Tag: columnists

He’s back! President Obama has emerged from his supposed cloistered life to attack President Trump. Obama broke with a tradition apparently only modern Republican...

One of the best statements of how the Framers saw the role of the federal government is found in Federalist Paper 45, written by...

Several years back – I believe it would have been eight or nine years ago – I was in Nashville on book tour for...

PART 1 — The televised outpouring of admiration for Sen. John McCain after his recent death might make some wonder if his feet quite...

I’m going to have them burned. That’s the protocol for respectfully disposing of worn and tattered American flags. These two flags have been at...

Many years ago, I asked the English teacher who edits this column two questions: “How long should a short story be?” and, “How do...

In the days following the death of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), there have been mournful cries lamenting the lack of bipartisanship for which his...

As another school year begins, one of many pertinent questions is “Has the per child or per-teacher (it doesn’t matter) rate of verbal and...

This summer, the sex scandal that has bedeviled the Catholic Church went critical. First came the stunning revelation that Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, former Archbishop of...

The steam of a Mississippi Delta morning was starting to take hold as I sat under a magnolia tree in front of the grand,...

Why I am so affected by this most recent tragedy, I do not know. Certainly the news reports are utterly filled with pain, suffering,...

Listen very carefully because the true meaning of the story is hidden within its words. Only thinly veiled, but veiled nonetheless. I don’t profess to...

Poverty is no mystery, and it’s easily avoidable. The poverty line that the Census Bureau used in 2016 for a single person was an...

It has long been known, but only spoken of in hushed tones by university professors sitting in darkened rooms wearing Fat Elvis masks, that...

If you are frustrated by wait times to see your doctor, the cost of health insurance and prescription drugs, just wait until there may...

First, the grand jury report: The accounts of abuse, humiliation and degradation on young people. And then everything hidden from view as far as...

When Hurricane Irma unleashed her callousness on the Rondarosa, it was hard to see the trees, decades old, fall. “You can plant more trees,” folks...

You may have noticed the echo chamber of daily gossip, otherwise known as TV news, has been chattering about New York Gov. (D) Andrew...

The Trump Administration is proposing a new branch of the armed forces of the United States to be known as the “Space Force.” I...

It’s one of Mother Nature’s rules – everything in nature has a purpose. If it flies, crawls, slithers, hops, or swims, I usually can...

Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, leading to President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, has thrown progressives, the Democratic Party and...

An early childhood educator of 38 years standing left a message asking if I had advice for encouraging cooperation from parents. She reports what...

By Paul Blair Over the past 18 months, President Trump has taken great strides to fulfill a number of major campaign promises. One major promise...

Anti-Confederate liberals (of various races) can’t get over the fact that pro-common-sense liberals, moderates and conservatives (of various races) can’t go over the fact...

When Hurricane Irma was closing in on coastal Georgia, it never occurred to us that the Rondarosa, located over an hour’s drive north of...

Brenda Gibson Herron was my cousin. My dad was the oldest of eight kids and, if I remember correctly, his sister, Irene, was the...

A long, long time ago on an old familiar street not so far away lived a typical family of seven for the time –...

Many of the nation’s colleges have become a force for evil and a focal point for the destruction of traditional American values. The threat to...

Next year marks the 20th anniversary of the sci-fi movie classic “The Matrix,” which depicts powerful machines attempting to subdue the human race. Sometimes art...

One of the really cool things about democracy is that voters tend to get what they want — which, um, can also turn out...

Question: I am stepfather to my wife’s only child, age 8, from her first marriage. My wife always and in every way puts her...

In the first half of the 20th century, the South lost many of its people to northern and western migration. Much of the loss...

The idea behind Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) is a simple one: Instead of giving all our health care dollars to a third party (employer,...

When Daddy and Mama died, there was no great wealth left behind – though what they were able to leave was truly remarkable for...