I love my home state, and I usually refer to it as “The Great State of Mississippi.” The mockingbird is the state bird, and it is beautiful – in color and in its musical mimicking of other birds and the sounds of insects and other creatures. Mockingbirds are also known to be extremely territorial when…
I come from the loins of one known as Lucy who hunted and gathered on the banks of the Awash (ah-wash) River in Ethiopia long ago, close to the water, giver of life to all mankind. Her children moving outward to the corners of the earth, but rooted there, in that place. I come from…
On Mother’s Day in 1972, Willie Mays returned to New York. The Giants’ hero from the 1950s was now a member of the Mets, and smacked his 647th career home run in the fifth inning of his first game back. Mets owner and president Joan Payson, mother of five, and San Francisco Giants’ chief executive…
Unions are said to be having a moment. The story goes something like this: Helped by a presidential administration that touts itself as the “most pro-union in history,” labor unions — after decades of decline — are winning big victories against anti-union corporations and extracting impressive concessions for their workers. But is it all true?…
The liberal islands of college campuses continue to disappoint us. The handling of the “Arab Spring Break” protests on elite campuses around the country tells you all you need to know. This did not happen at my alma mater (or most state colleges), as kids had to get to their jobs after school. But the…
Within the past few days, student protesters occupied Hamilton Hall at Columbia University and then were forcibly removed by New York police. I knew that building well when I was an undergrad there in the 1970s. Columbia, like most colleges, tended left. The campus had become notorious in 1968 for its protests. By the time…
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem said in her new book that she once shot a dog that kept biting people. The story was met with outrage and is a death blow to her chance of being Donald Trump’s VP. If Noem has a history of shooting dogs who are “aggressive, erratic and untrainable,” Secret Service…
My wife and I are getting closer to breaking ground on our lot at 1203 Constitution Drive. We are thankful to the Lord for the opportunity to have a home on the water facing the breathtaking sunsets over St. Joe Bay. We are excited about living so close to town, having interesting neighbors, and having…
Thursday, May 2 is National Life Insurance Day – aren’t you excited? Have you been dying to celebrate it? Feel free to text me any of your own puns and plays on words to (850) 724-1369. This article may not apply to any of the healthy, intelligent, active, footloose and fancy-free people in Gulf/Franklin county…
Former U.S. Senator and Florida Governor Bob Graham, who passed away last week, will be remembered for co-leading the congressional investigation into the September 11 attacks, speaking out against the Iraq war, and his “workdays” – -in which he rolled up his sleeves to perform hundreds of everyday jobs, from picking tomatoes to picking up…
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