Week 8 of the 2015 college football season has come and gone, and I have something to confess. After watching Auburn’s four-overtime loss to Arkansas and the start of the Alabama—Tennessee game, I snuck off to attend the Columbus Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. We had […]
In every era and in every generation there are crucial moments when a decisive decision has to be made, and the consequences of that decision can changed the course of history. Many times the full impact of such a decision does not become clear at once, but in […]
The Ole Miss Rebels lost a close one on Saturday, but they were beaten by a pretty solid football team. The U of Memphis Tigers competed evenly with Ole Miss in the trenches, and matched up with them in the skill positions. The Blue Bengals had the two […]
We are graced with five senses that serve as our portals to the world around us. These senses allow us to find our way about, to avoid danger, and to find those things that we need to maintain life; but they also connect us to our inner selves. […]
I described this past week’s games as pretty much vanilla, and they were. That’s not to say there weren’t some surprises, but nothing that changes the general balance of power. I wasn’t all that shocked at Tennessee’s victory over Georgia, even though I picked the dogs. The […]
When next you walk into your favorite coffee spot and see a table of old men deep in discussion, pause for a moment and realize, there but for the grace of God go you. My old friend Thad Kelly passed away earlier this week, and I drove […]
As a football prognosticator, I’d make a good doorstop. There isn’t much that I got right last week, so let’s start with my pick for the National Championship. Ole Miss will not win it. The Rebels dispatched that notion without debate in Gainesville’s swamp on Saturday evening. […]
In the summer of 1954, there was a gas war in the Mississippi Delta, and at one point, Rose and Billups were selling regular for $.16 per gallon. My summer job was working as general flunkey at Luper Cole’ Gulf station at the intersection of Hwy 8 and […]
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