Category: Rants & Raves

Picture this. You’re aimlessly scrolling down your Facebook feed, when suddenly the most dazzling...

January 1st, 2022. It’s New Year’s Day and time to write another column. I’ve been conjuring up a...

What a year in this American life. Those who thought 2020 couldn’t be topped in terms of tension,...

I don’t know about y’all, but I’ve experienced too much sadness and loss this holiday season. The...

Several years ago, in a column I can’t seem to find now, I wrote a sentence that my sister deemed...

As we barrel toward Thanksgiving, then on to the end of another very strange year, I’ve got some...

Do you dream of technology? I mean literally. When you close your eyes at night, do you drift off...

Mike Jones’ new novel explores 60-year-old Beaufort murder mystery Mike Jones was 16 years old, a...

I don’t know about y’all, but more and more these days, I feel crushed by the weight of our...

Recently, I was scrolling through social media – shocking, I know – and I realized a weird kind of...

I’m not particularly happy to be writing my third column in five months bearing the title...

I came across a meme on Facebook last week that read: “Don’t confuse kindness with being nice....

I don’t often get inspired these days. For too many reasons to count, I’ve grown cynical....

Weekend before last, I did something decadent. I treated myself to a movie. In an actual theater....

It’s graduation season, and all across America famous people are standing behind podiums, capped...

A few issues ago, this column was devoted to the trials and tribulations of trying to score a...

While futzing around with some plants in my yard recently, I had a metaphorical moment. (My family...

Last night I dreamt of Sewanee. It was an intensely vivid dream, and one of those rare ones that...

Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. For starters, I have stopped going to church. I don’t know...