by Donna Ladd
“Bullet proof.” “Political invulnerability.” “Going to win.” “Sure loser.” The problem with conventional wisdom is that it is usually more self-fulfilling than wise, especially when promulgated by folks who just want to be right.
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[civilrights] - Our Boy Trent
by Donna LaddDecember 19, 2002
Is Lott an anachronism, or does he represent a stereotypical, but true, Mississippi that still denies its racist past?
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Words Like Freedom: Black Poetry Movement Wants Acceptance, A Home
by Shannon L. Buckleyphoto by Charles Smith
"Sometimes, I think it's the only thing I know how to do. I know it's the only thing that I want to do." I could hear myself saying these words, spilling my soul, to my…
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Think Global, Shop Local
Vote for your community with your dollars
“There’s Johnson’s Hardware and Morgan’s Jewelry. … They were the little men. … I go back now, and it’s as if they’ve never existed. … There goes the little man.”
Long before he sang about the difference between Iran and Iraq, country singer Alan Jackson’s “Little Man” was a ballad for thought, especially during the holiday season. Every dollar you spend on holiday presents, turkeys or Christmas ornaments can help your community—but not if you send your money out of town.
But it’s so easy to do. Most of us are extremely busy between work, family and social obligations. It just seems easier and more efficient and even cheaper to pile in the car and head to a big mall or a fluorescent-filled superstore to buy everything from underwear to gift wrap to peanut butter (never mind that we’re tempted to spend extra money when we get there). Every time we choose big-box retail, whether it’s Barnes & Noble or Wal-Mart or, yes, even the oh-so-hip Target, we are passing up an opportunity to re-invest our money directly into our community.
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“There’s Johnson’s Hardware and Morgan’s Jewelry. … They were the little men. … I go back now, and it’s as if they’ve never existed. … There goes the little man.”
Long before he sang about the difference between Iran and Iraq, country singer Alan Jackson’s “Little Man” was a ballad for thought, especially during the holiday season. Every dollar you spend on holiday presents, turkeys or Christmas ornaments can help your community—but not if you send your money out of town.
But it’s so easy to do. Most of us are extremely busy between work, family and social obligations. It just seems easier and more efficient and even cheaper to pile in the car and head to a big mall or a fluorescent-filled superstore to buy everything from underwear to gift wrap to peanut butter (never mind that we’re tempted to spend extra money when we get there). Every time we choose big-box retail, whether it’s Barnes & Noble or Wal-Mart or, yes, even the oh-so-hip Target, we are passing up an opportunity to re-invest our money directly into our community.
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Dogging Youth
Is Metrocenter Mall's New Policy Good for Business?
by Donna Ladd
When the four young women arrived at Metrocenter Mall Friday, Oct. 25, just after dark, they didn’t expect to be carded at the door. Casually dressed in sweats and sneakers, Renata Davis, 20; Stacey Swana, 25; and Danielle Baldwin, 15; came with Andreal Davis, 18, to get her infant daughter’s ears pierced. But when they reached the entrance next to Ruby Tuesday’s, they met a white-shirted security guard in a big black hat and a member of mall management who asked for their IDs. The weekend before, Metrocenter had launched a new curfew, called the Family First Guardian Policy, that requires people 17 and under to be escorted by a parent or legal guardian from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights.
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by Donna Ladd
When the four young women arrived at Metrocenter Mall Friday, Oct. 25, just after dark, they didn’t expect to be carded at the door. Casually dressed in sweats and sneakers, Renata Davis, 20; Stacey Swana, 25; and Danielle Baldwin, 15; came with Andreal Davis, 18, to get her infant daughter’s ears pierced. But when they reached the entrance next to Ruby Tuesday’s, they met a white-shirted security guard in a big black hat and a member of mall management who asked for their IDs. The weekend before, Metrocenter had launched a new curfew, called the Family First Guardian Policy, that requires people 17 and under to be escorted by a parent or legal guardian from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights.
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Does Your Vote Matter?
Read what civil-rights fighter Bob Moses, former Gov. William Winter, Jackson State professor C. Liegh McInnis, stay-at-home dad Greg Griffith, Millsaps student leader Jessica Knight and other Jacksonians say about voting. Their thoughts may surprise youIs voting a right? A responsibility? A duty? A chore? If it’s a right, then it’s one that we may not necessarily take for granted, but it’s a responsibility we may not always take seriously. Indeed, voting may just honestly not seem cool anymore, even after decades of MTV’s “Rock the Vote” and “Boxers vs. Briefs” propaganda. Many potential voters, or past voters who’ve given it up, are now asking, What has voting gotten us? What does it matter?
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Izzy: it's not enough to just study something - at some point you have to act. Systematic exclusion can be read as…
Nov 20, 2009
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
J.T.: Wintrhop, your last sentence "I don't want a small and manageable God. I prefer one that I can't fully understand." bears…
Nov 20, 2009
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: Funny you should mention the gender issue of a deity. I was at lunch with a St. Andrews priest one…
Nov 20, 2009
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Izzy: I wouldn't be too sure your church doesn't preach hate if your liturgy is not gender-inclusive. Think about it - is…
Nov 20, 2009
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
baquan2000: Goldenae - you pointed out a key element in your post, "the point is that he would even suggest…
Nov 20, 2009
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
amoderatemississippian: check out the following link:
http://www.oxfordeagle.com/news2.html
It does appear, by the article written today,…
Nov 20, 2009
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: WMartin - At the church I attend, St. Andrew's Cathedral, there is no teaching or preaching about hate (unless you…
Nov 20, 2009
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
ladd: A fail-safe principle I've always sworn by: If the Kluckers agree with me about something, I need to rethink it.
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[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
Goldenae: I would truly be ashamed of myself if I looked at life and others the way the some people do. Some…
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Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
Goldenae: Why is it so hard to understand that regardless of what we would like to think, there are different…