Opinions

(Editor’s note: The following editorial was published in The Brunswick News on September 26.)

Georgia Senate Pro Tempore Tommie Williams, R-Lyons, is refusing to say much about why he and other members of the Senate Committee on Administrative Affairs paid $80,500.00 in public funds - tax dollars - to settle a racial bias lawsuit against one of their colleagues in the Legislature. [Full Story »] 

For some weeks now the signs have been there. As my huge sycamore tree drops its brown leaves, the winds strew them over the whole yard. When I turn the car into the driveway, the sight of autumn in my yard hits me in the face, but so does the heat when I open the car door. Since mid July, I’ve been hungry for cooler, brisker air. It’s the eternal cycle, rejuvenation of mankind—womankind, too, I might add. Please, Lord, just a few degrees cooler. I beg of you. [Full Story »] 

We have had a terrible drought but I hear it is even worse in Texas. I always heard my wife, a Texan, say everything is bigger in Texas. I guess this even applies to drought. I told my brother, Marq, that I was going to have our Preacher include a prayer for rain at our church and he said, “Please do.” [Full Story »]