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What I learned at Cousin Camp

Last week I bagged so many good memories I probably pushed the legal limit. We packed out a…

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Bryant appointments could shape state future

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant readily acknowledges he’s in office today partly because he got a hand up from…

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State can increase taxes without a tax increase

Close your eyes. Imagine being a politician in a cash-strapped state. Imagine your people — those who voted…

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Sitting on a sandbar on the Pascagoula River

A week on the Pascagoula River was just what I needed. Everyday my friend and I would hit the…

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Our morning at Arlington

By means of transcontinental communication, our favorite Marine told me about plans to celebrate the Fourth at their…

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I’ve had some very good years

“But now the days are short I’m in the autumn of the year.” — Quoted material by Ervin…

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Freedom is wonderful, costly, catastrophic

Ole Glory hung in massive, regal form behind the church choir and orchestra that were dressed in an…

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America was designed to be a work in progress

Did a teacher make you memorize the Declaration of Independence, or at least the first few paragraphs? With…

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Dye, Carruth cast large shadows

Driving back from a weekend in Lower Alabama, my friend Lee Weiskopf sent a text just as we…

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Sassafras trees wear mittens and do much more

I love to take walks in the woods. Identifying native plants and bumping into those I haven’t seen in…