James A. Rose

Cloud Nine Higher online magazine has a tradition called the Chennai-Nashville Pick'em Challenge. Me, the publisher (James Rose), from Nashville, versus Pattu Subramaniam, the football analyst, from Chennai, India. For many years now, Pattu and I have squared off in a friendly competition involving the best of college

Okay, so did you really believe what you read in the title line up there? LOL - Probably not. Perhaps I got your attention. Then again, maybe not. Selfishness is not a good thing, folks. This applies to your spouse (if any), your dates and significant others (if any at

Patience is not a popular word in this day and time we live in. We are used to instant solutions to most every problem or challenge we face. Smartphones, AI, PDF files (instead of paper), and the Internet in general save time, as well as paper. Everything from banking to

It's that time of year, folks: The end of the calendar year and the peak of college football bowl season. Here in 2024-2025, it also means college football playoff games. The prior order of the "New Year's Six" bowls has been re-ordered for playoff

"No Fear" has been a mantra used on apparel in years past. It has also made its way into the verbiage of everyday life conversations now and again. But, as men, do we really live our lives without fear? I will be the first to admit that I

You've seen my articles about the Bible, Christianity, and what it means to live as a Christian. Is it a different life? Definitely. Are there some "rules" that go along with it? Yes. The exact nature of some of the rules is debatable. Others, such as