http://www.macon.com/charles-e-richardson/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Macon Telegraph en-us Copyright 2012 Macon Telegraph Charles E. Richardson 60 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:31:20 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@macon.com http://www.macon.com/2012/02/05/1892222/the-canary-is-dead.html http://www.macon.com/2012/02/05/1892222/the-canary-is-dead.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:41 EST I’m an admitted fuddy-duddy. I realize I’m behind the times. I also realize that I can’t “get with it.” It used to be funny, not any more. Society is moving too fast, headed to hell in a handbasket and I don’t like it one bit. http://www.macon.com/2012/01/29/1882169/the-cost-of-letting-go.html http://www.macon.com/2012/01/29/1882169/the-cost-of-letting-go.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:11 EST President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress is almost a week old. As usual it has been picked apart for what he did say and what he didn’t. That’s politics. There was one small section of the speech that had me applauding. That sentence didn’t have anything to do with the prowess of our military, world peace, budgets, working together or who makes what and who pays what. http://www.macon.com/2012/01/22/1874367/into-the-light-of-day.html http://www.macon.com/2012/01/22/1874367/into-the-light-of-day.html Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:53 EST I thought I was unshockable. I thought I had heard, seen or studied most all of it: man’s inhumanity to man. Some of it resides on the periphery, stuff that occurred before I was born such as the atrocities of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. History is rife with those instances and more, but there are also modern examples: The Bosnian war in 1992 between ethnic Serbs, Muslims and Croats, or the 1994 Rwandan genocide where Hutus killed an estimated 500,000 to 1 million Tutsis. The ongoing strife in -- you name the Middle Eastern country -- between Sunni, Shia, Israeli and Palestinian. http://www.macon.com/2012/01/15/1864434/if-he-were-alive-today.html http://www.macon.com/2012/01/15/1864434/if-he-were-alive-today.html Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:04 EST Monday is the holiday held in honor of the Drum Major for Justice, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Every year, as I read his most famous speech, “I Have A Dream” printed to the left, I wonder what King would think if he were alive today. http://www.macon.com/2012/01/08/1853178/tripping-over-stereotypes.html http://www.macon.com/2012/01/08/1853178/tripping-over-stereotypes.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:01 EST Unfortunately, I’m never amazed at what can come out of a politician’s mouth. The latest non-surprise flowed from the lips of former Sen. Rick Santorum as he campaigned in Iowa. http://www.macon.com/2012/01/01/1843998/mama-said.html http://www.macon.com/2012/01/01/1843998/mama-said.html Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:15 EST Mama said there’ll be days like this, there’ll be days like this Mama said.” http://www.macon.com/2011/12/25/1837556/my-christmas-story.html http://www.macon.com/2011/12/25/1837556/my-christmas-story.html Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:51 EST I’ve lived through 60 Christmases, but none better than this one. When I was a child, my family didn’t celebrate the holiday, so on Christmas Day, I sequestered myself indoors, peaking out a window to see what the other children received. http://www.macon.com/2011/12/18/1828651/palace-coup-coming.html http://www.macon.com/2011/12/18/1828651/palace-coup-coming.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:33 EST Tuesday, the new/old mayor and the mostly old City Council will be sworn into office for four more years. However, there are a few notable exceptions -- Henry Gibson, who defeated Mike Cranford and Beverly Olson, who will replace Jamie Kaplan, Beverly Bla http://www.macon.com/2011/12/18/1828646/future-or-past.html http://www.macon.com/2011/12/18/1828646/future-or-past.html Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:36 EST Bibb County school board member Susan Sipe declared after hearing some of the findings from a district-wide technology audit, that what she heard made the hair on her arms stand up. Another member, Ella Carter, asked the representative from Elert & Associates, Brad Ehlert, “was there anything that he found good in the system?” After a pause Ehlert said, “direction.” Now the system could address the problems found by the audit which looked at all aspects of the district’s technology. He later said that he had been in 65 schools in different districts since summer and Bibb was the worst. http://www.macon.com/2011/12/11/1818280/the-robert-brown-i-knew.html http://www.macon.com/2011/12/11/1818280/the-robert-brown-i-knew.html Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:28 EST I can’t imagine the anguish or the pain. I have always told people close to me that if there are signs of suicide at my death -- look for a murderer. There are no circumstances that would cause me to take my own life, but I haven’t been there. I haven’t been to the deep recesses of the soul where there is no moving forward. No other choice. No other destiny. A place where it, whatever it is, won’t get better. http://www.macon.com/2011/12/04/1809295/the-canards-in-the-room.html http://www.macon.com/2011/12/04/1809295/the-canards-in-the-room.html Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:48 EST There are some politicians who regularly use canards ( Canard: 1: A false or unfounded report or story; a fabricated report. 2: A groundless rumor or belief. http://www.macon.com/2011/11/27/1800229/fascinating-history.html http://www.macon.com/2011/11/27/1800229/fascinating-history.html Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:37 EST NEWPORT, R.I. -- You wouldn’t know it unless you knew it. Even the sign marking “God’s Little Acre,” identifying part of the cemetery where slaves were buried is gone, probably stolen by vandals who knew not of its significance. http://www.macon.com/2011/11/20/1792991/whos-the-boss.html http://www.macon.com/2011/11/20/1792991/whos-the-boss.html Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:59 EST PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It’s interesting to come from the largest state east of the Mississippi to one that’s only 48 miles tall and 37 miles wide -- and where people “talk funny.” Usually that’s what they say about people from the South, but it sure could apply to the people I’ve listened to in Rhode Island. http://www.macon.com/2011/11/13/1782064/macon-moving-again.html http://www.macon.com/2011/11/13/1782064/macon-moving-again.html Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:51 EST You may find this unbelievable, but last Tuesday, election night, I did not doubt two things: The first, that Mayor Robert Reichert would win over write-in candidate David Cousino and secondly, that the controversial (I don’t know why) special purpose local option sales tax would pass -- and pass big. http://www.macon.com/2008/10/12/493481/bad-bad-brackets.html http://www.macon.com/2008/10/12/493481/bad-bad-brackets.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:57 EST I don't know about you, but my 401(k) statement arrived the other day. It sat there ominously. I was afraid to open it, knowing what has been going on with financial markets. I debated with myself. Why open it? It can't be good news.