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Steve Patterson: A Christian Democrat Speaks

October 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

If America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great. –Alexis de Tocqueville, “Democracy in America” It came out of nowhere, like a stealth bomber dropping its payload on my unsuspecting self. “Hello, Mr. Patterson how are you?” she said as I stood in a Jackson book store [Continue Reading]

Steve Patterson on Ed Meek: Political correctness or political cowardliness?

September 25, 2018 // 4 Comments

“Some people’s idea of free speech is that they are free to say anything they like, but if anyone says anything back, that is an outrage.” –Winston S. Churchill “An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the first amendment.” [Continue Reading]

“Just another dumb Southerner!” Steve Patterson opinion

September 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

“Only southerners have taken horsewhips and pistols to editors about the treatment or maltreatment of their manuscript. This – the actual pistols – was in the old days, of course, we no longer succumb to the impulse. But it is still there, within us.” William Faulkner, The Sound and the [Continue Reading]

Does John McCain’s death signal the end of the old Republican Party?

August 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

“Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame. No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos and not for cash. Your picture in the paper nor money in the bank, neither. Just refuse to bear them.” [Continue Reading]

Steve Patterson: The way we were – Brad Dye and the end of an Era

July 3, 2018 // 2 Comments

“I’d trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday.” Me and Bobby McGee -Kris kristofferson Funerals appear on my schedule with alarming frequency these days. I have reached the age where so many of my friends have grown tired and weary, [Continue Reading]

“A Declaration of Conscience” revisited, by Steve Patterson

May 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

“The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of a living soul” ~ John Calvin History is a great teacher. We should learn its valuable lessons, but sadly we all too frequently do not. The only reason we are “doomed,” as Santayana said, to repeat history’s mistakes is either because no one was listening the [Continue Reading]

Billy Brewer: A tribute to My Friend, by Steve Patterson

May 15, 2018 // 1 Comment

When Billy Brewer was fired as Ole Miss football coach in 1994, he needed only a few months of continued state service to collect his retirement. I was serving as State Auditor, so I called my old friend and said, “Coach, don’t worry. You can come to work for me and get the time you need.” There was a long pause [Continue Reading]

“Situation hopeless, but not impossible!”

February 13, 2017 // 3 Comments

By Steve Patterson Dear Mr. President, Steve Patterson, December 2015 I am a man of straightforward candor, so let me go ahead and clear the deck. I don’t like you. I have voiced my dislike for your bravado and otherwise distinctive “style,” both in writing and to any and all who sought [Continue Reading]

Steve Patterson– Hate: Reflections, Insights and Revelations

November 18, 2016 // 1 Comment

It recently struck me: I had become a hater. That’s right; I had learned to hate. Life had been my teacher. As a child, I was prohibited from using the word hate. I had a strong dislike for fried eggs, but was not allowed to hate them. Hate was just too strong a word. Hate expressed feelings that good little [Continue Reading]

INVECTIVE: an opinion by Steve Patterson

October 17, 2016 // 7 Comments

“Invective: Insulting, abusive, or highly critical language.” Oxford Dictionary “He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. He is careful of what he is learning, for that is what he will know.” Annie Dillard Is it possible to gain the Presidency of the United States through the [Continue Reading]

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