Some of my friends were elated by the Republicans’ $1.9 trillion tax cut in 2017.
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Other than in intramural boxing class or my best friend’s single slug on the second grade playground – I’ve never been in a fistfight.
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A group of lifelong friends gathered outside for a socially distanced dinner to celebrate my birthday last month.
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A favorite moment when I’d meet with business owners (in-person, pre-pandemic) occurred when I’d casually mention I’d sold my business (three years ago this month).
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Amidst pandemic, economic collapse, racial disparity and political warfare, do you wonder how America would be faring if we instead followed what God asked us to do?
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Major religions all share the tradition of making a pilgrimage – a journey to increase knowledge of self, nature and/or God.
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Two years ago, I spotted Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne exiting our plane at DCA. “I never stop celebrities,” I told him, “but in my world of journalism, you’re a rock star!”
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When Pharaoh refused to release the Israelites from slavery, 10 plagues changed his mind.
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What will families remember from this pandemic pause? Tension? Peacefulness? Will a predicted baby boom be confined, as young parents jest, to firstborn?
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When people gather near the Mississippi River to watch a sunrise or sunset, they often grow silent, watching the miracle respectfully as another day is dedicated.
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Americans have been divided for much of our history. (See the election of 1800.) Today, with social media and tribal cable channels, it might appear a bit more acute.
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A few weeks ago, I helped with my granddaughter’s nighttime routine. It always starts the same way: she selects four…
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In my 20s, when I was put in charge of a 25-person marketing team spread over two floors at The Charlotte Observer, I observed our biggest weakness was communications. Ironic, since we were in that business.
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I hopped off the Southern Crescent from UVA, hurried to my Great Aunt Bolling Spalding’s funeral and fell in with…
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My introduction to chitlins was at the The Big Dinner sponsored by Washington County Sheriff Harvey Tackett. A friend later…
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“Twenty years ago, there were only five cars on this street — and they belonged to store owners,” said Bubba…
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To get there, drive 40 miles south down Highway 61, until the hills suddenly drop onto the flat, rich plain…
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My seventh grade English teacher’s homework assignment was one sentence by William Faulkner. Simple, right? It carried on for five…
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Thanks to B.B. King’s relentless touring schedule – appearing in 342 shows in 1956 – he was known worldwide as…
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The first blues song I heard growing up on Atlanta college radio was “Cross Road Blues,” 1936, by genre progenitor Robert…
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Opened in 1945 when there were not many other African-American-owned businesses in Indianola, Club Ebony has succeeded through three owners…
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Before 1895, Dockery Plantation was, like much of the Delta at the time, a swampy tangle of gum and cypress…
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When the Grammy board searched for the most appropriate location to build its first museum outside L.A., they could have…
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Listen carefully in the juke joints, restaurants or the impressive interactive museums in Tunica, Cleveland, Clarksdale and Indianola, and you’re…
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The U.S. Civil Rights Trail stops in 15 states, few as chilling as Mississippi. Just driving along the miles of Delta…
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In my first newspaper reporting job, each morning I’d stop by the office of Greenville, Mississippi Police Chief Robert Skinner,…
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As a child, I thought the Confederate flag was cool. I didn’t know it meant anything. On my first day…
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Working as newspaper reporters in 1978 in Greenville, Mississippi, David Saltz and I jumped on a last-minute media invite to…
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Leveraging off The 100 Companies’ success in 20 geographical markets from Denali to Dubai and our launch of The Travel 100, our publishing network expanded this week into a second industry vertical: The Association 100.
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For three years, I’ve written the same words on Airbnb’s reservation field that says “tell your host why you’re in town.”