There are things that go unquestioned in the national discussion. Because this is a country wrapped in fear and self-importance, the basic, unchallenged premise determining how we behave, how we spend our money, is that we need to protect ourselves . . . from The Enemy.
The new year 2019 dawned fraught with promise and peril just as the year 1919 did a century before.
“In my country the people can do as they like, although it often happens that they don’t like what they have done.”
School desegregation in Mississippi was a tough, messy and often a very dangerous business.
Have you ever wondered how your website is doing in the SERPs? What about your PPC? Are you getting a good CPA? What about the CPM? Are you tracking all of your KPIs?
Here are a couple of easy immigration questions — answerable with a simple “yes” or “no” — we might ask any American of any political stripe: Does everyone in the world have a right to live in the U.S.? Do the American people have a right, through their elected representatives, to decide who…
Newspapers are businesses like no other. While other employers contribute to community life, newspapers, when operating at their best, are centers for community conversation and drive the quality of community life.
If Republicans have a lick of sense, they are alarmed by a recent sign of intelligent life in the other party. The sign is the election by Democrats in the House of Representatives of Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos as chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. In November she won …
The chilly weather of late has caused the Time Traveler to reset the dial on the time machine past the cold midwinter and cool spring months to the balmy month of June, 1966.
I worry about the growth of the lobbying industry and its outsized weight compared to that of the ordinary American.
Longevity runs in my family on both sides. My father lived to a few weeks shy of 76 years. My mom made it 82 years. My grandmothers lived to be 93 and 101 respectively. One grandfather died at 76 and the other at 81.
In reference to efforts to teach black children, the president of the St. Petersburg, Florida, chapter of the NAACP, Maria Scruggs, said: “The (school) district has shown they just can’t do it. ... Now it’s time for the community to step in.” That’s a recognition that politicians and the edu…
As we enter 2019, the question that looms over America is simple: Can we govern? The answer is no. Unless this changes — truly a long shot — the new year may be as disappointing as the old.
I am so excited! This year – 2019 – is set to be a record year for job searching. If I could knock on the door of every reader to personally deliver this message, I would. This message deserves to be yelled from rooftops everywhere. If you have ever thought of looking for a new job, now is t…
Let’s start by ending sweetheart deals to giant e-commerce companies, like Amazon.
The cold winds of January blew mournfully through the DeSoto County seat of Hernando in January of 1866, across the smoldering embers of war and bloodshed.
During the 2018 federal election cycle, The New York Times, The Washington Post and other national news organizations examined the question of what they saw as Mississippi’s declining clout on Capitol Hill.
I'll be the first to admit that as far as humor goes, I'm a bit weird. I wouldn't go so far as to laugh at train wrecks unless they're really funny. I love comic movies. Love 'em. The more slapstick, the better. Old Jerry Lewis movies are golden. Jim Carrey and Will Smith rock.Don't ever, ev…
Years ago a teacher tried to explain the American attitude toward work.
America’s body politic has been scarred by excruciating political shingles and 2018 campaigning was equivalent to acid reflux. But this year’s elections indicated that some political antibodies are strengthening the nation’s immune system.
Happy 2019! I think we can all agree that 2018 was a tricky year. But, it’s time to start fresh. It’s time to refocus on an awesome New Year’s resolution: finding a new job. And, it’s the perfect time. Unemployment is at a record low. Jobs are being added. For the first time in a long time, …
Much is made about observed differences between sexes and among races. The nation’s academic and legal elite try to sell us on the notion that men and women and people of all races should be proportionally represented in asocio-economic characteristics. They make statements such as “Though A…
As the new year dawned in DeSoto County, folks from Rabbit Ridge to Frog Mountain were busy the last week of December 1960 as they swept away tinsel and got out their party hats in time for New Year’s Eve. Times-Promoter columnist Mills Barbee quoted a line from Alfred Lloyd Tennyson:
It’s probably premature to make projections for the new year when the old one has a week or so left, so apologies for getting ahead of the calendar.
The ancient creation dilemma is based on determining which came first, the chicken or the egg? But in 2018 agri-business government lending, the current dilemma is more accurately based on which comes first, the independent poultry grower or the corporate poultry integrator?
Finding a work-from-home (or remote job) can seem to be an impossible proposition. It’s like finding a unicorn. You’ve heard they exist, but you’ve never actually seen one.
Finding a work-from-home (or remote job) can seem to be an impossible proposition. It’s like finding a unicorn. You’ve heard they exist, but you’ve never actually seen one.
In 1957, 4.3 million babies were born in the United States. In 2017, 60 years later, the number was 3,853,472. That’s an 11 percent decline, in a nation whose population has nearly doubled over those six decades. And though there are a few days left in 2018, the number for this year is sure …
America is often described as a constitutional democracy or constitutional republic. That’s not really true. The best you could say is that our system is constitutional-ish.
During the holiday season of 1960, some DeSoto Countians got into the “spirit of the season” in more ways than one, it seems.
Small acts of generosity can have a huge impact
In the early 1930s, when Benito Mussolini was one of the world’s most admired political figures, Franklin Roosevelt proclaimed in his first inaugural address that there might have to be a “temporary departure” from “the normal balance of executive and legislative authority” so that he could …
Perhaps if I were a preacher, which I’m decidedly not and I offered a sermon, which this decidedly isn’t, I’d call it: “Christmas and The Farm Bill.”
As we enter approach the New Year, there’s a lot of talk about setting goals. They may be related to career, family, fitness or other personal pursuits. It’s interesting to think about which goals will be achieved and which will eventually be shelved.
Mississippi could use more leaders like Commissioner of Public Safety Marshall Fisher. He says what he thinks, does what he says he is going to do.
Among the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s responsibilities are approval and regulation of pharmaceutical drugs. In short, its responsibility is to ensure the safety and effectiveness of drugs. In the performance of this task, FDA officials can make two types of errors — statistically kno…
With his gravelly voice and his lack of senatorial sheen — even in a well-pressed suit he somehow radiates rumpledness -- Sherrod Brown could have wandered into the Senate from Depression-era proletarian literature. The Ohio Democrat’s populist persona is undiminished by his Yale degree. But…
Christmas is a special time in the history of this wonderful county, and the holiday in the early 1950s was heartily celebrated much in the same manner as it is today, but with far less commercialism and more fun and frivolity on a much simpler scale.
Recently, I’ve been lucky enough to be around a lot of people who I would regard as moral heroes. They spend their lives fighting poverty, caring for the young or the sick, or single-mindedly dedicated to some cause. I’ve been wondering what traits such people tend to have in common.
My friend Lisa Denley McNeece would have made light of the cruel absurdity of her death on Sunday at her home in Bruce. Under singularly unexpected circumstances, she just died. She was a vibrant 56 years old.
It was certainly no surprise when race bubbled up more than a month ago in the runoff between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy.
That the U.S. is divided on political issues is old news. Both the Left and the Right are deeply entrenched, resulting in distrust, animosity, and political gridlock. One troubling example is with the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization of 2018. Sadly, it isn’t the first time t…
It’s party time! Chances are, you may have a holiday party coming up for work or with friends that you just can’t avoid. Whatever the occasion, these parties can be draining. This is especially true for those of us who are introverts, or who have other commitments. It can feel like there’s j…
DeSoto led his conquering armies through DeSoto County nearly 478 years ago, stopping just long enough to discover one of the world’s largest inland waterways, the mighty Mississippi River.
Debate in Congress has always been contentious. The levels of vitriol may seem especially acute these days, but confrontation is not new. I can remember times on Capitol Hill when “debate” was actually more of a screaming match than a civil discussion.
After more than 35 years in the newspaper industry, 18 of which have been spent at this newspaper, your community editor at the DeSoto Times-Tribune is turning the page, writing a new chapter.
It’s true that George H.W. Bush was the last president from The Greatest Generation. This week, commentators have pointed out that when Bill Clinton defeated Bush for a second term, Clinton’s youth was a big plus.
Have you ever had to do extra work in a job interview? One of my most intense interviews ever was at Target. I interviewed there after graduate school for a project management role. The process was unlike one I had ever seen up to then.
Much of today’s incivility and contempt for personal liberty has its roots on college campuses, and most of the uncivil and contemptuous are people with college backgrounds. Let’s look at a few highly publicized recent examples of incivility and attacks on free speech.
Total student debt hit an astronomical $1.48 trillion this year. The average graduate now leaves school with $40,000 in loans hanging over his head.
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