Writing unsolicited, uncompensated newspaper columns for more than a decade has brought me to the conclusion that I am less of a “writer” than a “content provider,” a term I find demoralizing. Not that I’m complaining, exactly; I enjoy writing and being read, especially when a “fan” stops you in the grocery store to tell […]

I don’t know what year it was, because I was only five or six at the time and at that age you don’t live from year to year, but just from day to day and each day is filled with a year’s worth of time. Mother took me to meet the man in his office […]

Like many of you, I watched “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” the newest Ken Burns’ documentary on PBS. The storyline is familiar, but the film series illuminates some lesser-known facts about antisemitism, immigration and race in America. The first episode was painful to watch, knowing how the saga will end. And it only got worse […]

Although most people are normal, or “average out” to as normal, my sense is that some have one or more native born weaknesses. Sometimes, a person, on becoming aware of a weakness in himself, will put extra effort into overcoming that weakness, through trial, attention, hard work and formal training. Such people usually succeed in […]

When I was first elected to represent you in Augusta, I definitely felt some uncertainty. Things like “Will I be able to do what I set out to do?” to “Where do I even park my truck at the State House?” would cross my mind. However, what I was certain of was that I wanted […]

By the time I was old enough to notice such things, I discovered that both my mother’s parents were toothless. Not a molar or bicuspid in their heads. This revelation involved the remarkable discovery of two sets of dentures, each one submerged in its own glass of slightly opaque liquid and placed strategically on separate […]