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People I’d like to interview: 1) Prince Harry 2) Charles Ramsey 3) THIS GUY
So the other day I was looking for people to interview as they came out of voting places. It’s one of those things you do, even though it’s pretty routine. And you run into all kinds of people. There...
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Why this thing about the Justice Department and the Associated Press matters...
The Huffington Post’s headline nails it, in the opinion of a lot of journos. So there are some pretty misguided comments on the Associated Press’ story about how the Justice Department secretly...
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Even if I win the lottery one day, I will always come back to eat at this one...
When I first moved to Brandon, my friends were always talking about the Heart & Soul Diner. At the time, it was located in the Shell Station on Government Street across from the Rankin School...
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James Walker: 10 years, 1 month, and 10 days since our own casualty of war
“The names of 20 journalists who died during the war in Iraq in 2003 and an Associated Press Television News cameraman killed while filming violence in the West Bank were among 53 names added in May...
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Gov. Haley Barbour moved us to tears, and cried a little himself
Volunteers dressed as Union soldiers fire the cannon at this weekend’s rededication of the Iowa Monument at the Vicksburg National Military Park. Photo/Therese Apel This weekend I had a chance to go to...
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“Hooah, Capt. Apel! We’ve got it from here.” The story of Papaw, the MASH doctor
It wasn’t until years after he was gone that I finally understood my grandfather, Papaw. Ottie to his friends, Dr. Apel to his patients. And savior to countless soldiers from everywhere in the Korean...
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Thoughts on the Governor and working moms.
I was a junior high school teacher for a few years, as I’ve mentioned before. The best kids I had were the ones whose parents read with them or worked with them at home. Make no mistake, I’m not...
View ArticleKandahar’s got talent, y’all. See what our 102nd MPAD saw on talent night.
When I first took the job at the Brookhaven Daily Leader, the senior reporter was a great guy named Scott Tynes, and we’ve stayed in touch through the years through Facebook and whatnot. He’s with the...
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So everyone’s freaked out about the NSA and Verizon…
…Kinda like a few weeks ago we were freaked out about the AP and the DOJ. And let’s face it, we do know (because “they” have all but told us) that it’s not just Verizon. If they collect all our calls...
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Leaving the news business… one last day on Bailey Avenue.
“I think it’s very true when you’re a writer and you sometimes have to spend time poking at part of yourself that normal, sane people leave alone.” ~ Vikram Chandra A 2012 photo of me that Dustin...
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