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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 first time; or no one has sense enough to relate mankind’s hard learned lessons to […]
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 […]
By Steve Patterson Dear Mr. President, 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 my opinion. I am but […]
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 […]
Is it possible to gain the Presidency of the United States through the use of invectives alone? Can the Leader of the Free World be selected based entirely on the volume and meanness of insults? Does adolescent name calling really elevate one in the public’s eye and deserve respect and confidence? Alas, we […]
I don’t know exactly when it happened or why. I only know it happened. Why have my dreams, yearnings and ambitions retreated and become smaller? Why did my “Bucket List” become so short? You know, the list of things you want to do before you die – before you “kick the bucket.” Maybe it’s […]
The hypnotizing melody of frogs croaking, crickets chirping and a pair of whippoorwills crying in distant harmony signals the beginning of a new season. The air is now delicious with the married fragrances of magnolias and jasmine. From my front porch, tucked deep in the tall timbers where no man-made light intrudes, the moonlight kisses […]
In the mid-19th century, Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle suggested that the entire history of mankind can be explained by the impact of divinely inspired “great men” or heroes. “The history of the world,” said Carlyle, “is but the biography of great men.” According to this view, all history can be explained by the personal attributes […]
Editor’s Note: When arriving at Patterson Pointe Lodge, Steve Patterson’s home a couple of hundred yards up the hill from Sardis Lake in Panola County, you know immediately that the man loves bird dogs. Two bird dog statues stand watch over the drive leading to the breezeway between the main house and stables/bunk house. The interior decor of the house — which […]
Editor’s Note: Great energy and a good education; success both in business and public service; family and countless friends; financial security; deep Christian faith– Steve Patterson had an abundant measure of the good life. Then an unpleasant and unexpected turn of events, during which he had the most memorable Christmas of his life. This is […]
One of the matriarchs of Mississippi’s Civil Rights Movement, Ms. Winson Hudson of Leake County often told me: “Old friends, they is best. But, if you can find a new one that’s fit to make an old one out of, that’s mighty good too.” I have never forgotten Ms. Hudson’s advice and have tried my […]
Editor’s Note: After I begged him for several months, my friend Steve Patterson finally wrote something for NAnewsweb.com.* America’s Dilemma By Steve Patterson Sometimes we learn lessons. Most times we’ don’t. But the United States of America has just been presented with an opportunity to learn the greatest lesson of all and challenged to […]
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