They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But I wasn’t born with a silver...
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In Mississippi, like most states, the legislature makes the law. The people (citizens) make law only in...
There’s a lot to be said about the good things that have happened as a result of...
When ninth grader Brandi Levy did not make the varsity cheerleading squad at Mahanoy Area High School...
I was sitting on The Balcony above City Grocery, drinking a Greyhound, smoking a pipe, and minding...
Individual religious freedom has been bolstered in two recent Supreme Court cases (not on a small, individual-sized...
As promised in my last column (“Notes in My Phone: Part One”), I now present “Notes in...
Since Roe v. Wade in 1973, states have been prohibited from imposing laws that infringe on the...
The Atlanta spa shootings have again raised questions about hate crime laws and why, in many cases...
I currently have 371 notes in my cellphone. While there are a few old grocery lists and...
Oxford’s local animal shelter/rescue, Mississippi Critterz, was recently accused (and cleared) of committing criminal “animal cruelty.” The...
It’s been a year—a full year since the Coronavirus burst on the scene and took the entire...
During Snowzilla my Spirit Guide, Kaw-Liga the Wooden Indian, decided to pitch his teepee in my apartment...
The Sundown Cowboy, self-proclaimed Poet Lariat of The Balcony, was deeply impressed by the work of National...
The Tao Te Ching, the Chinese spiritual classic by Lao Tzu, gives guidance on many things, including...
In the wee hours of last Thursday morning I woke thinking that I wanted to update my...
I shall refrain from recounting all the things that have made 2020 a year to forget. I’ll...
I fell asleep again on The Balcony at City Grocery last Saturday. You’d think by now I’d...
When this issue of The Local Voice hits the streets, we’ll be two days away from Halloween,...
We don’t need Halloween as a fear factor this year. There’s plenty of scary stuff out there...