I didn’t realize a recent CNN story would attempt making me feel guilty about my annual father-son bonding ritual.
You could see where this was headed from the start when debate co-host David Muir asked Vice President Kamala Harris the question Ronald Reaga…
Before he was Alexander Graham Bell, Alexander Graham Bell was just Alexander Graham Bell.
Instead of using fossil fuels, we’re told to use “clean” energy: wind, solar or hydropower.
In 2022, Gov. Tate Reeves signed the largest tax cut in Mississippi history – the Mississippi Tax Freedom Act. The tax cut plan promised to el…
Allergies suck. This is why we should bulldoze all the trees and replace them with McDonalds.
When the media started mispronouncing Kamala Harris’ name, I have to admit I rolled my eyes more than once at the pearl clutchers on the left …
The Biden-Harris administration has compelled the nation to adjust to life under an out-of-control border. By disregarding border security, th…
As more Americans can do their jobs from any remote location, a trend has been to relocate from urban and suburban areas to lower-cost, rural …
If you don’t tell a lie, my father used to say, you won’t have to worry about which version of your story you told last.
As the disastrous (for Biden) Trump-Biden debate June 27 did not include any of my recommended questions, I offer ABC moderators David Muir an…
“He was on our radar.”
One can only wonder about JD Vance’s peculiar and freakish obsession with people who do not have children.
Watchdog & Storytelling
A Mississippian’s vote for president carries more weight than the vote of a Californian or than the vote of a resident of most other states.
“Commonsense needed to move Mississippi forward,” read the headline in the Magnolia Tribune. Who could disagree with that?
Only a handful of the network TV series debuting 50 years ago this autumn managed to survive two or more seasons.
In a few months, Americans will vote to elect their representatives in Washington. The choices we make in November will decide which leaders c…
President Biden says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to win the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza b…
The Census Bureau reports that cities did not grow in population from 2010 to 2020. That is especially true in Mississippi, where numerous sma…
I’ve been listening to old crooners on Pandora lately, and one of my favorite Frank Sinatra songs is “The House I Live In.”
Fantasy football is played by more than 50 million Americans — and we’re all experts. Of course, my expertise usually costs me money while the…
Think about a powerful public speaker with the clarity and power of a
In case you somehow haven’t noticed, manhood is on the ballot.
A few Republicans think the pathway to a permanent majority includes closer ties to organized labor. They seem to believe the nation’s working…
If this is Saturday, and you see me somewhere, it's likely I’ll be wearing my Mississippi State Frank Dowsing tee-shirt.
Journalist Studs Terkel, who wrote “Working,” the classic oral history of Americans’ on-the-job lives, called Marvin Miller “the most effectiv…
For decades, my mother (who was a veterinarian’s assistant during my childhood) gloated about her visit to my third-grade classroom.
