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Actors Aren’t Experts Why do we give the opinions from actors more credence than experts in their fields? An actor’s job is to convince us his made-up role is believable; successful ones make for good movies….but not necessarily useful politics. It’s odd to me that many people and apparently a lot of media types follow…

A recent study found that the average public toilet seat had 1700 bacteria per square inch on it. Not exactly something you’d eat off of (and a great reason why you ladies have invented a gravity-defying “hover” method that us guys will never master). Please pause and read this next sentence, I need your full…

Nandina How many of you had a secret hiding place as a kid? I had several. But then, I grew up on a farm of over 300 acres so there were lots of places to choose from. My mama had several plantings of nandina or as some call it heavenly bamboo. There was a large…

Taking Risks Regular readers will know I’ve harped on how children today are cocooned and never given the opportunity to fail. This is true in many homes just as it is in school. In their efforts to protect their kids from physical and emotional damage, teachers and parents are often doing the next generation a…

A Heroic Heritage (courtesy of President Glen Harris Sr. and Hazlehurst Community League) Of all the peoples who have journeyed to America from foreign lands, African Americans have the saddest, yet the most inspiring, story. Unlike immigrants of every other nationality and race, the Africans arrived on these shores in North America and the Caribbean…

Black History Month is a time to acquire new knowledge, review old knowledge, and share knowledge with those who simply don’t know. To study the history of African Americans is to study the history of the world, the history of all peoples, and the history of an oppressed yet overcoming people. So today, let us…