Brittany Brown/Mississippi Today Marie Gaston still remembers all the food her parents cooked when she was growing up. The aromas of fried chicken, green beans, cabbage,...
Elvis Presley was born on Jan. 8, 1935, in Tupelo. The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll began his music career in 1954 at Sun Records in...
Judging the weather based on numerical temperatures is boring. Besides, if it’s 35 or 40 degrees, who can tell the difference? Southerners love a good...
As an international graduate student, Elliot Grime wanted to learn about the culture of the South and better understand the region. For the past two years,...
*This story originally ran January 31, 2017. SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK Stiff-necked: A person who’s stubborn and unyielding in a belief or action, who’s just about...
Communication Addiction Disorder or “Talkaholism”, affects 300 million people. In a strange twist, 300 million the number of the most active Twitter accounts, and the population...
A friend of mine moved into a small Mississippi town from Chicago. He noticed that an elderly man down the street mowed his yard with a...
In 2001, I joined Cantor Fitzgerald in the North Tower, 105th floor of the World Trade Center. For my entire career I was at my desk...
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have...
Siri must be from Jersey. While attempting find “Pecan” Street with my iPhone (that’s “puh-cahns,” not “pee-cans”) and finding myself at a medical supply store, I...