JFP Endorsement: Barack Obama and Joe Biden
It’s been a harrowing four years for the country as we’ve ridden out the Great Recession.
The Candidates’ Plans: How Will They Affect Mississippi?
With less than a week before the presidential election, polls show the two frontrunners neck-and-neck in a campaign focused largely on health care and economic issues.
A Jump to the Left? Mississippi: The 2012 Elections and Beyond
Among the many names folks have called Mississippi—from the Hospitality State to the Cradle of the Confederacy—“political trendsetter” probably doesn’t rank high on many lists.
William Waller Jr.: No Agenda
Criticized for political donations, Mississippi State Supreme Court Chief Justice William Waller Jr. says as long as the state constitution requires judges to run for office, contributions are necessary.
Factcheck: Morris, Nunnelee Debate in Oxford
On Oct. 25, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee (1st District) met Democratic challenger Brad Morris, an Oxford attorney, at the University of Mississippi for a half-hour face-off.
Mississippi Women's Turn: Can They Break the Political Ceiling?
The political landscape might have shifted in Mississippi, but in 2012, women are still struggling with the same issues.
How Big Business Wants to Shrink the Electorate
Astonishing. Remarkable. Sinister. Those are words that come up again and again when confronting the wave of voter-identification laws that has swept through more than 30 Republican-dominated state legislatures in recent years.
Election 2012, Illustrated: Debt and Jobs
In an election year, the one thing that is curiously missing are facts.
Who Are the 47 Percent?
Last week, a videographer caught Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in an unguarded moment during a political fundraiser.
Defense, Illustrated
Even the military gets kicked in the face when it comes to fact-checking.
Obamacare vs. Romneycare
“States could avoid some of the enrollment cuts generated by the block grant by increasing spending from their own resources, but completely avoiding enrollment cuts would require very large increases in spending to offset the reduction in federal funds,” the Kaiser paper states.
Big Gaps in Romney Plan on Pre-existing Conditions
There's a huge catch to Mitt Romney's plan: You'd basically have to be covered already to be protected.
Education Key to State's Job Growth
In September, Mississippi's unemployment rate increased to 9.2 percent, and it's been one of only seven states that has lost payroll jobs over the last 12 months.
The Delusion and Paranoia of 'Obama's America 2016'
Conservatives have been abuzz this year about "2016: Obama's America," a documentary by Dinesh D'Souza, claiming to expose the "real" Barack Obama.
Rep. Ryan Tried to Scrap Obama-Backed Disaster Aid System
Rep. Paul Ryan's House budget would have cut $10 billion in disaster help; party elders told him no way, at least for now.
The Deal With a Racist Devil
We seem to be going backward, not forward, on race and other bigotry issues.
Behind the Chair
I've been in the beauty industry for 17 years. After laying hands on and listening to countless women, I know for a fact--as celebrity stylist Tabatha Coffey says--"It's not always about the hair."
Who is Kris Kobach?
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is representing Mississippi in a lawsuit against the Obama administration.
On Values and Votes
Though we shared our precious faith, we did not altogether share the same politics.
Beware the GOP's (Un)Scientific Sexism
The majority of Mississippians who voted last fall to block the passage of the "personhood" initiative should be very nervous about the Nov. 6 election.
Immigration, Illustrated
Immigration is always a thorny issue, especially when facts are (mis)quoted.
Energy And LGBT Illustrated
November the 6th is around the corner, so it's time to re-evaluate the facts and vote.
Climate Change: Real or Not?
In 2008—back when President Barack Obama was a candidate—then-Sen. Obama promised to take on global warming.
Stinker Quote of the Week: "Retard"
Like her male counterpart, Rush Limbaugh, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter is no stranger to slinging childish slurs when she can't come up with anything actually useful or intelligent to say.
Stinker Quote of the Week: "Tool"
In 2010, Mississippi's rate of maternal death per 100,000 was 15.2 percent, putting it at 45th in the nation for high rates of maternal deaths, meaning that only five states did worse.
Stinker Quote of the Week
A couple things stink about Ryan's answer about abortion in the vice presidential debate.
Stinker Quote Of The Week: "Numbers"
“Unbelievable jobs numbers..these Chicago guys will do anything..can’t debate so change numbers”
Stinker Quote of the Week: "Preferable"
"There is no question that for Missourians who believe we need to stop the reckless Washington spending, rein in the role of government in people's lives and finally focus on growing jobs in this country, that Todd Akin is a far more preferable candidate than liberal Sen. Claire McCaskill."
Stinker Quote Of The Week: "Chickification"
“I think it’s feminism. If it’s tied to the last 50 years—the average size of (a man’s) member is 10 percent smaller than 50 years (ago)—it has to be the feminazis, the chickification and everything else.” –Rush Limbaugh
Stinker Quote Of The Week: "Disgraceful"
“I’m outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi."
