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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

Looking back on a visit to Iraq 20 years ago with a group of Georgia heroes

It was just a small paragraph buried in the news briefs inside the paper stating that the U.S. was drawing down its mission in Iraq under an agreement with the Iraqi government.

Survey confirms why the Great State of Georgia is so great

It is my obligation as your modest-yet-much-beloved scribe to remind you of important stuff others tend to overlook.

There is no telling how 2026 gubernatorial primaries will turn out

Back in 2001, as incumbent Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes was gearing up for a second term, a know-it-all columnist wrote, “I hear people say Roy Barnes will have a tough reelection. Forget it. Roy Barnes will easily win a second term.” Oops.

Junior E. Lee provides an ungodly look at politics

According to a new Pew Research Center report, most U.S. adults say God played no role at all in the last two presidential elections.

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.

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