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White Trash need not apply
By Harvey H. (“Hardy”) Jackson The Masters is upon us. Now I don’t golf. Golf is, to me, as Oscar Wilde observed about foxhunting, “the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.” This attitude toward golf, golfing, and golfers left me ignorant of the game and unprepared for an opportunity that came my way when I was a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Georgia. One bright spring day…
Reflecting on our natural world
To the editor: April is the month of resurrection and hope: spring, Passover, Easter, Earth Day … new life. Being the naturalist that I am, I will elaborate on Earth Day. If there was ever a time to reflect on our natural world, it is now: species extinctions are rampant – elephant, giraffe, tiger, lion, wolves, whales – and the great barrier reef in Australia, are all in danger of…