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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Dick Yarbrough: Waiting to be Included on Defense Secretary’s Next Chat
I am not a happy camper at the moment and I am sorely afraid you are going to be disappointed in me. There is no ...
Dick Yarbrough, Author at LaGrange Daily News
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CONTRIBUTORS VIEW – Dick Yarbrough: Why are Georgia’s teenagers so unhappy?
I just ran across something called the Teen Happiness Index published by Mission Prep (missionprephealthcare.com), an organization that deals with adolescents and families with mental ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, April 22, 2025 9:30 am
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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Dick Yarbrough: Putting the accent on how we talk in the South
Well now, don’t that just beat all? A new study from Answering Service Care reveals that the Southern accent is officially the friendliest in the ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, April 15, 2025 9:25 am
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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Dick Yarbrough: Legislature passed the buck again on our Okefenokee
Nada. Nil. Zip. Zero. So went the discussions in the just-concluded session of the Legislature regarding the possible permitting by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 9:20 am
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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Dick Yarbrough: Some random thoughts on some random subjects
Our intrepid public servants must think we are a bunch of imbeciles. (And they may be right, since we are the ones who elect them.) ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 9:35 am
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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Dick Yarbrough: If we can’t be happy, can we just annex Finland?
Perhaps you are not familiar with the World Happiness Report that ranks countries on how happy their citizens are. The release of the 13th edition ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, March 25, 2025 9:30 am
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CONTRIBUTOR’S VIEW – Dick Yarbrough: Watching the pendulum swing along the political spectrum
Like the late baseball great Billy Martin used to say in the beer commercials, I feel strongly both ways. For me, it’s not about the ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, March 11, 2025 9:30 am
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YARBROUGH COLUMN: Legislators propose bills to address Okefenokee mining controversy
Don’t get your hopes up, but a couple of bills have surfaced in the Legislature addressing the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (insert oxymoron here) giving ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, March 4, 2025 9:00 am
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YARBROUGH COLUMN: Joining those who are saying goodbye to DEI
Uh. Oh. This column as you read it may never be the same again. I’m not talking about finally figuring out where commas go. That ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, February 25, 2025 9:00 am
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YARBROUGH COLUMN: Georgia congressman’s name game a bit lame
Georgia’s 1st Dist. Rep. Buddy Carter is a pharmacist. I can’t be sure, but I’m guessing he may have had a sip or two of ...
by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, February 18, 2025 9:30 am
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