YARBROUGH: Appreciating the value of local newspapers

I recall a BellSouth officers conference years ago, in which we spent several days wrestling with the problems we were facing in the marketplace. At one point, one of my colleagues said with exasperation, “This is a tough business!

YARBROUGH: GOP governors want sanctuary cities to walk their talk

¡Hola elitistas amantes de los liberales! Nosotros estamos aquí ¿Qué hay para el almuerzo? For those of you around for whom English is still your primary language, the above roughly translates to: “Hello, liberal- loving elitists. Here we are. What’s for lunch?

YARBROUGH: What would life be without a cheeseburger?

I suggest you read this in a hurry because I am writing it in a hurry and hoping you and I can get to the finish at the same time before one of us kicks the bucket. It seems life is short and getting shorter.

Yarbrough: Erk Russell belongs in the College Football Hall of Fame

Erk Russell should be in the College Football Hall of Fame. Period. End of story. But since I still have quite a bit of space to fill here, let me tell you why he should be and why he is not.

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.