Previous Columns of the Mid-South Philosopher
Beware Telemarketers...Phony or Otherwise August 10, 2008
A Rainy Day in Georgia August 3, 2008
How to Fix the No Child Left Behind Act July 27, 2008
Strength in Family July 20, 2008
At the Point of Precarious July 13, 2008
Come on Sonny...Pretend You're a Governor July 6, 2008
The High Court Got This One Right June 29, 2008
I Am Not Me! June 22, 2008
The Georgia CRCT Mess May 25, 2008
The FLDS Debacle in Texas and Why We Should Care May 18, 2008
A New Tradition May 10, 2008
Justice Done May 4, 2008
Carter Should Seek a Cure for Peanut Allergy April 27, 2008
Thoughts on Patriotism April 20, 2008
The Polk County, Florida Beat Down April 13, 2008
The 2008 General Assembly April 6, 2008
The Latest on the Surge in Iraq March 30, 2008
Thoughts on John McCain February 24, 2008
The Value of a Pet February 17, 2008
Hodgepodge February 10, 2008
National Politics and Such January 27, 2008
Government and Me January 20, 2008
Time, Again, for the Wild Hog Supper January 13, 2008
Reflections on the First Week of January January 6, 2008
The Rump Congress and the Alternative Minimum Tax December 9, 2007
A Sunday Morning Lesson December 2, 2007
Chocolate Drops and a Dresser November 25, 2007
I Don't Trust Televangelists, But I Trust Politicians Even Less November 18, 2007
Religious Fanaticism November 4, 2007
The Narcissism of Our Time October 6, 2007
Tax Reform September 30, 2007
The North Korean Menace September 23, 2007
New High School Graduation Requirements September 16, 2007
Continue the Surge September 9, 2007
"I Made a Mistake" September 2, 2007
Family Reunion July 1, 2007
Something's Out June 24, 2007
A Stroll Through Dogpatch June 17,2007
Memorial Day 2007 May 27, 2007
Reform the Police and the Legislature May 5, 2007
The Movement Toward Vouchers April 29, 2007
The Georgia General Assembly, Alberto Gonzales, and the Virginia Tech Massacre April 21, 2007
Way to Go Glynn County April 14, 2007
More Idiocy from the Legislature April 7, 2007
Political Hypocrisy March 18, 2007
Faith in the Face of Tragedy March 4, 2007
The Continuing Saga of Anna Nicole February 24, 2007
A Salute to Local Governance February 18, 2007
Election of School Superintendent: A Bad Idea February 4, 2007
Wolf Blitzer's Blunder January 28, 2007
Hillary's Candidacy January 21, 2007
January Hodgepodge January 14, 2007
The 2007 Session of the Georgia General Assembly Cometh January 7, 2007
The Passing of Saddam Hussein and Gerald Ford and New Year 2007 December 31, 2006
Christmas 2006 December 24, 2006
Seven Rules of Cellular Telephone Etiquette December 17, 2006
The IRS, the Esperanza Firefighters' Families, and the "Rump" Congress December 10, 2006
The Global Warming Issue December 3, 2006
The Sack-rattler November 26, 2006
Thanksgiving 2006 November 19, 2006
Bush, Rumsfeld, and Condi Rice November 12, 2006
Saddam Hussein and the Mid-Term Elections November 5, 2006
The Fence on the Border: a Legislative Practical Joke October 29, 2006
"Georgie" Bush's Legacy October 22, 2006
The Health Care Crisis October 15, 2006
Introspection October 8, 2006
Tragedy in Wisconsin October 1, 2006
The Danger of Bureaucracy: Even in War September 24, 2006
Gangsters in New York September 24, 2006
Nancy Grace Gives Us What We Want September 17, 2006
The Presidential Offensive: Too Little, Too Late September 10, 2006
A New Strategy for the SAT September 3, 2006
Thoughts on Congress August 27, 2006
Let's Keep the Taxes August 20, 2006
Back to School August 13, 2006
Improvement in No Child Left Behind August 6, 2006
War and the Barbary Pirates July 30, 2006
Election Reflection July 23, 2006
On the Brink July 15, 2006
The Plight of Thomas Autry July 11, 2006
July 4, 2006 July 2, 2006
Representative Keen and the Georgia General Assembly Could Have Done Better June 25, 2006
Klan and Nazis Do Not Represent Confederate Dead June 18, 2006
The Breakdown of Ann Coulter June 11, 2006
Terrorism Breeding at Home June 4, 2006
Lannie Perry Barnes Is History May 28, 2006
Why Immigration Reform Is Doomed to Failure May 21, 2006
Frustration with Rumsfeld April 30, 2006
Disappointment April 23, 2006
Harry Potter Meets Mrs. Mallory April 16, 2006
GA General Assembly Blows Chance at Good Stem Cell Research Bill April 9, 2006
The Real Lesson of the Cynthia McKinney Debacle April 2, 2006
These Are the Good Ole Days March 26, 2006
A Recurring Lesson March 21, 2006
A Sign of the Times March 12, 2006
Reflecting on Mayberry March 5, 2006
Breaking with Bush February 26, 2006
Taking Aim on Cheney February 19, 2006
I Am a Deadbeat, and You Need to Become One February 12, 2006
Get Ready. We're Coming! February 5, 2005
Ann Coulter and the Coming Right Regime January 29, 2006
Eminent Domain, Justice Souter, and a Bush Family Secret January 22, 2006
Smoking and Other Life Style Habits and Health Insurance January 15, 2006
The Sago Mine Disaster and the Trichotomy of Life January 8, 2006
New Year: Challenges and Possibilities January 1, 2006
Intelligent Design, Evolution, and Christmas December 25, 2005
Solving all of the Problems of the School down at the Ball Field December 11, 2005
The Need for Kindness December 4, 2005
Thanksgiving Weekend 2005 November 27, 2005
Improving the Congress November 20, 2005
Oil, Lies, and the Weather November 13, 2005
In Support of the SPLOST November 6, 2005
Not the Best Week at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue October 30, 2005
Is the President Headed for Political Bankruptcy October 23, 2005
Teachers Must Follow the Rules October 16, 2005
Thoughts on the Supreme Court, Harriet Miers, and Liberty October 9, 2005
Lessons from the Murder of Kimberly Boyd October 2, 2005
Governor Closes State Babysitting Services September 25, 2005
Saying Good-bye to Mama September 18, 2005
Good Job, Mr. President September 11, 2005
Is President Bush a Closet Liberal? September 4, 2005
Doctor, Doctor, Tell Me Please...NOT August 28, 2005
A Word of Prayer August 21, 2005
August Musings August 14, 2005
Conservatives Gone Wild August 7, 2005
Dishonesty in the Behalf of Political Correctness July 31, 2005
Time Will Tell July 24, 2005
Hannity, Boortz, and the Clinton Side-Shuffle July 17, 2005
The London Tragedy July 10, 2005
Shameful Court Ruling July 3, 2005
Jennifer Deserves a Boo, and Sonny Too June 19, 2005
The Medical Marijuana Decision June 12, 2005
The Brit Coms June 5, 2005
Gold Star Mothers May 29, 2005
A Pill for Every Deal May 22, 2005
Are Your Butts Covered? May 15, 2005
Starting Over in Albuquerque: ... May 8, 2005
Why Not Amend the Constitution May 1, 2005
Hodgepodge April 24, 2005
Thoughts of a Grandfather April 17, 2005
Dealing with A "Crude" Reality April 10, 2005
A Look at the 2005 Session of the Georgia General Assembly April 3, 2005
The End of Terri Shiavo March 31, 2005
The Terri Shiavo Tragedy March 20, 2005
The Height of Evil and the Depth of Incompetence March 13, 2005
A Visit to the Celestial Lodge March 6, 2005
A New Way to Select "Master Teachers" February 27, 2005
Faith and Family Service February 20, 2005
Ritual February 15, 2005
There May Be Hope for the Georgia General Assembly February 6, 2005
Lunacy of the Legislature January 30, 2005
Bakers of Tainted Cake Return to School January 23, 2005
The Prince and the Swastika January 16, 2005
Politics and Pundits January 9, 2005
Resolutions 2005 January 2, 2005
Do You Believe in Santa Claus December 26, 2004
Teach the Children December 19, 2004
It Is Time for Rumsfeld to Go December 12, 2004
Be Careful What You Pray For December 5, 2004
Spellings...A Wise Move for Bush November 28, 2004
Thanksgiving 2004 November 21, 2004
Hypocrisy of Conservatives and Liberals November 14, 2004
For Failure there Is No Excuse November 7, 2004
Message to Usama bin Laden October 31, 2004
The Conservative Nightmare October 24, 2004
There Is Another Option October 17, 2004
The Great Debates October 10, 2004
The Right of Eminent Domain and Individual Liberty October 3, 2004
Spying on the Church September 26, 2004
The Truth About the Immigration Issue September 12, 2004
Mountain Morning August 29, 2004
Seven Year Old Should Not Be in Court August 22, 2004
Open Letter to the Candidates August 15, 2004
Redneck Woman August 8,2004
A Taste of Sadness August 1, 2004
A New Strategy for the 21st Century July 25, 2004
A New Kind of Impact Fee July 18, 2004
Time for Congress to Declare War July 11, 2004
The Task of Winning the Great Islamist War June 27, 2004
Teens Death a Tragedy in More Ways Than One June 20, 2004
George W. Bush Is No Ronald Reagan June 13, 2004
Thoughts on D-Day 1944 June 6, 2004
Memorial Day 2004 May 30, 2004
Georgia General Assembly Could Find Work to Do May 23, 2004
107th Annual Communication of the 7th District Masonic Convention May 16, 2004
Apologies I Want to See May 9, 2004
Revamping the "High Stakes" Testing Environment May 2, 2004
Put a Penny in a Burned-out Fuse April 25, 2004
The Sophisticated Insult April 17, 2004
Georgia General Assembly Fails to Make Adequate Yearly Progress April 11, 2004
How to Solve Georgia's Budget Problems April 4, 2004
A "Piercing" Look at Female Genital Mutilation March 28, 2004
You Can't Pay this Debt March 21, 2004
How I Learned that One Vote Always Matters March14,2004
Amanda's Story March 7, 2004
Exercise the Franchise February 29, 2004
It Is Time for Him to Go / Retirement for County Commissioner February 25, 2004
That Ever-Loving Flag February 22, 2004
From Our Nation's Capital February 15, 2004
Change Georgia's State School System Organization February 8, 2004
Evolution and Creation: Teach Them as Theories and Move On February 1, 2004
Let's Not Get Emotional January 25, 2004
They're Back January 18, 2004
Tragedy Comes to My Community January 11, 2004
Bringing Back the "D"."No Child Left Behind", and the National Guard January 4, 2004
2003 in Review December 28, 2003
Miss Essie Mae Washington-Williams December 2, 2003
Open Letter to President Bush December 14, 2003
No Child Left Behind Revisited December 7, 2003
A Warming Trend, George Wallace, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Study November 30, 2003
The Death of Common Sense November 23, 2003
Political Incorrectness November 16, 2003
A Tribute to Zell Miller November 9, 2003
A Wake-up Call November 2, 2003
Justice Served October 26, 2003
"Liberty:" the Forgotten Word October 19, 2003
Hodgepodge October 12, 1003
One Little Slap October 5. 2003
Samuel Adams, "the Franchise", and Me September 28, 2003
Mortality September 25, 2003
Keep Hope Alive September 21, 2003
A Final Word on No Child Left Behind: Well, Almost September 14, 2003
The Dirty Little Secret of the No Child Left Behind of 2001 September 7, 2003
The Fundamental Flaw of "No Child Left Behind" September 1, 2003
"An American Life" August 25, 2003
Georgia's List of "Failing Schools" Is a Failure August 16, 2003
Georgia Department of Education Issues List of Failing Schools August 6, 2003
Persistently Unsafe Schools July 25, 2003