Jimmy Reed

[em]Jimmy Reed is an Oxford, Mississippi resident, Ole Miss and Delta State University alumnus, Vietnam Era Army Veteran, former Mississippi Delta cotton farmer and ginner, author, and retired college teacher. Other books by Jimmy Reed include [strong]The Jaybird Tales[/strong]. Copies, including personalized autographs, can be reserved by notifying the author via email (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)).[/em]

Most Recent Articles by Jimmy Reed:

In Giving, We Receive December 22, 2010
Cotton Picking, Gins, “cathead” biscuits
Courage December 21, 2010
Understanding, thankfulness and faith
A Language Confounded December 20, 2010
(Part Two Of Two), Doublespeak of political correctness
A Language Confounded December 18, 2010
Part I: Efficient communication has been a primary impetus for all the great advances society has made
Faith December 13, 2010
St. Thomas Aquinas: “No explanation is necessary to one who has faith; no explanation is possible to one without faith.”
Thankfulness December 6, 2010
In America, we have ample opportunities to earn the good life, and for that we should always preserve an attitude of thankfulness
I’ll Still Be An Ant December 3, 2010
The Ant And The Grasshopper, fabulist, Aesop
Understanding November 30, 2010
Love is the right word, and love often means understanding
Indifference November 24, 2010
Satan must love indifference
Our Own Babylon November 20, 2010
America treads on thinner and thinner economic ice and unemployment creeps steadily upward
Take Tytler November 15, 2010
Alexander Tytler, lifespan of Democracis, Internet, email spam
A Modest Supposal November 4, 2010
Healthcare law
Imaginary Voters October 17, 2010
With no liberty, there will be sham elections, decided by imaginary voters
New Narcissus September 26, 2010
“… a poor player
 that struts … his hour upon the stage
 … full of sound and fury … signifying nothing."
Managing Anger Management September 13, 2010
My over-insistence on punctuality, proper classroom behavior, attire, and respect for teachers
Such A Candidate September 12, 2010
American Elections
America’s Achilles Heel September 6, 2010
America's Education System
I Hope They Starve September 4, 2010
Cradle-to-grave Big Brother benefactor, illegal immigration
The “S” Word August 29, 2010
“Progressive” is one of many doublespeak terms with no meaning — or opposite-than-intended meaning — that now dominates political vernacular
Tolerating The Intolerable August 23, 2010
Sharia Law, Sharia Index, Ground Zero Mosque
Congressional Gormandizers August 15, 2010
If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy
Willingness To Fight August 14, 2010
This enemy is composed of religious zealots, the most determined foe America has ever faced
Contemporary Cassandra August 13, 2010
Seeing the future, but no one believes
What Does He Know? August 13, 2010
Health Care Reform Act
Brewster Quit Baking August 10, 2010
"Under the doctrines of fairness and change, workers must divide the fruits of their labor with non-workers"
On Whose Side Is Our Side? August 9, 2010
Obama administration has adopted a stance different from Reagan’s, and of other previous administrations
Consequences August 5, 2010
“There are neither rewards nor punishments: There are consequences.”
November 2010 August 4, 2010
Anti-American activists, American Exceptionalism