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Author: Joey Ledford

Joey Ledford is a veteran journalist, who for more than 20 years was a writer and editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He also served as a writer and editor for United Press International for eight years.

When home isn’t home anymore

by Joey Ledford Life People & Places Talk

When home isn’t home anymore

by Joey Ledford Talk

The amazing lightning bugs of Elkmont, Tenn.

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Andra Day and Baltimore
Children's Choir open up
March for our Lives

What Emma González Said Without
Words at the
March for Our Lives Rally

Naomi Wadler speaks at
March For Our Lives

Jennifer Hudson,
"The Times They Are A-Changin"
t March for Our Lives

Common joins Andra Day
and Baltimore Choir
March for our Lives

Commit to #VoteThemOut
"Thoughts and Prayers" Aren't Enough

John Oliver
Arming Teachers

Road to 2018: Stacey Abrams
January 10, 2018 Act 3
Full Frontal on TBS

Stand By Me
Julia Westlin (ACAPELLA)

Nonsensical Rifle Addiction

Saving Miley from Costco

Love Has No Labels
Diversity & Inclusion

The Most Honest Three Minutes
In Television History

Coal Ash

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Blame it on Jefferson

It just keeps getting worse. I remember, it was not so long ago, when a sex scandal always involved actual sex. That is, penetration of somebody's body somewhere by another somebody with some appendage of the second somebody's person. That was it, pretty plain vanilla sex. The kinkiest it ever g

The Prudent Man's Shopping Survival Guide

Thanks to my wife Rebecca I know many things. I know she is always right, even when she isn’t. I know that when we’re lost, she has an astute sense of direction that brooks no challenge regardless of where we may be or end up. I know she can identify any spider from an altitude of from three to

Why Is Tea Party Silent On Arizona's Immigration Law?

The state of Arizona has passed the most stringent, draconian immigration law in the United States. Proposition SB-1070's impact on millions of Hispanics--both legal and illegal immigrants--will be profound. For the first time, law enforcement will be given a broad swath of powers to stop, seiz

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Finding My Heritage in the Long Shadow of Lincoln

That my first visit to the Lincoln memorial in 48 years would bring tears was unexpected. Yet on a sunny September Sunday in 2012, at the feet of his massive marble likeness, staring solemnly upon the chiseled words of President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, salty drops dot my face.

Nine Days on the Queen Mary 2

The driver called for us in Georgetown just before eight and delivered my wife, Arlette, and me to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal a little after noon, where the Queen Mary 2, flagship of the Cunard Line, waited for our transatlantic crossing. The comfortable point-to-point, or more precisely door-to-p

Of Mascots and Men, or, Rebel Yelp

Up and down the great state of Mississippi, from Biloxi to Holly Springs, there’s been much wailing and gnashing of teeth of late about the ouster of the longtime Ole Miss mascot, Colonel Rebel, a moustache-sporting old Confederate with a string tie, cane and planter’s hat. The Colonel got th

Dew Drops: Baptism, Buddhists, elephants

Little did Michelle Ammons know when she sent her son off on a field trip with his football coach that he would wind up ... baptized. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that Breckinridge County High School Coach Scott Mooney took about 20 players by school bus to a revival meeting at Franklin

Are there Vikings in your gene pool?

My father, born in the northern English port of Liverpool (a likely landing place for seafarers) was tall, blonde, with piercing blue eyes, a Roman nose and flat back of the head. As a girl I fantasized that he was of Viking descent, and I a northern princess with a fine thermostat: I was never

The Wildwood Blow of 1975

That morning was grey, and daylight was just creeping over the Dean Drive east ridge. I had tip-toed downstairs to make coffee. My son, Tom, had undergone deviated septum surgery the day before, and was staying here for a while to recuperate. He was asleep upstairs. I turned on the radio, keeping th

Hinson & Haze, episode 13

Wherein the cuddly couple expound on things grandly ordinary.

An eye for an eye

It is the duty of every cultured person to find all possible ways and means to settle disputes in a peaceful manner, without declaring war to kill his or her fellow human beings. --K. Sri Dhammananda Religions tell us that killing is wrong. Funny, then, isn't it, how many wars are fought in the nam

South Carolina’s Lost Decade

Ten years is a long time, especially in the digital age. A preschool child can grow into a strapping teenager; a tech company can go from start up to a global power; and a new idea can take root and begin to change a culture. In ten years, a state can build a strong reputation as dynamic and prog

Death Comes For The Dickens of Detroit

“I got one question. How you gonna get down that hill?” the hero Paul Newman asked Richard Boone, the classic villain, in the film adaptation of the 1967 film Hombre, based on the Western by Elmore Leonard. The story is of John Russell, played by Newman, a white man raised by Apaches and forced

Breadlines, Labor Strikes, a March by the Unemployed

Today’s economic hard times have brought memories and references to the Depression of the 1930s – the Great Depression that saw almost 30 percent of America’s population without any income, that saw breadlines stretching for blocks, that saw runs on banks and the failure of financial instituti

‘The Fighter’ is going to be a real contender at the Oscars

One of the best films of the year has it all...crime, drama, comedy, sports, and heart. “The Fighter” is based on the true story of two boxing brothers in the 1980s. The film stars Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. Bale plays the role of Dickey Eklund the pride of blue collar Lowell, MA. He w

Christmas Chow

Decades later, I fondly recall the really fine holiday noon meals every Christmas and Thanksgiving dished out by the chow hall at Hahn Air Base in Germany during three years serving my "friends and neighbors" in the Cold War. To be fair, and counter the legends about military chow, the food there

Georgia Will Close Its State Archives

On September 13, 2012 the Georgia Secretary of State issued the following press release: The Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget has instructed the Office of the Secretary of State to further reduce its budget for FY13 and FY14 by 3% ($732,626). As it has been for the past two years, these c

An outsider's view of the President, politics and the Holy Say

Once upon a time, all public buses in Western Australia carried a prominent sign above the driver’s seat: “PASSENGERS MUST NOT TALK TO DRIVER”. One day on my way to trade-theory classes in Perth, I stepped on a bus in Fremantle. Its sign had been altered using paper patches and red ink. “PAS

Super Bowl Media Milestones

Super Bowl XLVI marked yet another media milestone. True, it had 111.3 Million viewers, making it the largest audience for any Super Bowl so far. But that’s not it. And, true, the commercials topped the $3.5 Million mark, making them the most expensive spots so far. But that’s not it either. No,

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