Slimantics: Which Mississippi?
When my out-of-state friends ask me about Mississippi, I generally respond by asking, “Which one?”
Slimantics: The year of unfinished business
This is my last column of 2020 and like most things in 2020, I’m ready to be done with it. (the year, not the column, I mean).
Slimantics: STOP THE EGG BOWL STEAL!
Like most PATRIOTIC Mississippians, we awoke Sunday morning in great anticipation of reading about Mississippi State’s BIGLY win in the Egg Bowl on Saturday.
Slimantics: Don’t let Hallmark ruin your Christmas
The subject for today is the Christmas movie or, more specifically, the Hallmark Channel Christmas movie.
Slimantics: A vote for the future honors the past
By the time you read this, you may have already voted in this year’s election. If you haven’t, what are you waiting for?
Slimantics: Sticking your head out in the middle of a tornado
There has long been an unwritten rule that columnists don’t use their columns to take shots at what other columnists have written. That’s a position I have always embraced, but there are exceptions.
Slimantics: Letter-writing in the time of COVID-19
It’s only been a couple of weeks since Americans have been “sheltering at home,” yet some folks are already showing signs of discontent.
Slimantics: Consideration of ‘sanctuary’ gun law a waste of time
Monday, county resident Scott Ivy approached the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors to ask them to pass a resolution to make the county a “Second Amendment Sanctuary.”
Slimantics: State Republicans are pumping up the cost of education
Mississippi Republicans love to talk about how they’ve cut taxes since obtaining veto-proof control of state government in 2011. It’s good politics. Who isn’t in favor of lower taxes?
Slimantics: A useful lesson from a curious Swede
Curiosity killed the cat, but it does not appear to have done Ulf Nils Rasmusson any harm.
Slimantics: I’m not benefiting from Reeves’ 50 tax cuts. Are you?
Every now and then, Gov. Phil Bryant says more than he intends.
You’ll find no better example of this than Bryant’s comments in support of Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves during his campaign for governor.
Slimantics: In establishment versus underdog only one has plan
The eve of tonight’s GOP runoff debate found the two candidates in much different surroundings.
Slimantics: More Walkers, less tires
If you ask me, what this state needs is more Hagan Walkers and fewer state politicians throwing money around like beads at a Mardi Gras parade.
Slimantics: When ‘racist’ spills the bounds of political correctness
Not all life lessons come easy.
Slimantics: I know misogyny when I see it
Have yourself a day, Robert Foster.
Before Wednesday, Robert Foster was pretty much off the radar, a one-term state senator polling in single digits in the GOP Governor primary.
Slimantics: British, not bitter: London-raised Starkville man has different perspective on Independence Day
Happy Fourth of July, the day we Americans set aside each summer to scare the bejeebers out of our house pets with explosives.
Slimantics: Riddle me this
There are two riddles in this column.
Slimantics: Bulldog Baseball: Seems like old times
In 1985, I made my first and only trip to Omaha, Nebraska, for the College World Series.
Slimantics: The men on the beaches
We have seen the images, read the history and watched depictions of what happened on June 6, 1944 as dawn broke over the dark waters of the north Atlantic and the artillery smoke hung heavy over the beaches of Normandy France.
Slimantics: Bulldogs secure in their baseball tradition
Typically, when the Mississippi State baseball team wins a title at its home ballpark, fans linger long after the game to soak in the victory and to celebrate.
Sunday was an exception.