framers intended for our U.S. Constitution to be the upper chamber and more deliberative body. Until the 17th amendment was ratified in 1913, the two senators from each state were appointed, either by their legislature or governor and not popularly elected.

Old home week

KENNEBUNK, Maine – It could have been something of a University of Georgia “Old Home Week” in Maine much of the last fortnight at every stop on an excursion from Boston throughout the Pine Tree state, there were constant connections to the “G” wherever my itinerary took me.

Nolan Smith meets Uga

Here in late summer when Nolan Sental Smith, Georgia’s multipurposed linebacker, returned home for a promotion for the Boys and Girls Club, he was introduced to Uga X, the Georgia mascot, widely proclaimed by Sports Illustrated as the No. 1 mascot in the nation.

Imitation IS imitation

A decade ago, I launched a new book with a tour that, with three exceptions, took me to large Southern cities and three small Mississippi towns. The exhaustive, two-week tour included Los Angeles, New York City, and the marvelous independent Rainy Day Books in Kansas City.

Sharing some Olympic-sized memories of 1996

It is hard to believe it has been 26 years this week since the Centennial Olympic Games were in Atlanta. They began on July 19, 1996, and wound up August 4th. To refer to them as Atlanta’s Games is not entirely accurate.

Back to writing after brief break

Dear editor: I apologize to everybody. I was so busy last week I didn’t have time to write my letter to the editor. Are you wondering what I was doing? OK. I will tell you. If I didn’t clean my living room, the Board of Health would close 403 Willie Bailey St. down. Really.

Hammerhead (Tape) Worm a danger

Dear editor: Hello to all my friends, colleagues and constituents. My voice has been quiet since the late April, and I have missed seeing and talking to each of you.

Local Option Sales Tax

Dear editor: Congratulations to both Eatonton City Council and the Putnam County Commission. After months of intense negotiation there is an agreement on the distribution of the LOST sales tax.