In the last few months, I have attended so many funerals. Some deaths were young people, and others were older. My soul was stirred by many of…
Point by Ed Holliday
Legendary baseball announcer Jack Buck once famously proclaimed, “I don’t believe what I just saw.”
To many people in the South, the worldwide-accepted seasons of Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter do not exist.
We have celebrated the transitions of two good men in as many weeks. They are a part of the Tupelo Story and we tell some of that in the Oren …
The return to the classroom environment amid the overshadowing COVID-19 pandemic is complicated.
When I worked at my late uncle’s junkyard during junior high school, one of the regular customers (a crusty coot who resembled a cantankerous …
What a shame that so many prominent figures summon the moxie to speak the truth when it’s too late to do anything about it.
If you’re like me, you enjoy few things more than a long, hot shower.
STARKVILLE • Randall Scott Parker is finally, mercifully at peace and a family circle violently broken 31 years ago is once again unbroken.
“Many automakers have detailed plans to electrify large portions of their fleets over the next decade, with some announcing goals for fully el…
Many parents my age are currently experiencing empty nest syndrome/euphoria as they send their children off to college in hopes that, someday,…
When society seeks to influence behavior, is it better to pay people to act a certain way, or to penalize them if they don’t? The pandemic and…
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I drove to a breakfast meeting at the Pentagon hosted by Donald Rumsfeld, our Secretary of Defense. The disc…
Mississippians are hardworking and constantly seeking opportunities to better themselves, their families and their communities. That’s why on …
In the days, weeks and even months after 9/11, America was transformed into something wholly different than we’ve been for most of our time. W…
Now more than ever, it is important that Mississippians be there for one another. Having thoughts of suicide is a secret no one should keep, b…
Before the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, Mississippians wanting to visit their state Capitol could come and go as they pleased through mult…
Lt. Col. Jerry Don Dickerson was at work inside the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, when an American Airlines plane carrying his childhood friend …
Today, if you come into the Oren Dunn City Museum, you’ll see a single white candle burning on the front desk. This is because we are closed o…
This week a colleague and I were discussing taking new approaches to crime and addiction, and he said something I hope will stick with me for …
A number of years ago, my youngest son asked me to sign something in his agenda book for school.
Here’s another interesting COVID-enabled trend to ponder: More Americans are leaving big cities and the suburbs to live in rural communities, …
STARKVILLE • This weekend, I completed my 10-day COVID-19 delta variant quarantine period. My wife and I both were diagnosed with so-called “b…
The numbers showed 2,469 of the 2,510 Mississippians who died of COVID-19 between Jan. 1 and Aug. 4 had not been vaccinated. That’s 98%.
I’m right infrequently enough that I like to point it out when it happens. This time, I wasn’t only right. I was downright prophetic.
So what can the plight of a little cafe tell you about the state of the American economy and the changing face of work? A lot, as it turns out.