___Couch to 5K in Just One Day - As the infomercials say, here’s how it works.  First, don’t do any exercise for weeks in advance (or you’ll foil the experiment).

Time for the 2012 Campaign - American presidential campaigns are usually filled with truths, half-truths, distortions and downright lies.

Trends Favor Obama Reelection - The historical trend is clear. Presidents who coast to their party’s nomination for a second term win reelection.

Remember Harry Truman - The buck stops here!  Truman was one of our nation's greatest presidents.

King Holiday 2012: William Winter on Racial Reconciliation - Governor Winter realized before most that the future of Mississippi was dependent on quality public education for all and racial reconciliation.

Brotherly Love - My brother Frank was the central character in my childhood.

King Memorial is Good for America - To borrow a phrase from another American icon whose likeness is etched in stone nearby, “It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.”

Mississippi Women Rising? - In Mississippi, a woman’s place is not yet in the House – or any other federal office.  But this year’s elections prove they’re getting closer.

"The Help" Shows We Have Unfinished Business - Am I my brother’s keeper?  Who is my neighbor?  Are we aware of The Help we need with our unfinished business?

Family Fun Visiting All 50 States - Visiting all these places has certainly been fun and educational.  But the real joy of travel is the togetherness.  There is no Wii or Nintendo on a trip.  And there is no going to a room and shutting the door for privacy.  A trip is all about being together, planning together, eating together, doing together.

Big Words - Whether you are perspicacious or pusillanimous, obsequious or obstreperous, laconic or loquacious, enjoy discovering big words as one of life’s little pleasures.

Thank God for Mississippi!
Our state continues to shine on the national stage and is a source of pride for those who live here.

Cool Papa Bell - the fastest man to ever play baseball

L.Q.C. Lamar - the first American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, as a member of the President’s Cabinet, and as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court

Can you name the countries that do not use the metric system as their official system of measures? www.sporcle.com/games/GeoExpert/notmetric_nations