To put it bluntly, “Lincoln,” Steven Spielberg’s latest movie, is one of the best films I’ve seen in years.
Calhoun Countians continue to amaze
December 27, 2012 By
Compiling the list of the top stories of the past year is always a fascinating project, reminding me of just how fast a year seems to fly by at this stage of my life.
Calhoun has its deficiencies, but heart isn’t one of them
December 19, 2012 By
I stepped over the broken steps, on to the rickety porch and pulled open the screeching screen door. I could hear the loud clicks of the locks on the other side of the old wooden door being unlatched.
Christmas with the press at the governor’s mansion
December 12, 2012 By
Last Wednesday I traveled down to Jackson to meet longtime friend Jim Prince, publisher of the newspapers in Philadelphia and Madison and current president of the Mississippi Press Association (MPA). We attended a reception at the governor’s mansion hosted each year for the media.
You can see most anything in Calhoun parades, from deer driving cars to an alderman flipping his horse
December 5, 2012 By
Parade season in Calhoun County always offers a unique experience. The annual “Redneck Christmas Parade” in Big Creek quickly comes to mind.
A good night for the Rebels and my wife
November 27, 2012 By
The Egg Bowl had everything I could have wanted – great friends and plenty to eat and drink in the Grove, the atmosphere of big-time college football, an intensity I could taste on the sideline that only an in-state rivalry can produce, a thrilling game for at least three quarters, and a very happy wife when I arrived home.
Egg Bowl a reflection of Mississippi
November 21, 2012 By
If you can get beyond all the vitriol spewing from the most die-hard of Ole Miss and Mississippi State fans, you can appreciate the Egg Bowl rivalry for what it is – purely Mississippi.
Never take Veterans’ Day for granted
November 15, 2012 By
What we call “Veterans Day,” was originally called Armistice Day. It celebrated the end of World War I, when the guns finally went silent across the Western Front on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918.
An amazing turn around for the Cougars
November 7, 2012 By
The emotion was genuine last Friday night as Coach Tim Melton addressed the Calhoun Academy Cougars in the middle of the field at Pearl High School.
The never ending leaf battle
October 31, 2012 By
I love watching the leaves slowly fall to the ground and the beautiful scene of how they cover every inch of my backyard like a colorful, thick, blanket. But it’s no fun come spring when you’re knee-deep in leaves and they all have to be vanquished.
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