Yarbrough: Immovable object vs. irresistible force

Let us revisit the matter of drilling for titanium dioxide in our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge so that the world as we know it never runs out of toothpaste whitener.

Yarbrough: Monks’ walk for peace brings out the best in us

I’m trying to figure out why all the talk is about Making America Great Again? America has been great since I’ve been here, and I suspect it will be great when I’m gone.That is because it is made up of good people who do good things.No one comes close to Americans in charitable giving. In 2024, U.S.

Yarbrough: To good health and good food

Okay, it looks like I may live to fight another day. I just got a clean bill of health from my latest checkup, at my insurance company's request.Physically, all the numbers were good.

Yarbrough: Happy birthday to UGA

What happens when you get a signer of the Declaration of Independence in a room with a signer of the United States Constitution? The University of Georgia, of course.You may have been busy watching reruns of “Mr. Ed” last week and missed the news, but Jan.

Yarbrough: Not much peaceful about Nobel Peace Prize

Well, one thing you can be sure of is that I am in good company. It looks like I’m not the only one who got hosed by the Nobel Committee. It seems the president of the U.S. of A. was also passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize, even though he said he had stopped eight wars.

Yarbrough: The elephant in the room? It’s our Okefenokee

Don’t look now, but there is an elephant in the room. Well, it’s not exactly a room. It is our state government. And it’s not an elephant, either. It is our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, which they want to pretend isn’t there and wish we would, too. Fat chance.

Yarbrough: Observations for three great-grandsons

Dear Henry, Noah, and Samuel Knox Wansley: It looks like it’s your turn to receive some unsolicited advice from an old man who has been dispensing it since your daddy and his cousins were about your age. It has been a long time.

Yarbrough: Inviting the president to address captains of industry

What a way to start my new year: a phone call from Skeeter Skates.

Yarbrough: Where 39,000 words went this year

As we end one year to begin a new one, it means it’s time for the annual report required of all card-carrying members of the National Association of Modest-Yet-Much-Beloved Columnists. Our motto?Sometimes in error, never in doubt.

Yarbrough: I wish I had been in Bethlehem

These words are dedicated to the memory of my late friend, Otis Brumby, Jr., publisher of the Marietta Daily Journal. He encouraged me to run this column each Christmas season. It is also dedicated to those who believe.I wish I had been there.In Bethlehem.