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Ferguson: No Snow in a Mississippi Christmas

Mississippi may lack snow, but Christmas traditions, humor, faith, and gratitude make the season meaningful and full of joy.

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The Marriage Gap

In looking at the recent election returns, one thing is certain: Republicans don’t need to worry about the gender gap. They need to worry...

Big Three Sports Nicknames

The Big Three State universities have all undergone sports nickname transformations since their early days: The Golden Eagles used to be named the Southerners;...

HT Bloggers Give Plenty of Lip

HT's Roster of Bloggers Features All-Star Lineup of Commentary By Michael Harrelson, editor, HottyToddy.com michael.harrelson@hottytoddy.com From liberals to conservatives to an award-winning array of journalists who always...

Apple Gets Its First Major-League Chink

The fiercest tech rivalry on the planet is nearing the boiling point of iron. When releasing Apple’s I-phone version number 5, saying the top brass...

HottyToddy.com and OM Spirit Team Up

The Ole Miss Spirit and HottyToddy.com have teamed up to bring you the sports coverage you expect. By Michael Harrelson, Editor, HottyToddy.com michael.harrelson@hottytoddy.com Look for enhanced coverage...

An Attitude of Gratitude Takes A Lot of Work

OXFORD — In a letter to a church he had founded, the Apostle Paul made a series of suggestions. One was to “pray without...

2012 Election, a week later

President Obama being re-elected last Tuesday came as no surprise to me. I had been reading Nate Silver’s blog religiously for weeks, and knew...

The Reivers –– William Faulkner’s Final Book

The Reivers –– William Faulkner’s Final Book William Faulkner’s last book published was in 1963, The Reivers. In 1969 Hollywood made it into a movie...

The Great Mississippi River Flood of 2011

In his classic Delta autobiography, Lanterns On the Levee, William Alexander Percy wrote, “With us, when you speak of ‘the river,’ though there be many,...

Commuting Daily from South Florida to North Mississippi, Or Why I Love Social Media

My first novel, Wolf’s Run, was published in 2010. In interviews, at book signings and in cocktail party chatter, I’m often asked, “How long did...