Dick Yarbrough, Author at LaGrange Daily News

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YARBROUGH COLUMN: 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 ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, July 23, 2024 10:00 am

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YARBROUGH COLUMN: What do Bulgarians Know About the South?

The things one learns while doing the kind of deep-dive research required to provide you with cutting-edge material that you can toss out to your ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, July 16, 2024 10:00 am

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YARBROUGH COLUMN: Atlanta veterans attempt to set the record straight on Vietnam War

Let’s face it. The Vietnam War was not our finest hour. The Greatest Generation that took on Germany and Japan in World War II and ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, July 9, 2024 10:00 am

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Some sweet talk about the Vidalia onion

Let’s face it. We’re a blessed people. Not only do we have the oldest state-chartered university in the nation with two recent National Football Championships ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, April 9, 2024 9:30 am

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Do our politicians and bureaucrats really care about protecting Okefenokee?

Between the time I write this and you read this, conditions can change. Particularly in politics. But as of this writing, there seems to be ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 9:30 am

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: A reader’s reminder of the goodness within us

I get a number of suggestions from readers regarding topics for a column. For that, I am grateful. I also get suggestions from some readers about ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Monday, March 4, 2024 2:57 pm

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Looking at some serious monkey business in Bainbridge

Today, dear readers, let us turn our attention to some serious monkey business currently taking place in the Great State of Georgia. And, no, I’m ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Monday, February 26, 2024 2:28 pm

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Random thoughts on random subjects

How’s this for unbridled hypocrisy? Fani Willis, who is prosecuting Donald Trump and others for election fraud, said when running for the job as Fulton ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Monday, February 12, 2024 10:53 am

Columns

Georgians seem satisfied with language we already have

I saw a poll recently that says Georgians aren’t very interested in learning other languages. I don’t know what your excuse is but I’m still trying ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Monday, January 29, 2024 2:28 pm

Columns

YARBROUGH COLUMN: Fulton County DA suddenly finds herself in a big mess

Shades of Laurel and Hardy. When something went awry in one of their slapstick movies Oliver Hardy would declare to hapless Stan Laurel, “This is ... Read more

by Dick Yarbrough, Monday, January 22, 2024 4:23 pm

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