YARBROUGH: The answer to school violence begins at home

The new three Rs of School Days: Rancor. Rants. Retaliation. And forget the hickory stick. We’re not singing that tune anymore. In Clayton County alone, the school system reports that fights are up some 200 percent over the same period last year, and we are only one month into the new school year.

YARBROUGH: What this angry world needs is a lot more hope

My friend, Norm Solon, was a journalist and speech writer for some of the major companies and trade associations in the country. Now retired, he recently shared with me some of the once-in-alifetime opportunities he experienced in his long and distinguished career.

Letters to the Editor: Disagreement on voucher option

Dear editor: This is the first letter I have ever written to the newspaper editor that I can remember but after reading last week’s column which seemed to be from a left winger, meaning columnist Dick Yarbrough I felt a reply was surely needed!

YARBROUGH: Some random thoughts on some random subjects

Fourteenth Century Italian writer Dante Alighieri in his “Divine Comedy” describes Hell as a place for those who have perverted “their human intellect to fraud or malice against their fellowmen.” He could have been describing Alex Jones and his Infowars followers.

YARBROUGH: An open letter to Georgia’s public school teachers

Dear Teachers: Let me begin my annual message to you as I am going to end it. Thank you. Thank you for your willingness to go back into the classroom once again this year in spite of every roadblock imaginable.

YARBROUGH: Sharing some Olympic-sized memories of Centennial Games

It is hard to believe it has been 26 years this week since the Centennial Olympic Games were in Atlanta. They began on July 19, 1996, and wound up on Aug. 4. To refer to them as Atlanta’s Games is not entirely accurate.

YARBROUGH: Junior E. Lee talks politics and cow ticks

Well, this is interesting. Donald Trump and Joe Biden have something in common besides being a couple of old white guys.

Yarbrough: Donald Trump and the ghost of elections past

Zzzzzzzzzzz! Snort! Snort! Smack! Zzzzzzzzzzz! “Donald. Donald. Please wake up, Donald! I need to talk to you!” “Snort! Umpff! What? Hey, who are you and how did you get into Mar-a-Largo? As a matter of fact, how did you get in my bedroom, you pervert? I’m calling Secret Service.

Yarbrough: Is our democracy in danger of eroding away?

We all know the story of how to boil a frog to death (Frog lovers: I’m not suggesting you do so, I’m just trying to make a point here.) The premise is that if you suddenly plopped a frog into boiling water, it would jump out.

Yarbrough: What will ‘RITOO’ Republicans do now?

Okay, RITOOs (Republicans in Trump’s Orbit Only), what’s next? Planning on sitting out November’s general election in a funk so that Democrats can elect Stacey Abrams governor and give Georgia four or perhaps eight years of left-leaning policies?