Home / Blogs / Archive by category Cory Wilson

Cory Wilson

Graduating Into the ‘Brave New World’

Graduating Into the ‘Brave New World’

Last Sunday, our church honored graduating seniors from the Madison area. It used to be called “Baccalaureate Sunday”, but this was..

May 8, 2013
Sunshine Is the Best Disinfectant

Sunshine Is the Best Disinfectant

Public service, of the kind that helps to preserve our representative democracy, can happen in a number of ways. Politicians, of course,..

April 24, 2013

April Is Financial Literacy Month

Governor Phil Bryant has issued a proclamation designating April as Financial Literacy Month. Chances are, I realize, the designation is..

April 15, 2013
Recent Session Boasts Solid Accomplishments

Recent Session Boasts Solid Accomplishments

Cory T. Wilson is a Madison attorney with Heidelberg Steinberger Colmer & Burrow, P.A. Follow Cory on Twitter, @CoryWilsonMS, or email..

April 12, 2013

The Tax Man Cometh

It’s time for that annual ritual that taxes my soul (to paraphrase Thomas Paine) as much as any other in modern American civic life...

March 20, 2013
Courage, Confidence and Coolidge

Courage, Confidence and Coolidge

“American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.” – Calvin Coolidge Republicans..

March 12, 2013
Happy Anniversary Princess!

Happy Anniversary Princess!

On March 1, my wife and I celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary. A decade of domestic tranquility has me thinking about marriage and..

February 26, 2013

Obama Care Train Wreck in Mississippi

The slow-motion train wreck that is Obamacare crashed in Mississippi this month. Conservatives who have opposed the government makeover of..

February 19, 2013

The Party of Education

Here’s a startling statement: Republicans are the party of education in Mississippi. I can hear the steam whistling out of my Democrat..

February 4, 2013

Attack and Blame

Frankly, it has been a tough week. I apologize in advance if my tone is downbeat. Inauguration Day, that symbol of the orderly transfer of..

January 23, 2013
Experience Oxford

We want to see how you show your Ole Miss Spirit! Send us pictures to hottytoddynews@gmail.com with "Ole Miss Spirit" as the subject.

Rosie
ConfCentAd
HottyToddyAd3
bnr_breakfree_300x250

Robyn-Tannehill
Jay-Hughes
Pat-5
Henson-Metal-Works

John Hailman’s Wine Tips of the Week

Julius Caesar’s Favorite Roman Wine: Still Around?
Ancient Romans liked their wine. In Pompeii, their resort near Naples, there were more than 100 wine bars and 20 wine shops in a city of 20,000. We know this because a volcanic eruption of nearby Mount Vesuvius suddenly buried the city under nine feet of ash in A.D. 79. Many Pompeians were buried alive at their tables, and thousands of large wine jugs, or amphorae, were preserved in place. Read More

Wade-300x250
Campus-Creek
TimeStands_WebBanner
TFM-Vintage-Flooring-and-Furniture
DR-Perry-300-x-250


Mississippi Deer Population

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Fishers estimates that 1.5 million deer live inside our state boundaries. Only Texas and Michigan support more deer than Mississippi.

Click Here For More Facts

The Chickasaw –– Spartans of the Mississippi Valley

By: Jack Mayfield
Last week I wrote about the arrival of the Chickasaw Indians into this area of north Mississippi. If you will recall, there were two groups of Indians who made their way from the Northern Plains of the American Continent to the “Father of Great Waters” (later known as the Mississippi River) and then into the area that would become the states of Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. Read More
  • RSS
  • Newsletter
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
Subscribe!