In 1940, Governor Paul Johnson pushed for a change to the Mississippi code to allow for the state to pay for free textbooks for Mississippi...

 I saw Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer at the Capri Theater and dined on the fried catfish plate that was delicious and finished with the ap...

 Here on the front end of sixty, here is the tally on my experience with guns: A few dead deer.  Several dead ducks and doves.  A few dead s...

 Wayne LaPierre and the NRA are big fans of the idea that a "good guy with a gun" is all you need to solve the problem of "ba...

A lot of people find things they don't understand are intimidating.  It's a natural reaction.  If you don't know what's in a...

 1985.  Ruben Anderson is appointed to the Mississippi State Supreme Court.  My dad decided to have a dinner party in his honor.  My dad was...

 This story is pretty hard for me to tell.  Those are the stories worth telling though, so bear with me. July 1988.  I still worked for my d...

Have you ever considered how much we spend on the concept of justice? All over the world, hundreds of thousands are in prisons. Maybe even ...

It's probably not possible, but part of me would like federal authorities to put off Frank Melton's retrial until after we elect a n...

It's looking more and more like Frank Melton's second trial may end in a hung jury. I really thought both juries would find his acti...

I hate to use a phrase like "liberal media" because it's so cliche', but some folks don't mind the label and some of t...

Jere Nash and Andy Taggart follow their earlier more serious book with this fun collection of stories and anecdotes about Mississippi Politi...

Last week I made an argument that there were some circumstances where protectionism might be logical and needed . Apparently the president ...

Weight Watchers is suing a local casino to recover monies gambled there by an employee who embezzled them from the company. Read the story ...

Mississippi can't ever get in the swing of things. Just when the Democratic party is on the rise nationally, here in Mississippi it...

People tend to hide a multitude of sins under the banner of "states rights". There actually are states' rights issues involvin...

The problem with being in a big tent party is that there are so many damn people in the tent and they all want something, usually all at the...

We require an amendment to the constitution describing precisely our national abortion policy. Currently, we have left the issue up to the c...

Mississippi turns it's lonely eyes to you. This business with Dickie Scruggs breaks my heart and who knows where all the tentacles of t...