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A snollygoster? No, just an independent thinker
The voice in my phone said, “We’re not selling anything.” Doubting that, I waited for the revelation, which soon followed. The call was a political ...
TJ Ray, Author at The Oxford Eagle
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History helps us understand the body politic
Editor’s note. This is the first in a two-part series. The second can be found here.. In the beginning they were immigrants or pilgrims, fleeing ...
by TJ Ray, Friday, June 11, 2021 4:01 pm
Columns
Reflecting on the Body Politic, part 2
Editor’s note: This is the conclusion of a two-part column on this topic. The first installment can be found here. Since the middle of the ...
by TJ Ray, Friday, June 11, 2021 3:56 pm
Columns
Aging is our greatest equalizer
How is your aging going? Are there more surprises like wrinkles or more gray hairs than a while back? Do you need more sleep? Has ...
by TJ Ray, Monday, October 29, 2018 9:52 am
Columns
The brain’s dwindiling attention span
The average human’s attention span is…oh look, a bird! Has that happened to you? As your brain began the activity of saying something to someone, ...
by TJ Ray, Sunday, September 23, 2018 5:40 pm
Columns
The joke continues for public education in Mississippi
Newspapers work to include a myriad of subject pieces to attract readers. For some, there is news, while for others the attraction might be a ...
by TJ Ray, Sunday, August 26, 2018 6:25 pm
Columns
An ode to the welfare state
Not being a subscriber to the New York Daily News, I cannot attest to the quality of that publication. But as a retired English professor, ...
by TJ Ray, Sunday, August 12, 2018 11:47 am
Columns
Does the name of something change its meaning?
Have you ever heard the question “What’s in a name?” When people ask that, it is often meant as a rhetorical inquiry, not with an ...
by TJ Ray, Saturday, June 30, 2018 3:28 pm
Columns
Repurposing and recycling things left behind
In the door pocket of my car is a much folded and unfolded map of Lafayette County. With it is a red magic marker, which ...
by TJ Ray, Saturday, June 23, 2018 2:39 pm
Columns
On things remembered and forgotten
Some gossamer memory recently unleashed a veritable flood of questions. For some reason, the question of the cars I have owned came up. Mostly — ...
by TJ Ray, Saturday, June 2, 2018 10:52 pm
Columns
Brave new worlds without gender definitions
If my memory serves — and it often doesn’t — the first time I heard “post” used other than in “posthole digger” was in graduate ...
by TJ Ray, Friday, May 11, 2018 11:53 am
Columns
Scum, scam and the appropriate places to use them
Times, they are a’changing! What with all the talk these days about words that are not to be used in public, one almost needs a ...
by TJ Ray, Friday, May 4, 2018 10:30 am
Columns
An item saved is an item you might one day need
Finding television programs that are worth watching gets more difficult as time passes. A remote control device almost becomes an extension of the right hand. ...
by TJ Ray, Friday, April 27, 2018 11:20 am
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