Daily Journal to Barbour: Come Clean
The Daily Journal in Tupelo continues to do Mississippians proud by calling on Gov. Haley Barbour to come clean about his financial ties to his (former?) D.C. lobbying firm. In …
I won a prize for my poem!
My poem and profile was also featured in this month's Nappy News, and here it is:
At the A Nappy Hair Affair Web site, anyone can participate in a monthly Napfirmations contest where you can submit a writing that is a positive affirmation about people of …
Did Thompson Protect Barbour, GOP in 1990s?
The official entry of Fred Thompson into the presidential fray is causing some old GOP problems to be pulled from the memory hole and given a fresh light in a …
Isbister and Ladd to Host Radio JFP Friday Noon
Listen is as Laurel Isbister and Donna Ladd bring you Radio JFP this week on WLEZ-FM, 103.7. Listen to the live stream at here.
Is Barbour Fibbing in his TV Ads?
John Arthur Eaves, and Cotton Mouth, seem to think so. Check out their analysis.
Injustice in Noxubee
There was a story in yesterday's New York Times that reminded me of the Cedric Willis story.
Language of the Absurd
Despite its ungainly headline, AP ran an excellent story about the absurdity of some Mississippi politicians' anti-immigrant rhetoric, delivered just in time for the election cycle.
BREAKING: Kaze Suspended from Kim Wade Show for Anti-Bush Comments.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hip-hop artist and activist Kamikaze of Jackson, MS, was suspended indefinitely from the Kim Wade Show on Jackson's WJNT-Talk radio (1180 AM) for anti-Bush comments. Following a monthlong tour of …
Talking About the Dee-Moore Murders
I just got a link to a radio interview I did with Pokey Anderson of "The Monitor," a progressive news analysis show on KPFT out of Houston. I almost missed …
A Giuliani-Barbour Ticket: Just Imagine
I just ran into this post on the Think Progress blog that is basically saying what I was earlier about all the revelations about his "blind trust" and his Katrina …
Harrison Asking the Right Barbour Questions
Up in Tupelo, Daily Journal reporter Bobby Harrison is asking the right questions, as opposed to the ridiculous posturing coming out of The Clarion-Ledger's Sid Salter. He writes today about …
Salter: Get Your ‘Manufactured' Facts Straight
The Cottonmouth Blog is taking Sid Salter to task for his bizarre and rather desperate attempts to defend Haley Barbour and his blind trust, especially about a snipe Salter took …
Worst Newspaper in the U.S. At It Again
OK, so here comes The Clarion-Ledger after the election with a story about Robert Smith and his history, including his getting in trouble in Madison County for calling a law …
Week 4 in the Czech Republic: Revelations
By now if you're reading this Ive already made the gruelling flight back to the states and have touched down safely in Jackson. Reading some of the responses to my …
Hit-and-run driver injures child in Presidential Hills
This happened on Lyndon B. Johnson Dr. It will probably be on WAPT or WJTV at 10:00 tonight.
According to a neighbor, a truck hit a small boy and continued to go down the street with the boy being dragged under the truck. The driver lost control, hit …
