The Jackson Free Press received an anonymous letter (PDF) apparently sent to a variety of media and local churches this week. The letter called on churches, in particular, to do more to help fight crime in Jackson. Over all, the letter makes a lot of sense. It starts:
It is with all sincerity that I write to you today for the welfare of our city. Make no mistake, Jackson is under attack and the war is on. It is all-out, no holds barred for the soul of our city and we can't just migrate to the ... read on »
So, it is possible that Mayor Frank Melton has fibbed again—this time about the suspect in the Memorial Day shooting confessing to him on tape. The D.A. doesn't have the tape, the detective doesn't have the tape, and an old police friend of Melton's—whom Melton said he gave it to—won't confirm or deny whether he did. WTF? The bigger question this should raise for people is how many of the men who have "turned themselves in" to Melton over the years have ended up going free? And is that why ... read on »
... and for what? Because she was reading during one of her father's speeches. Marcela writes:
I thought it was odd that his child was reading while he was speaking. Everyone is listening attentively, except for his 9-year-old daughter. She obviously wasn’t interested in the speech or is probably tired of hearing her dad’s speeches. ... I realize they are very young. But I find it odd that they are showing such apathy toward their father's huge political success. Who knows.
Read the full ... read on »
Todd and I got back yesterday from the AAN national convention in Philly (Pa., not my Mississippi hometown). It's good to be home—where it's actually cooler than it was in the Northeast, believe it or not. As usual, we worked hard (Todd gave a presentation; I coordinated one; and I did board meetings and the like), and met lots of folks. One thing that is cool is how accepted and welcomed Mississippi is in the alternative-newspaper world after only five years of membership. People really ... read on »
It comes as no surprise to me that polls are showing a mixed blessing were Barack Obama to choose Hillary Clinton as his running mate, as her supporters are pressuring him to do—in part by saying that he needs her help to win. An Associated Press story today begins:
Lots of Democrats love Hillary Rodham Clinton. Yet plenty of Republicans, conservatives and all-important independents can't stand her, suggesting possible pitfalls for Barack Obama should he make her his vice presidential running ... read on »
Finally, we can get that Clinton baggage off our backs and move on. The Associated Press says Obama has "effectively" clinched the nomination. Big sigh of relief. Out with the old.
Maureen Dowd's column today talks the uninformed George Bush revealed in his former press secretary's new book—and the problem with "trusting your gut" when it is filled with ignorance:
How did W. start out wanting to restore honor and dignity to the White House and end up scraping all the honor and dignity off the White House? It turns out that our president is a one-man refutation of Malcolm Gladwell’s best seller “Blink,” about the value of trusting your gut. Every gut instinct he had was ... read on »
Today, the 5th Circuit called bullsh!t on a lower court's plan to force Mississippi voters to register by political party and show photo ID at the polls in order to vote. The court struck down U.S. District Judge Allen Pepper's "political" ruling last year requiring the state to re-register all voters and requiring voters to declare a party, or "unaffiliated." The problem with Pepper's plan, which hadd come in response to a Mississippi Democratic Party lawsuit trying to keep Republicans from ... read on »
The bombshell of the day is former Bush press secretary Scott McClelland's new book, which is very frank about Bush selling the war in Iraq with "lies." AP reports:
The Bush White House made "a decision to turn away from candor and honesty when those qualities were most needed" - a time when the nation was on the brink of war, McClellan writes in the book entitled "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception." The way Bush managed the Iraq issue "almost ... read on »
Wyatt Emmerich crawled out from under his Northside rock long enough this week to pen this priceless column, which appears in one of his Delta newspaeprs:
The liberals see the country as fixed in concrete, as though nobody makes more or less. They see the poor as the poor and the rich as the rich, with nothing changing. This just isn’t how it works.
Think about people you know. Think about young people who have moved up in their careers. Think about all the young people from lower-income ... read on »
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Aug 27, 2008Who Can Read This?
kudzuking: These days Agnew only writes something if he's opining on the falling star that was Frank Melton.
Aug 26, 2008
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Michael Harvill: 'When he walks around an auditorium (movement), noteless and untethered (yes, we get the idea), there are few people better on…
Aug 26, 2008
Fare thee well, mes amis
L.W.: Lauren, I truly enjoyed the honesty and wit in each of your blog entries.
In your honor,…
Aug 26, 2008
First black woman to serve as representative of Ohio dies
justjess: I have followed Stephanie's career for years. She was definitely a force in politics and someone…
Aug 25, 2008
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ladd: I just did a quick Google on "passive writing" and newspapers. This turned up on the Poynter site:
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Aug 25, 2008
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ladd: Excellent Yoda analogy, Lori.
You're right about cadence and rhythm. Certainly not all my sentences are beautiful, but I…
Aug 25, 2008
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Lori G: It can be difficult, though, to teach the art of beautiful sentences.
Amen! I know most people at…
Aug 25, 2008
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ladd: You're probably right, Sophie. It can be difficult, though, to teach the art of beautiful sentences. (Or at least not-ugly ones.) I've…
Aug 25, 2008
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Sophie: I totally agree with you about the melange of long and short sentences. Maybe the answer to the problem is to teach…
Aug 25, 2008
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ladd: I wouldn't say "slow," eyerah; it was certainly a column about a relevant topic. No problem there; my issue is with a…