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Rehabilitation
Last week, I began my second association with Trinity Therapy Services in Hazlehurst. My first gig was because of stupidity — I stuck my right hand into a table saw, just about severed three fingers and a thumb, and after hours long surgery to repair the damage, I needed help in regaining use of my…
Read MoreFriday Night Lights — By Tommy Purser
In case you haven’t noticed, I love high school sports and the kids who play them. I love the sports but I think I love the youngsters more. This fall we have a special bunch of young ladies playing softball for the high school. And they are a special bunch, both athletically and personally. And…
Read MoreWas It Worth It? — By John Reed
Was It Worth It? The news out of Afghanistan this week draws obvious parallels to our exit from Vietnam and its rapid fall to the communist North. However there are differences. The talking heads keep using the word “shocking” to describe the speed with which the Afghan army turned tail and fled the battlefield. The…
Read MoreIsn’t old age grand? — By Tommy Purser
Isn’t old age grand? A few months back I had an appointment with a cardiologist in Savannah to check on a heart murmur that had been discovered by my local caregiver. The specialist told me not to worry, that it was a minor murmur, kinda like a mumble I suppose, but he told me to…
Read MoreThe Rational Thing To Do — By Tommy Purser
When I was a first year student at Georgia Tech, some 56 years ago, one of the required readings in a literature class was an essay written by Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), Pascal’s Wager about God. It was tedious reading as it created a testament to Pascal’s brilliant and complicated mind. I remember well thinking he…
Read MorePatience — By Tommy Purser
Elbert Green Hubbard (1856-1915) was a man widely known for his many publications including one of his most remarkable, “Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great.” He and his second wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, died aboard the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on May…
Read MoreMan Vs. Machine — By John Reed
Man Vs. Machine Regular readers will know I’m an optimist. I believe science and technological progress are the solutions to many of our challenges we face today. Given the right environment to flourish, research and development translates into answers. A good example is the extremely rapid invention of vaccines by multiple companies in response to…
Read More1996 — A United America — By Tommy Purser
With the 2020 Tokyo Olympics set to open this week after a year of COVID delay, my mind has been wandering back to 25 years ago — July 13, 1996. If I had to come up with the top 10 experiences I’ve had in my 73 years, carrying the Olympic Torch during the prelude to…
Read MorePerhaps You Didn’t Know — By A.D. Finley
[EDITOR’S NOTE: One of the most read columns in the history of the Jeff Davis Ledger was Perhaps: You Didn’t Know, written by the late A.D. “Arley” Finley. Over the years we’ve received requests to re-run his series of columns. The following column appeared in the Nov. 18, 1971, issue of The Jeff Davis County…
Read MoreThe Challenge Of School — By John Reed
The challenge of school Most thoughtful people would agree that the purpose of any nation’s schools is to prepare its young people to be productive members of their society. Of THAT nation’s society. Thus, while Japanese students may learn Chinese as a second language, they are not being prepared to become members of Chinese society.…
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