Rural Politics

Out here in the hills and countryside, we know a grift when we see one. It is when somebody swears they came to help you fix the tractor, but the tractor never moves and somehow they leave with your gas money. Country definition, but it holds up in court. And

Mama loves the drive to Corry, PA. A native Mississippian, she is unused to Pennsylvania’s protracted autumns. Back home, September is still summertime—but with SEC football and zero fall colors. So, Mama loves Pennsylvania in September with its autumn yellows and luminous reds. She also feels at home

I will tell you right from the start, I think voting is the most American thing a person can do. I never miss an election. Big race, small race, even if dogcatcher is on the ballot, I show up. But this time I wanted to step outside my own habits

The ROMEO Club Ain’t What It Used to Be If you're from an urban or suburban upbringing, you might ask, “What is a ROMEO Club?” Out here in rural America, every small town has one. They might not call it a club, and it’s not official

Inside the Alt Right World Democrats Keep Missing The morning after Charlie Kirk was gunned down, a Democratic official with thirty years in office looked at me across the table. He shook his head, still working it out. “Until yesterday,” he said, “I had never heard of Charlie Kirk.” The

You remember 2016, right? That was the year the Republican Party slapped on a red hat and gave itself a whole new personality—Make America Great Again.  Now look, if the hat had just said Make America Great, well hell, that’s a message anybody could get behind. Sounds like