Jackson area, but the first time I had someone point out why they “really” had the day off was in Brookhaven. At a school, naturally.

I lived in Mississippi for 15 years. To a lot of people, it was always General Robert E. Lee day. I suspect that making it a hybrid holiday, to them, was a great concession.

The problem with Democrats who refuse to fight dirty.

My daughter is 10 years old, and in the last 4 days she’s had Gwylly from Eye of the Hunter die, Anne of Green Gables’ father die, and now this.