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I have always avoided James Joyce's “Ulysses,” but curiosity finally got the better of me. I want to know WHY the book is in the top 5 o...

“How should the nation help the estimated 50 million Americans who can't afford health insurance? Christians are as divided about this q...

* S.C.O.T.U.S. - Sifting Controversial Opinions to Understand Scope of the Supreme Court of the United States’ hearings and subsequent decis...

• Rick Santorum makes a statement in Wisconsin. • A New York Times reporter asks him a question about the statement. • Santorum tells the ...

There’s seeing and there’s seeing. I suppose if I need quotes to qualify my meaning, the one that comes to mind is: “There are none so bli...

The great thing about waking up in the morning is that you learn something new every day! Some fascinating facts about Valentine’s Day from ...

By B. J. Trotter February 2, 2012 I hope this in-depth examination of a religious and political impasse is not construed as pro-Israeli o...

“Never miss a good chance to shut up.” - Detective Alex Cross, Cat and Mouse, James Patterson Perhaps the most important lesson I’ve lear...

I’m not going to run out and buy a “Cain Ain’t Able” T-shirt. The accuse-deny-accuse-deny coverage of allegations against GOP presidential h...

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Vice President Dick Cheney might be at odds, but both are out there hawking their book...

My fascination with Frank Lloyd Wright – not just his architecture, but the man himself – began when I was a high school senior. I went alon...

My mother had a treasure trove of truisms which expressed her wisdom – none more so, in light of current trends, than “The rich get richer, ...

I came of age in Mississippi during the civil rights movement – a witness to history. A lasting impression from those days as a young woman ...

It seems like yesterday that, recalling the phrase “Prague Spring,” I was emailing friends inquiring about the sudden appearance of a new te...

If your paycheck is suddenly smaller in January, don’t even think about blaming Obama. A CNN report explains a portion of the president’s...

I am a Christian and a former member of Southern Baptist Convention churches. When fundamentalists began their takeover of the SBC in the ea...

Greg Iles’ novels are like cats: each has its own distinct personality. But, Iles, as he describes one of his characters, is “a different br...

Christopher A. Sims of Princeton, awarded the Nobel Prize in economic science yesterday, will split the $1.49 million prize with co-honoree ...

Did you recently get a letter from your bank saying that since you’re “such a valued customer,” your bank accounts are being changed to offe...

"We cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence developments...

All his rowdy friends have settled down, but Hank Williams, Jr., is still a loose cannon. (I saw him on stage in concert smashing expensive ...

It's time for this motor mouth to SHUT UP!

I am listening to Mississippi writer Greg Iles’ “The Footprints of God” in which (spoiler warning) a dying billionaire is attempting to achi...

There was a time when I ate, drank and slept sports – circa Brooklyn Dodgers through Archie Manning at Ole Miss. My interest waned when spor...

Why in hell am I doing this? The political blogging experience is a two-edged sword. You find yourself either preaching to the choir or lead...