Call Him Mr. InterceptionIs this the end for Brett Favre? The Green Bay quarterback threw four interceptions in the Packers' 24-17 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday. And, for the second straight week, Favre didn't talk to reporters afterward. That gives Favre …
Not-So-Classic ClassicThey played the Magnolia Gridiron All-Star Classic on Saturday, before an announced crowd of 100. The I-A seniors team beat the I-AA seniors team 10-7. Everybody said they had a good time. One can't help but think that there might …
Grisham: Silent Nights on the Gulf CoastThis may be the best thing John Grisham has ever written, today in the New York Times. This is the last section, but read the whole thing:
Merry Christmas!My blog is usually pretty serious, so here are a few random stocking stuffers to throw my karma back into balance...
ABC's "Monday Night Football" ... Good RiddanceFrom The Mighty MJD: "The last 'Monday Night Football' game ever on ABC will likely turn into a 3-hour self-congratulatory pat-on-the-back for ABC. And I can't begrudge ABC for that; any network would do it. But there is one guy …
Silent SmootFrom Provine High to Hinds CC to Mississippi State to the Washington Redskins to the Minnesota Vikings, defensive back Fred Smoot has left a trail of words. Smoot loves to talk. What he says is often brash and sometimes funny. …
Have a Wonderful Christmas, Kwanzaa, HanukkahThe Jackson Free Press wishes you and yours a loving, safe and peaceful holiday. Look for our next issue out on schedule on Dec. 28, 2005—our New Year's issue and 2005 Year in Review, one of our biggest issues of …
Christmas on the CoastI have just finished wrapping the last present and laying it on the ever growing pile in the corner. There is only a "pile" because I have no tree. I have cats. Cats eat trees. If they don't eat them, …
Clarion-Ledger: ‘Melton Should Know Better'The Clarion-Ledger is upset at Mayor Frank Melton's latest controversial move. In an editorial today, they take him to task for trying to give former City Councilman, and convicted felon, Robert Williams a job in his administration:
Do Not Take Revenge, My Friends<i>Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever …
Chassity DykesThis is what you'll likely hear seconds after you step into Chassity Dykes' consignment shot, Nu 2 U.
Loving Thy NeighborLast week, the day after the JFP's first "Race, Religion & Society" panel discussion, I looked at two e-mails within a couple hours of each other. The first, from a white man in Brandon with a subject line of just …
[Stiggers] The Night Before KwanzaaWelcome to a Ghetto Science Christmas with the Fifth Alternate Financially Challenged and Concerned Citizens Community Choir, directed by Auntie Church Hat. Here's a song from their first Christmas CD titled "Broke, Busted and Frustrated during the Holiday Season."
No. 14, December 22-28I have to give the mayor credit for identifying a problem and then attempting to deal with it, even if it is in the mode of Don Quixote slaying windmill dragons. Both he and the judge should know by now …