Pontificus Minimus Opines
Observations, opinions, and commentary on life and culture
Sexting, Virtual Relationships, and the Erosion of Connectivity
Jeez, do we have a problem in the Good Ole UsofA! It used to be understood that there was not a family in our prosperous country not affected in some...
Netanyahu Got It Right – Pontificus Minimus of The Delta Bohemian Opines about the Prime Minister’s address to Congress
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS INTRODUCTION: Pontificus Minimus, while wearing all the rough off a treadmill, read the subtitles to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s May 24th address to a joint session...
Taming the Mississippi River: A God-Given Mandate?
Cows grazing on top of an next to the Mississippi River Levee near Friars Point, MS during the Mississippi River Flood of 2011. Photo by The...
Water Matters
This is the closest to flying I'll ever get. A squirrel's eye view of the big basket Oak on the Low Road. May 11 Mississippi River...
Mattie Louise Mattered
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS and POOR WILLIAM The following eulogy was given at the lads’ maternal grandmother’s funeral on October 6, 1996. She was a grand and classy dame--the finest of...
The Hope of Zihuatanejo
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS Pronounced (Zee-wah-tah-nay-hoe), this real-life vacation destination on the Pacific coast of Mexico is where Morgan Freeman’s character Red in The Shawshank Redemption found his friend Andy Dufresne,...
God is in Gardens
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS Gardens and gardening reflect God’s creative and redemptive power. Many a pastoral life’s non-encumbrances include outside air, sunshine, the smell of soil, time for reflection, and the...
Physical Training versus Godliness
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS In the Apostle Paul’s first epistle to his protégé Timothy, he writes: “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding...
Kathryn’s Crossroads
PONTIFICUS MINIMUS OPINES: Kathryn's Crossroads By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS This tribute to Kathryn Grace Levingston first ran in the Clarksdale Press Register immediately after she became a Bat Mitzvah this past...
Where has My Reflection Gone?
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS Aye, Pontificus Minimus laments the loss of his reflection, but this does not mean he is “Vlad the Impaler” or another nocturnal, blood-sucking vampirish creature, unable to...
The Tongue
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS That little ole wet, tasting muscle, which hangs out in our mouth, serves more than just to detect flavors and foods; it is a veritable life sustainer...
Ubuntu and Donne
By PONTIFICUS MINIMUS Ubuntu is the age-old African concept that portrays all people linked--past, present, and future. We are all connected and we rise and fall as one people. It...