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Dick Yarbrough

Dick Yarbrough is now in his 26th year as the most-widely syndicated newspaper columnist in Georgia, reaching over a half-million households each week in more than 50 newspapers throughout the state. His columns have been recognized numerous times with first-place awards for humor from the Georgia Press Association.

Prior to becoming a columnist, Yarbrough retired as vice president of BellSouth Corporation and was later a managing director of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Dick Yarbrough is a graduate of the University of Georgia and past president of the National Alumni Association.

Dick Yarbrough's Latest Articles

Some sweet news: Vidalia onions are coming to town

This is a high and holy time.

The proposal may be cheap but not the commitment

If you are looking at how oil at $110 per barrel and gas approaching $5 per gallon will Make America Great Again, I refer you to the Trump Toadies on Fox News.

Going back to a hometown that is no longer home

The American novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote, "You Can't Go Home Again." He was correct.

A eulogy to a friend and neighbor who made a difference

I received a note from a reader last week chiding me for writing about the Okefenokee so much and that he and others were tired of it.

Leading Okefenokee mining opponent takes issue with county commissioner’s rationale

Last week, Charlton County commissioner Drew Jones used this space to defend the actions of Toledo Manufacturing in the Okefenokee mining controversy. Comm.

Toledo Manufacturing gives its side of Okefenokee mining issue

My columns opposing the mining for titanium dioxide on Trail Ridge near our Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge have drawn a heavy reader response.

Some random thoughts on some random subjects

A reader in Calhoun sent my column on the Monks Walk for Peace that appeared in the Calhoun Times to a Facebook page devoted to that extraordinary event.

Attorney General Chris Carr talks about running for governor

I sat down recently with Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr to talk about his decision to run for governor.

You’d better watch out: Santa Claus has joined the information age

I visited this topic some years ago, but things don’t seem to have changed.

Hold the Christmas ads and let’s show our thanks first

I guess I need to check my calendar. I had assumed this was Thanksgiving Week but according to the television ads, it is Christmas already.

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