Author: Southerner Journal

bReAk ThE cUrSe!

For those of you blissfully unaware, the savior of Golden Eagles’ football faces a dilemma of whether to return to the Land of Cheese and pacify both his flock and his folly. Brett Favre, known in these parts first for…

Sign o’ the Apocalypse

Kentucky basketball museum closes – http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3470465

A Progressive Southerner

Somehow missed posting this, but in February a UNC-Greensboro professor commented on a Progressive ‘Southerner.’ Considering the material covers the re-release of a 1909 book titled “The Southerner,” don’t guess it’s too dated. http://www.uncg.edu/ure/news/stories/2008/feb/Southerner021808.htm

A Trip of Many Firsts

Photo by Latoya Shelton Walkin’ — A contingent from the University of Arkansas at Monticello walks in The Big Apple over Spring Break. ** Editor’s Note: Through the generosity of an unidentified donor and the New York Times’ American Democracy…

Water Problems in Georgia

ATLANTA (Oct. 27) – Water problems abound in Georgia, leading to $1,000 fines and jail terms for people who’ve watered their lawns at night, as well as this toon from my dad.

Saving The Jena Six

A Guest Commentary by Michael Ford CROSSETT, Ark. (Sept. 20) – With incidents like the recent ones in Jena, La., the South deserves its reputation as being the most racist region of the United States. Any white person that hangs…

Refusing to Evolve

A Guest Commentary by Michael Ford CROSSETT, Ark. (Sept. 15) – A study published this week in Nature Neuroscience and reviewed in Slate Magazine verifies something most intellectuals already knew: Liberals are smarter than conservatives. “In a rapid response test—you…

Dog Fighting. Michael Vick. Enough Said.

A Guest Commentary by Kevin Sims NEW EDINBURG, Ark., July 21 – I’ve been holding off blogging on this subject, not for any personal feelings or research purposes, but because of my work schedule. I came to the conclusion that…

Send a Valentine to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin

Valentine’s Day is Wednesday, and FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has spurned the public’s love in favor of the largest media companies. It’s time we won back his heart, according to FreePress.Net. The group has created a 40-second Valentine’s Day video…

Vote and Matter: Don’t and You’re ‘Mad as the Hatter’

Editor’s Note: Robert Penn Warren’s All The King’s Men is routinely listed in the top five novels in American literature, although it appears to have dropped off the radar screen of the masses in today’s so-called “conservative” TV-driven American culture.…