The annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index ranks eight Southern states among the bottom 10, with West Virginians taking 50th for the fourth year in a row. West Virginians were the least likely to be thriving, as was the case in 2011.…
MONTICELLO — Stepping into the humid heat around these parts produces an immediate wilting effect on the body. When it’s 93 degrees at 8:30 p.m., everybody’s miserable. Fourteen-hour days make the body tired, unwilling to brave much of that nonsense.…
MONTICELLO — If you haven’t noticed, this blog represents a labor of love about a region we’ve inhabited the majority of our lives. Sure, you see blog ads on the side and we may get pennies on the dollar if…
MONTICELLO — If you haven’t been around recently, you may notice changes to The Southerner Journal. “Around the South” attempts to provide semi-daily links to issues affecting the South, i.e. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North…
SOMEWHERE ON I-81, Va. — Tell your mama, tell your paw … We’re heading back to Arkansas. Due to transporting three dogs and two humans and the problems finding accommodations with Wifi along the way, the news links may or…
How to Save the Planet and Fix the Economy Too The Big Picture Just how hot does it have to get before the people of the United States finally acknowledge that global warming is happening? When are we going to…
OLNEY, Md. – The South — and the world — mourns today following news of Andy Griffith’s demise. The 86-year-old came into our homes more than half a century on this newfangled contraption called TV. He made us laugh, a…
(Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared in our sister publication, The Locust Fork blog.) Guest Column by Tom Campbell NEW YORK — Few people ever have a chance to be arms’ length from greatness. As a lifelong fan of Alabama…
NORTH LITTLE ROCK — It looks like I’m going to help my wife start a blog about being an ecovore. Stay tuned for updates!
MONTICELLO, Ark. — I just took a survey administered by Free Press. I give you my answers here if you want to see what I think about the future of journalism and the Republic. I suggest you take the survey…