Why Does Dee-Moore Have to Be the ‘Last' Case?It's odd how so much of the media want to quickly proclaim the Dee-Moore case the "last" of the "cold cases" from the 1960s likely to be prosecuted. I'm hearing this over and over again, even in some of the …
State Tax Slip-upsI filed my 2005 income taxes for Mississippi last April, expecting a couple of hundred dollars back. Then I waited. And waited. And waited. Finally, I call the State Tax Commissioner and ask what's up. They lost my files.
Mississippi Lawmakers At It AgainOn Monday, I blogged for choice (just like I did last year) as President Bush gave a speech declaring the 34th anniversary of <i>Roe v. Wade</i> to be "Sanctity of Life Day." The next day, in his annual State of …
Having It All; You're Doing It WrongI'm watching Oprah; the Princess is having a lemon tea and watching with me. Oprah asks her audience, "Can you have it all?" Can you have a career and a family and a self all at once? Elizabeth Vargas, who …
"Best Of" Party Was Faaaaaantastic!!!My love and blessings go out to everyone who came out last night to the "Best Of" Party at Voodoo. It surpassed even my expectations. I was impressed with the love that JFP has out in these mean streets of …
My Endorsement for 2008Well, Russ Feingold has dropped out of the race, and that leaves exactly one viable candidate for 2008 whom I can wholeheartedly support.
Melanie Gabriel and Her FatherThis is astonishingly good. Peter Gabriel has had some great backing vocalists in his time--the best, I think, was probably Paula Cole--but none sounds more like him than his daughter, Melanie, which makes sense when you think about it. Here …
No Love for TwinkiesI remember a running conversation a few years back about the half-life of Twinkies and Snow Balls—those gooey, sticky-sweet confections that make your back teeth hurt. Some folks felt that any food product designed to outlast cockroaches and nuclear bombs …
Have A Good DayFor the past month and a half I've transported one of my foster children to her old school every morning. She originally resided with her family in one part of town, but now lives in a foster home at the …
Learning More OnlineIt only takes a few years to start reminiscing about college, to begin wishing you'd done so much more. Only two years out, I'm already regretting all of the classes I didn't take, all of the students I didn't meet …
Dems, Evangelicals Join Forces Against Global WarmingThe new Democratic Congress is joining with the growing anti-global-warming evangelical movement to try to curb the dangers of global warming. Fortunately, denial is no longer the main strategy in Washington. The New York Times reports:
Envisioning Your Future & An Event for WomenAbraham Maslow said, "What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself," and Albert Einstein said, "If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."
"Less" Experience is EXACTLY What This Country Needs….Ive sat back and watched with eager anticipation the Obama love-fest that has been going on lately. I must say Im pleasantly surprised..proud even..that an African American has risen to such heights. To be bandied about in the press...in a …