My column that appears today in The Hattiesburg American. *** ON July 26, I read Robert St. John’s column, “The Earl of Sandwich,” and decided I was going on a diet. I know it was July 26 because I wrote about it on my blog. I’ve written about my diet nearly every day since. You [...]

In today’s Hattiesburg American: Last week Newsweek featured an article claiming creativity is on the decline in America. This conclusion comes from a study at the College of William and Mary. It’s based on Torrence scores, a test that has been used to measure creative thinking in children since the 1950s. The Torrence data says [...]

From the Hattiesburg American. A FEW DAYS AGO I sat in Starbucks wishing I had my camera with me. A line of people formed, all waiting to order lattes, all looking down at phones rather than ahead toward whatever people watched while in line before ubiquitous text messaging. The symmetry of the scene would have [...]

Here’s my column that appeared yesterday in the Hattiesburg American. I was nervous about this one. I thought people would leave rude comments on it. I usually write about things that aren’t in the least bit controversial for this column, and people leave rude comments anyway. This time when I thought people would have rude [...]

WHEN I HEARD snow was on the way last week, I did what I always do when there’s even a slight chance of power outages – I bought peanut butter, bread, and pre-packaged snacks. I may not be the best person to tout the benefits of eating locally grown whole foods, but that’s exactly what [...]