Rejecting censorship
By Prioleau Alexander Photo by Luke Stackpoole on Unsplash Here at the Mercury we always welcome reader input. Conversation is important,...
Prioleau Alexander
Mar 8, 2021


October oddities
October is best known for Oktoberfest and Halloween, but there’s a great deal more to the tenth month than drinking yourself silly and...
Prioleau Alexander
Oct 2, 2019
Chemtrails, autism tales, lizard scales on the Prince of Wales
It’s conspiracies gone off the rails as our very own Prioleau vents spleen against those anti-vaccine … and more Ah, August… Vaccination...
Prioleau Alexander
Jul 31, 2019


Five stars for the Fourth of July
Our maven of flag wavin’, Prioleau Alexander, offers a laugh that flies full-staff July is the month of Independence Day, that glorious...
Prioleau Alexander
Jul 3, 2019
D.C. and me: From the Newseum to Chinatown, Prioleau drains the pomp
Washington, D.C. is the last place you want to wear a “Make America Great Again” hat. Recent media blathering has attempted to frame the...
Prioleau Alexander
Apr 3, 2019


Hitting the links (with some kinks)
This past May, I accepted an invitation to attend the PGA Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Jacksonville, Florida. This was an odd...
Prioleau Alexander
Jun 6, 2018


No holding back about withholding
If there’s one thing that could radically transform America, it would be the elimination of the system by which the government...
Prioleau Alexander
Aug 12, 2015