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Peggy Carlisle
It's a safe wager that third- and fourth-graders at Pecan Park Elementary School in Jackson know a lot about Kenya. That's because their ExCel teacher Peggy Carlisle, 54, added "The …
Herman's Picks
I once heard in a movie that "Art is the highest source of education." The next two weeks you're in for quite a schooling, if you're willing. The New Orleans' …
Radical Right Targets Girl Empowerment Effort
Oct. 14, 2005—AP is reporting that the Tupelo wingnuts are at it again:
What They Think About Us At DailyKos
Here's the all-important light-up-the-phone-lines nut graf:
Today finds a 'recommended' diary over at DailyKos, about a visitor to our lovely state and his "blue state" reactions to the people he encounters when he's working on Katrina …
Hitchcock was SO RIGHT to be scared to death of them…
I must share the trauma.
Business Week writes the scariest thing I've ever read about the Bird Flu.
[Talking Head] Let's try this…
Next Sunday, I'm going to try something new: a weekly series of sorts, tentatively called "Talking Head," where I'll go through my mailbag in public. Generally that's an invitation to …
The Weekly Jerry Update Part Deux
So, this week Jerry thinks we should be able to hurt gay people and get away with it.
He is actively lobbying against a hate crime bill that would give homosexuals recourse if they are the victim of a crime related solely to their sexual orientation.
Why I Don't Read Beliefnet (Much) Anymore
Beliefnet still has its moments, but mostly it alternates between schmaltzy and toxic.
Born To Be A Thug
A couple weeks back, culture czar Bill Bennett said crime would go down if all black babies were aborted. A couple months back, a business publication editor in Brandon said …
Wanted: A Strong , Safe Jackson
The decision by Mayor Frank Melton and Chief Shirlene Anderson to eliminate the eight-member Crime Prevention Unit of the Jackson Police Department (along with approximately 10 other JPD positions) upset …
*Jackson Newbie: Myths Debunked
Downtown Jackson is full of crime, right?
Actually, no. Downtown Jackson is one of the safest areas of the city with some of the lowest crime rates. Of course, activity makes any area safer, so the more …
Just For The Halibut
Every day on the way to and from school, I drive past the New Orleans Fish House on E. McDowell Road, just off I-55 South. Hardly a day has gone …
Driving While Young: Why The City's Curfew Isn't All That
When she got up the morning of July 10, 2003, Leslie Berryhill did not know she was going to face the "scariest thing" of her short life. Leslie, who was …
The Attic Is For Lovers
Tucked at the bottom of one of Vicksburg's steep hills, at the intersection of Washington and China and just a few blocks from the Mississippi River, is a right perfect …
GOP Using Katrina Aftermath to Gut Anti-Poverty Efforts
The New York Times is reporting that conservatives in Washington are reacting in a very cynical way to the poverty exposed to the world by Hurricane Katrina:
Unsafe at Any Speed
A Zogby/MSNBC study has uncovered some pretty surprising stuff about American sexual mores.
Hell has frozen over…
I'm agreeing with Ann Coulter.
And for once they were not prepared to take Bush's word that it would all turn out O.K., that they should just trust him. Bush was showing "stunning arrogance," declared …
