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The Gift That Keeps on TakingTonight, the City is hosting a dinner for Jackson's homeless. It's a gift to that population the city insulted and injured the rest of this year. It reminds me of the gifts the Wise Men took to Bethlehem. There they …
The Year in Civil Liberties…and Twisted Sister Performing "O Come All Ye Faithful"Okay, I haven't done a blatantly self-promotional post in a while--and I've just finished my Greatest Hits feature for 2006, highlighting ten pieces of especially popular (and, presumably, least objectionable) civil liberties content.
Tahitian Pomegranate RenewalVisiting Kansas for Christmas, and when I first went to take a shower, I saw my mom had the same shower gel I had taken to Africa with me. Mine was a sample that came with hers. Tahitian pomegranate renewal, …
Cooking with FeministsI only have time to say I LOVE it. Finally some women on Colbert. Now let's get more on The Daily Show.
Baltimore Police Department Has Racially Insensitive Appearance PolicySign this petition before January 1, 2007, and help in the fight against another form of racial discrimination - specific hairstyle restrictions. Last time I checked, we are in the 21st century.
New "Clean Coal" Plan in ‘Sippi?JACKSON, MS, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Silverado Green Fuel Inc. announced plans today to build the first low-rank coal-water fuel ("Green Fuel") facility in the United States. The $26 M project, to be located on 14-acres outside of Ackerman in …
Revisiting the "N" Word: Responses to my ColumnThe Clarion-Ledger printed my most recent rebuttal to columnist Leonard Pitts column on the "N" word yesterday. I know we've THOROUGHLY discussed it here but some C-L readers chimed in with their thoughts so I thought you might want to …
JFP Columnist Kamikaze on Kim Wade Show Tues. 5pmGoing toe-to-toe with Kim Wade on his daily talk show on WJNT. We're going to dig deeper into the David Banner controversy, the Millsaps controversy, and the city of Jackson (government, crime, leaders etc.) So tune in AND call in.. …
Decking the Halls in a Blender; Share Your Traditions!Mr. Steam Jeans and I are spending our first Christmas together with our "blended" family. The Monkey is nine; the Princess is ten, so we have about a decade of tradition to combine. Then there's the fact that he's Yankee, …
Quote of the Day: Going Along to Get AlongI love this. From Gender 3.0 blogger Cameron Scott:
This is a NEWS Headline, Ledger?!?Look at the kind of crap that is helping beef up the "news headlines" over on Gannett's local "information center," now that the Ledger is, uh, moving beyond the idea of doing newspapers. Folks, this is a press release posted …
Let Us PrayI remember that time when I was 5 or 6 years old, sitting in my Southern Baptist Sunday school class, as the teacher told us about the parting of the Red Sea. And I turned to the sweet old lady …
One Christmas WishA few months ago I decided to make a list of the top 10 or so things the Jackson City Council could do to improve its weekly meetings. At the top of the list was that the meetings should be …
two interesting storiesIn one, Diamonds are for Never , Ophrah/that new movie "Blood Diamonds" are convincing many women into giving up diamonds:
Hip-Hop is DeadThat's was Nas is saying on his new disc (hitting the streets on Tuesday, yall), and I can't say I disagree.