FROM THE BENCH ARCHIVES

 

June 2002

June 24, 2002 "Where's the Monkey?"

June 28, 2002 "God, Granite, and Turtle Stew"

June 30, 2002 "Say It Ain't So, Martha"

July 2002

July 8, 2002 "Can You Hear Me Now?"

July 15, 2002 "Whatever Happened To Integrity?"

July 22, 2002 "My Ego and I"

July 29, 2002 "Beware of Snakes and Methodists"

August 2002

August 5, 2002 "Carl Sandburg, Goats and a Harried Spouse"

August 12, 2002 "Who Can You Trust Nowadays?"

August 19, 2002 "Building Memories"

August 26, 2002 "Home Is Where the Heart Is"

August 30, 2002 "Lost Crayons and Long Sermons"

September 2002

September 3, 2002 "Picking The Public Pocket"

September 5, 2002 "Sins of the Father"

September 11, 2002 "Wednesday Morning.Early"

September 15, 2002 "Unitas Made Sunday Afternoons Memorable"

September 20, 2002 "The Wreck of a Rambling Wreck"

September 23, 2002 "But We Can't Do Without Them!"

September 30, 2002 "I Just Can't Put My Finger On It"

October 2002

October 4, 2002 "Many Years, Many Memories"

October 11, 2002 "And God Created..."

October 18, 2002" Yes, But What Do We Do With The Mistake? "

October 25, 2002"Remembering the Summer of Forty Eight "

November 2002

November 1, 2002 "A Chemistry Lesson On Life"

November 8, 2002 "Wandering In A Graveyard On A Rainy Day"

November 15, 2002 "Publishing Replaces Legislating for Democrats"

November 22, 2002 "Elementary Gobble-De-Gook"

 

December 2002

December 23, 2002 "Just Another Christmas Story"

December 31, 2002 "Her Name Is Martha"

 

January 2003

January 7, 2003 "Is the Vice President "Really" in Hiding?"

January 13, 2003 "Edna Mae and the Lady Bug"

February 2003

February 2, 2003 "Putting Our People in "Harm's Way""

February 12, 2003 "Guns 'N Butter"

February 16, 2003 "HOMELAND SECURITY'S "ORANGE ALERT" HIGHLIGHTS DUCT TAPE"

March 2003


March 3, 2003 "THE DAY I BURNED THE BALL FIELD"

March 11, 2003 "A TRIBUTE TO TWO LADIES"

March 23, 2003 "HIDE THE *CHEEZ-ITS. HERE COMES MIZ BROWN!"

April 2003


April 2, 2003 "THE FIRING LINE CAN GET YOU FIRED"

April 5, 2003 "THE SKYLINE WON'T BE THE SAME ANYMORE"

April 23, 2003 "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARIE"

May 2003

May 1, 2003 "IF WOMEN RAN THE WORLD"

May 10, 2003 "IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH SHE HAS NEVER BEEN A 'QUITTAH'"

May 18, 2003 "MARKETING SHEEP DUNG IN AMERICA"

May 25, 2003 "ROLL OVER, MOSES, HERE THEY COME AGAIN"

June 2003

June 1, 2003"WILL THE REAL ERIC RUDOLPH PLEASE STAND UP?"

June 6, 2003"GETTING PERSONAL ...D-DAY, JUNE 6"

July 2003

July 15, 2003"THE "NEWSLEADER" IS DEAD! BURY IT!!!"

July 20, 2003" Yes, But What Do We Do With The Mistake? "

September 2003

September 14, 2003"A MEMORY CARRIED ON THE WIND"

October 2003

October 13, 2003"A SUMMER ON THE SCREAM MACHINE"

November 2003

November 26, 2003"Ducking Chicago"

December 2003

December 12, 2003"Building Memories of Christmas"

December 23, 2003"A BELATED CHRISTMAS STORY"

January 2004

January 7, 2004"GOING TO THE DOGS IN '04"

January 11, 2004"AH, FOR THE GOOD OL' DAYS"

January 19, 2004"ARE THE ANIMALS RUNNING THE ZOO?"

January 28, 2004"WHAT'S IN A MONUMENT ?"

February 2004

February 5, 2004"GEORGIA HOUSE VOTES ON 'STATE AMPHIBIAN', OTHER VITAL MATTERS"

February 25, 2004"THERE OUTTA BE A LAW!! WELL, MAYBE NOT"

March 2004


March 10, 2004""THE PASSION" AND OTHER THINGS TO PONDER ON THE WAY TO THE BANK"

March 24, 2004"GOODBYE, LITTLE BRO"

April 2004


April 2, 2004"BUZZARDS OF A DIFFERENT FEATHER"

April 9, 2004"THE BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS"

May 2004


May 4, 2004"NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. A STORY OF THE DEPRESSION"

 

August 2004

August 13, 2004"CLARA LAYS AN EGG"

September 2004

September 10, 2004"ANOTHER WAR THAT JUST WONT DIE"

September 14, 2004 "SNUG AS A BUG IN A RUG"

December 2004

December 22, 2004 "TAKING CHRISTMAS OUT OF THE BOX"

March 2005

March 25, 2005 "A JOURNEY OF HOPE"

September 2005

September 15, 2005 "TEN REASONS TO VOTE FOR A SEVENTY-FIVE-YEAR OLD"

September 22, 2005 "HUMILITY IS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW"

October 2005

October 22, 2005 "THE GREAT PERSONAL SACRIFICE OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE"

November 2005

November 6, 2005 "POLITICS---PLAYING THE GAME"

November 7, 2005 "A VISIT WITH MABEL"

November 19, 2005 "A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN? NO, ONLY IN GEORGIA"

December 2005

December 2, 2005"RICH" AIN'T ALL IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE

December 8, 2005 " IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE...?"

January 2006

January 21, 2006 " PREACHING TO THE GREAT UNWASHED CAN BE TIRING"

February 2006

February 5, 2006 " A EULOGY IN TRIBUTE TO MY BROTHER"

February 20, 2006 "BOYCOTT CARPETS AND NEW CONSTRUCTION, BUT DON'T MESS WITH OUR CHICKEN!!"

April 2006

April 1, 2006 "ROYSTON: THE TOWN THAT TIME FORGOT...OR AT LEAST MISPLACED"

April 19, 2006 "A LETTER FROM MUDFLAP JENKINS"

May 2006

May 12, 2006 "CAN I JUST GET OFF?"

July 2006

July 4, 2006 "A WALK THROUGH HISTORY AT ROSE HILL CEMETERY"

July 16, 2006 "REMEMBERING GRANNY CRAIG"

July 21, 2006 "AN OPEN LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER"

October 2006

October 21, 2006 "WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HOME COOKIN'?"

November 2006

November 11, 2006 "IT WAS THE "WAR TO END ALL WARS"

January 2007

January 21, 2007 "HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS FOUND A CONVENIENT "HIDEY HOLE" IN "EXECUTIVE SESSION"?"

February 2007

February 11, 2007" VALENTINE DAY HINTS FOR "THRIFTY" GUYS"

February 25, 2007

"JUST IN TIME FOR lENT, THE FISH SNACKER SANDWICH"

March 2007

March 9, 2007 "IT DOESN'T ALWAYS PAY TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE LOT OF SOMEONE ELSE "

March 17, 2007 "IN OLD AGE, IT PAYS TO PLAN AHEAD"

March 24, 2007 "PLANTING DAVE"

April 14, 2007 "I'M JOHN EDWARDS, AND I'M HERE TO HE'P YOU"

May 2007 May 14,2007 "WILL 'SOMEBODY' PLEASE STAND UP?"

June 2007

June 15, 2007 "WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?"

July 2007

July 11, 2007 "OLD DOGS, LAWYERS, AND SUNSHINE"

October 2007

October 27, 2007 "ELECTION AND "USUAL SUSPECTS""

November 2007

November 17, 2007  "PARDON THE PIG"

December 2007

December 1, 2007 "TAKING CHRISTMAS OUT OF THE BOX "

December 12, 2007  "IT'S CHRISTMAS.  STOP AND LISTEN "

January, 2008

January 18, 2008 "YO MAMA, OBAMA!  GO BABY, GO!!

February, 2008

February 7, 2008  "2008-THE YEAR OF THE RAT"