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One of the nation’s leading lawyers, Ken Feinberg has become known as America’s “Pay Czar” in recent years. His name is familiar to many Mississippians for his role in hearing the cases of residents adversely affected by the BP oil spill. He was responsible for ruling on payments and doling them out. He is loved [...] [...]
Frankly, in this age of cyberspace the business of spying isn’t what it used to be. While it may be relevant, who wants to read about computer hackers? Give me the old-fashioned under-cover, cat-and-mouse game of espionage among dark streets — and sometimes glamour — of European and Russian locales when the heroes were not [...] [...]
Mississippians continue to excel in arts and letters. The appointment of Natasha Trethewey as the 19th U.S. poet laureate is another reason for us to be proud of the state’s rich literary legacy; made sweeter because it’s not confined to the past but is a current and ongoing tradition. She will begin her duties in [...] [...]
Ah Paris, a beloved city that’s often celebrated in books, movies and songs. Who among us is not enamored with the City of Light? The art, the food (especially pastries), the sidewalk cafes, the cathedrals, the culture – well, you get the point. Rosecrans Baldwin is not the first American to seek the good life [...] [...]
Craig Claiborne falls into the category of Mississippians who made good. The quiet gentleman from Indianola had a tremendous influence on eating in America. He was reared in his mother’s boarding house where he ate traditional Southern cooking, which we know is tasty but laden with fat and calories. It was quite a leap from [...] [...]
If you don’t smile at the title of this book, you haven’t been in Mississippi long or you have absolutely no interest in speech patterns. I can just imagine some good ole boy looking at these two girls, who look exactly alike and are dressed exactly alike, taking a second look and asking (rhetorically), “Y’all [...] [...]
Reduce, reuse and recycle is the mantra we should all be preaching. If anyone has any doubt that we’re the trashiest people on earth, read – or just browse through – Edward Humes’ latest book. In Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair With Trash he lays out the statistics to document our wastefulness and trashiness. On [...] [...]
Most of us like big, beautiful picture books; usually called coffee table books because they’re the kind of books we like to display. They don’t have to have a lot of words as the photographs usually tell the story. How many words have been written about and photos taken of the Mississippi Delta? Still, it [...] [...]
Continuing my fascination with books about World War II, I recently read “In the Garden of Beasts”, a work of non-fiction that describes what life was like for Americans living in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. If the pages of notes and sources in the back of the book are any indication, this book was [...] [...]
Spring training isn’t just for athletes. It’s a good time to jumpstart work performance too. Jason Selk, Ph.D. and director of mental training for the St. Louis Cardinals, is a top-tier executive coach and knows everything there is to know about developing the mental toughness required for achieving goals. The techniques he outlines in this [...] [...]
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