Yarbrough: A sense of closure over long lost fraternity brother

The mystery is solved. I now know what happened to my fraternity brother, Maj. Paschal Boggs, USMC, was declared Missing in Action in 1967. Finally, there is a sense of closure. Pat Boggs and I were from the same town, East Point, and we were both undergrads at the University of Georgia.

Yarbrough: Awakening on sleep deprivation

You never know what you are going to discover in the process of churning out columns.

Yarbrough: Giving thanks at a special time of year

I am thankful. I am thankful that while you may see other Thanksgiving columns appear at this time of reflection, you took the time to read this one.

Yarbrough: Why Israel has a right to defend itself

When I reflected in this space recently about having lost a grandson some 15 years ago, I received a lot of responses, including from those who had shared a similar experience of losing a child or grandchild of their own. One particular note stood out.

Yarbrough: Attorney General seeks stop to police training center violence

Georgia’s Attorney General Chris Carr is neither a RINO (Republican in Name Only) nor a RITNO (Republican in Trump’s Name Only). His solid conservative credentials mirror those of our late U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, which is appropriate since he once served as Isakson’s chief of staff in Washington.

Yarbrough: No Nobel Literature Prize – again

Rats! Can you believe it? Once again, I have been passed over for the Nobel Prize in Literature. This is beginning to get on my nerves. Some guy named Jon Olav Fosse won it this year. As you may know, the Nobel Committee is located in Sweden and the award went to a Norwegian.

Yarbrough: More random thoughts on random subjects

Just when you thought our federal government couldn’t get any more dysfunctional, we all watched the political train wreck that was the ouster of a U.S. Speaker of the House for the first time in our nation’s history.

Yarbrough: Visiting Iraq with Georgia’s 48th

Eighteen years ago this week, I ventured off to Iraq to report on the brave men and women of Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team, located in an accurately named area of that country, the Triangle of Death. It is thought the Garden of Eden was located somewhere in that general area, too.

Yarbrough: On talking ‘Southern’

I just had to call Skeeter Skates with the news. As many of you know, Skeeter is the owner/ operator of Skeeter Skates Tree Stump Removal and Plow Repair in Ryo, Georgia.

Yarbrough: Reflections on a grandson gone too soon

My oldest grandson, Zachary Earl Wansley, died 15 years ago this past week while on a training run for a marathon. He was 21 years old. I am not sure what he would be doing today were he here, but I am positive whatever it might be, he would be a success. He always was.