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Opinion

Losing true north: Scouting and Tillerson

They were wearing early morning on their faces and hiking shoes on their feet, that warm July morning in 2005. The snapshot I took before ... Read more

by Kim Henderson, Wednesday, February 1, 2017 10:41 am

Opinion

Naked curtain rods and hard questions

Every “estate sale” sign has a story behind it, the plot of which is sure to contain two critical elements: life and death. That is ... Read more

by Kim Henderson, Wednesday, January 25, 2017 10:08 am

Columns

Pro-life progress, bit by incremental bit

Forty-year-old software engineer Vanessa MacDougal spends most weekdays behind a desk in an Austin, Texas, office. On Jan. 6 the petite blonde did something different. ... Read more

by Kim Henderson, Wednesday, January 18, 2017 9:15 am

Opinion

Here’s a character challenge for the new year

A couple of calendars back I read of a woman who chooses a word each January to help frame her attitude for the coming 12 months. ... Read more

by Kim Henderson, Friday, January 6, 2017 12:58 pm

Opinion

Opinion: Dismantling my lame Christmas tree

We have drunk deeply of Christmas at our house, and now it is the dregs I must finish off. Yes, the dreaded Christmas tree dismantle. ... Read more

by Kim Henderson, Wednesday, December 28, 2016 11:49 am

Columns

Be careful what you wish for this Christmas

My mom likes to tell of Depression-era years when her Christmas hopes maxed out at an orange or two. It’s hard for a girl who ... Read more

by Kim Henderson, Wednesday, December 21, 2016 12:57 pm

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Why I almost had a meltdown at the post office

To the nice lady with the new hairdo who witnessed my near meltdown at the post office a couple of weeks ago, I’d like to ... Read more

by Kim Henderson, Wednesday, December 14, 2016 10:26 am

Opinion

Welcome to the world, Grandguy

Lunch was just coming out to our table at Porches last Tuesday when my phone rang. It was THE CALL. “On our way,” I told ... Read more

by Kim Henderson, Wednesday, November 30, 2016 10:37 am

Columns

Thanksgiving and Rockwell’s “Freedom from Want”

In January 1941, against a backdrop of world war, “new order” and fascist dictatorships, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a celebrated State of the Union ... Read more

by Kim Henderson, Wednesday, November 23, 2016 7:22 am

Columns

‘Loud and proud’ pink building is hard to ignore

The Jackson Women’s Health Organization building is painted a loud-and-proud pink and stretches across a corner of prime real estate at North State and Fondren ... Read more

by Kim Henderson, Wednesday, November 16, 2016 11:26 am

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