I think the ties to slavery and the terrible tragedy that followed the Civil War with Jim Crow and racial violence is closely linked to the Confederate flag.

The Moon Pie is a bedrock of the country store and rural tradition. It is more than a snack. It is a cultural artifact.

There is a mythic view of the South that's symbolized by the film "Gone With The Wind" that looks back fondly at slavery as a time when everything was happily in place - in place for whites.

When we say the South lost the Civil War, we mean the white South. The blacks were liberated. And it's trying to redefine this Southern myth and bring it in a more positive direction.

Where you find obesity, you'll find poverty. It's a reflection of the South's struggle to raise its standard of living.

Far from checking the spread of immorality, repression has always extended and deepended it. Thus it is futile to oppose it by rigorous legislation which trespasses on individual liberty.

Gnani Purush’ [the enlightened one] has become ‘Soul’ (Atma

You can only conquer hate with love.

The slaves didn’t get out of slavery by first figuring out how to get out. They got out by first knowing they needed to get out.

I like to write when I feel spiteful; it's like having a good sneeze.

My older sister Nikki went to Hampton music school in Virginia, then to another school later in New York.

We will save our sovereign rights as a nation.

A favor is half granted, when graciously refused.

As we are spiritually awake and alert we see His hand across the world and we see His hand in our own personal lives.

If we had no language we'd have nothing.