Category Archives: HOPE

To mark my 20th year of being a cartoonist in Mississippi, I thought I’d dig out 20 tales from the past two decades. Some are funny. Some are serious. All tell the story of how I came to fall in … Continue reading →

To mark my 20th year of being a cartoonist in Mississippi, I thought I’d dig out 20 tales from the past two decades. Some are funny. Some are serious. All tell the story of how I came to fall in … Continue reading →

“They say you want a revolution…” John Lennon Dr. John Bohstedt taught me about revolutions. A University of Tennessee history professor (and hero for stopping a mass shooter at his church in 2008), Bohstedt explored three revolutions in his World … Continue reading →

He’s one of the most positive people I know — and he’s in pain. His marriage is unraveling, leaving him exposed and vulnerable. As we sat at the table, I could see hurt in his eyes. If I had three … Continue reading →

It was the tightest security we faced in New York City. I turned to my son after we got through it and said, “This is the true monument to 9/11.” We were in the 9/11 Museum and were about to … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I asked this question: When times get rough, how do you keep from giving up? I was very impressed with the answers that I got. A friend of mine asked me, “so what do you do?” Good question. Guess … Continue reading →

Scars make you tougher. I just finished a piece about the flooding in Louisiana and a couple of the comments reminded me that yes, Louisiana will be OK. But they will be scarred. I know a little bit about scars. … Continue reading →

If you fall down, don’t make that your story. Make how you got back up your story. If I was going to personify that statement, I’d nominate Hattiesburg’s Kent Oliver. Oliver was recently diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, which is cancer … Continue reading →