Yarbrough: Some random thoughts on some random subjects

Sen. Brandon Beach (R, Alpharetta), has introduced Senate Bill 7, known as the “3G” bill for “Gangs, Guns, Gone.” It would impose a mandatory 10-year minimum sentence for anyone who uses a gun while committing or attempting to commit a violent felony, whether the weapon is discharged or not.

YARBROUGH: Remembering the good who die too young

On Sept. 13, 2008, we got a call while at St. Simons that our grandson, Zachary Earl Wansley, had collapsed and died during a training run while preparing for the Atlanta Marathon. Zack was the epitome of a scholar-athlete.

YARBROUGH: Happy birthday to a special ‘seminary of learning’

The year was 1785. Thirteen states composed the Confederation Congress. Thomas Jefferson was appointed U.S. Minister to France and John Adams, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

YARBROUGH: Knock! Knock!

“Who’s there?” “It’s 2023. May I come in? It’s a bit cold out here. All I’m wearing is a sash and some Huggies!” “Please do. I’m glad to see you but aren’t you supposed to be getting ready for, well, uh, the new year?” “That’s what I wanted to talk to you about.

YARBROUGH: Junior E. Lee takes a look at Y2KXXIII

The New Year is upon us. 2023. It seems like only yesterday that we were up at midnight on New Year’s Eve, 1999, wringing our hands at what catastrophes might await us at the beginning of Y2K – the year 2000.

YARBROUGH: A tribute to the beloved woman who shared my name

Two years ago this week, I told you a final goodbye. In some respects, you were not the woman I knew and loved that left me.

YARBROUGH: Walker and advisors fumbled campaign

One of the givens in occupying this space weekly is that when I talk about politics, which I do on occasion, anything I opine will be construed negatively by one side or the other. It is difficult for some to comprehend that I might be in the middle of the political road, unlike many (most?

YARBROUGH: Exception for exceptional author, story

As a matter of policy, I don’t do book reviews in this space. If you do one, you’re pretty much committed to do them all. In fairness, where do you draw the line? However, today I am going to make an exception because the author is as exceptional as the story she tells.

YARBROUGH: Can our democracy outlast us?

This is kind of a bummer way to start your day, but it is worth reflection on: “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” Who said that? Karl Marx? Ayatollah Khomeini? Vladimir Putin?

YARBROUGH: Column produces an extraordinary reunion

It is one of the most rewarding experiences in my 25 years of churning out columns. And it was a total accident. A happy accident. You may recall that back in July, I asked my friend Hans Trupp in Brunswick for his take on the recently-released Top Gun Maverick.