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New York City has a Sons of Confederate Veterans camp and it’s probably not what you’d expect
Normally, it’s the kind of invitation I’d politely decline: to attend a meeting of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The impetus was a column last ...
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Joe Rogers: It tolls for thee
I’d see it every Sunday on the way home from church, just at a left turn in the road: a cross, a wooden bench and ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, June 19, 2017 6:00 am
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Joe Rogers: Fathers, yay! Fatherhood, no.
It’s a safe bet that next Sunday somebody will wish me a happy Father’s Day, an occurrence that always leaves me at a bit of ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, June 12, 2017 5:27 am
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Joe Rogers: Cuba’s faded glory
Among the first things I noticed after arriving in Cuba was the attractiveness of the young female customs officials and the apparent shortage of fabric ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, June 5, 2017 6:00 am
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Joe Rogers: The Southern grilling gene
A Jackson friend, Averyell Kessler, recently balked at an email she’d gotten from a cooking site, titled “How to Grill.” “You’re sending this to Southerners?” ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, May 29, 2017 6:18 am
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Joe Rogers: The plus side of old age
Among the advantages of reaching geezer status is that it offers certain financial perks not available to most whippersnappers. (A whippersnapper, in my usage, is ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, May 15, 2017 9:51 am
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Joe Rogers: What Makes Mississippi, Mississippi?
I’ve been trying to figure out how best to celebrate Mississippi’s approaching bicentennial, and think I’ve hit upon the answer: Road trip! You can help. ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, May 8, 2017 5:43 am
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Joe Rogers: The not-so-good old days
In the 1960s, “The Flintstones” presented life in the Stone Age as comically entertaining. “The Jetsons” suggested pretty much the same would be true in ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, May 1, 2017 5:30 am
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Joe Rogers: I’m not a kook; I just play one
It must be tough these days to be Alex Jones, the fringe radio host/internet provocateur. I’ve always thought of him – when I thought of ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, April 24, 2017 3:28 pm
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Getting literate, before it’s too late
It may be time to broaden my literary horizons. Much of my reading has long involved heroes who specialize in pummeling, shooting, arresting or, depending ...