This continues the diary of two days ago. Nostalgia is a coping mechanism at the place known for its association with William Faulkner. Oxford Mississippi isContinue Reading
As with most faculty politics, there is a subtext to the story of a professor fired for specious reasons. Garrett Felber was fired for failingContinue Reading
Some Mississippians want to secede from the Union? Okay, just kidding. We need all our states — even the ones that prevent us from passingContinue Reading
Jones County Election Commissioner Gail Harrison Welch posted this nugget on her Facebook. Her defense is that she thought it was a private message. I’m aContinue Reading
This was in the Hattiesburg (MS) American a couple of days ago, but just came to my attention: Mississippi election commissioner's social media comment aboutContinue Reading
Seems the Media attention is all on Brian Kemp of Georgia and his reopening experiment with with the lives of his fellow Georgians during aContinue Reading
Back out on my limb . . . I’m getting used to it by now. I’m in my cups reading the tea leaves, or maybeContinue Reading
static1.squarespace.com/… Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear has a sizeable lead in the Kentucky Governor’s race against unpopular Republican incumbent Governor Matt Bevin. According to aContinue Reading
http://www.theadvocate.com/… An Independent Poll for the Governor’s race in Louisiana shows Democrat incumbent John Bel Edwards with a lead over two Republicans for the OctoberContinue Reading
Oh, and he’s a Republican. I didn’t mention that in the headline? Probably because it wasn’t necessary. So, yeah, because Republican men apparently can’t controlContinue Reading
emersonpolling.com/… In a national poll released today by Emerson College Poll, Donald Trump loses to all Democratic rivals that were surveyed. Emerson found that Sanders andContinue Reading
How any Republican can get even one woman’s vote is beyond me. What they do in the halls of government is bad enough, and thenContinue Reading
The Jackson Free Press has published a blockbuster story about the Republicans’ too-racist-even-for-Mississippi Senate candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith. Seems she comes by her antebellum attitudes aboutContinue Reading
I was thinking about defender of slavery and traitor Jefferson Davis tonight because of the Senate debate in MS, and I am not sure ifContinue Reading
AUTHOR’S NOTE #1: This story does not make or imply any endorsement by Bob Uecker, the Milwaukee Brewers, Major League Baseball, or the Miller BrewingContinue Reading
