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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

A semi-intelligent look at artificial intelligence

I suspect robots won’t give a flying algorithm for you or your opinions. I do. And there is nothing artificial about that.

September brings a time of reflection

September is a time of reflection for me.

Some presidential thoughts from Skeeter Skates and Ryo Morning Coffee Club

When I saw the phone jump off the cradle, I knew who it was.

Some thoughts on going away to college from one who did

I remember it as if it were yesterday. In fact, it has been a lot of yesterdays.

Sorry, Mr. President, but you have the wrong number

If I was the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, I might want to get out of town real soon.

Getting anxiety and depression from reading about hypochondriacs

You and I seem to be a bunch of hypochondriacs.

Remembering the bombing in Centennial Olympic Park 29 years later

Trivia Question: Where were you at 1:40 a.m. on July 27, 1996?

No sympathy for those involved in First Liberty Building and Loan fiasco

Believe it or not, there are a number of things I don’t do well.

A victory in Okefenokee mining controversy but threat isn’t over

Columnist Dick Yarbrough shares a victory in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Reserve in this week's column.

An outside look inside some major events

Sometimes, despite my best efforts, I find myself on the outside looking in.

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