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Memories of riding the rails and hearing that familiar sound

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On Wed, 06/03/2020 - 10:51 PM

I heard it before I saw it. But I knew what it was – possibly the last steam engine to run south on the tracks by my old home place at Lumberton.

Sophistication is no hindrance when it comes to worrying about the causes of deadly disease

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On Thu, 05/21/2020 - 12:07 AM

I saw the recent press briefing on television and, no matter how you parse his words, President Trump DID NOT recommend injecting disinfectants, such as bleach, into the body to fight the coronavirus.
He simply asked a question.

Some people simply refuse to believe the truth

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On Wed, 05/06/2020 - 09:07 PM

Have you heard it? The whispering and the murmurs off stage? Like the chorus of an ancient Greek tragedy, suggesting that the current Coronavirus crisis is just a jumped-up hoax, a conspiracy to take away some vaguely articulated “rights,” but more specifically rumblings about freedom of assembly and lockdown by decree?

Some people simply refuse to believe the truth

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On Wed, 05/06/2020 - 09:07 PM

ONLY THE LONELY

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On Wed, 04/22/2020 - 07:49 PM

Loneliness, brought on by isolation, is a common emotion during this coronavirus lockdown; and for some segments of the population, it can be deadly.

In fact, recent research shows that, among the elderly, it can be as deadly as many chronic diseases.

EASTER: A moveable feast

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On Wed, 04/08/2020 - 07:45 PM

Shining like a light house in the gloomy, stormy seas of the coronavirus is the promise of Easter Sunday, a day of rebirth, renewal, and resurrection.

OF PANDEMICS, EPIDEMICS, and PLAGUES

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On Wed, 03/25/2020 - 04:30 PM

Do you sense it, too? That strange feeling in the air that things are somehow “different;” that the rules have changed, and nobody told us; that there’s a disturbance in the “Force;” that magnetic North has moved a few degrees to the West?

Has the Military Lost Touch With Society?

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On Wed, 03/11/2020 - 06:52 PM

In a few weeks, about the time final grades are posted at the community college, one of my students will invariably ask, “What do you think about me joining the military for a career?” The short answer is always the same: “No, no, no, no!” NO.

Who speaks for the animals?

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On Wed, 02/26/2020 - 06:07 PM

I’m proud of our zoo. It’s a growing, valuable asset to our community. With the self-immolation of the Jackson zoo over the last few years, the odds are good that it will soon be the only nationally accredited zoo in Mississippi.

That said, something about it gives me the creeps.

‘What we have here is a failure to communicate’

By Benny Hornsby, READ MORE > 1,529 Reads
On Wed, 02/12/2020 - 05:06 PM

A peculiar mystique exists in our society concerning prisons, penitentiaries and jails. We have developed a unique folklore which preserves the legends and myths of hard men behind hard steel.

Prison lore is popular stuff in the arts. We celebrate their viciousness, their shame and sometimes their accomplishments in word and song.

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