We Are Family
A few weeks ago the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Proposition 8, the California law banning same-sex marriage, and the Defense of Marriage Act, the law Congress passed in ...
Kemper Shareholders Should Share Pain
MPC's 582-megatwatt Kemper IGCC coal-fired power plant is now more than 80 percent complete. Since January, Southern's stock price has risen steadily from just above $42 in January to around ...
Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Choices'
"Public" means just that—one's past and present will become an open book should you decide to run for office.
Calming the Worried
"In times like these, I reflect on the many unfortunate events we have experienced over the last 50 years. The baby-boom generation should already know them."
Editor's Note
Great Expectations
All of us need to be believed in, regardless of the luck of our early circumstances.
Headed West: Det. Eric T. Smith
Det. Eric T. Smith had an "old soul," as folks used to call it. He was quiet; reserved, yet outgoing; and tactful, yet honest. People looked to him as a ...
The Future of Newspapers
The program at Millsaps College April 15 was "The Future of Newspapers: The Clarion-Ledger's Pulitzer Prize 30 Years Later." The question: Can newspapers still convey big ideas?
City & County
Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Bass'
In southern culture, telling someone to take the bass out of their voice is a way to admonish an individual for being unjustifiably aggressive, insubordinate or otherwise disrespectful.
City & County
Paying Attention
While I love living in a country where any citizen can run for public office, I also hate living in a country where so many think they should.
Publisher's Note
The JFP Urban Development Manifesto
Both the day-to-day occurrences and the dramatic events not only shape our individual lives, but remind us that we're all together in the tempest that is our all-too-brief time here ...
By the Handful
Fannie Lou Hamer, a folk philosopher of the Civil Rights Movement, knew what she was up against in a state and region where an entrenched hard-right oligarchy ruled at the ...
Begin a New Day
It's been a rough couple of weeks for Jackson, with two highly regarded local men meeting untimely deaths.
Politics
Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Poo-poo'
Mississippi legislators have been slinging mud at each other over which party is to blame for not reauthorizing the state's Medicaid program during the regular session, which ended last week.
Culture
Greed is Good
Boneqweesha Jones: "Welcome to the Ghetto Science Public Television premiere of 'Stuff That Matters.' Yes, I'm back on the scene like a record machine and ready to share and talk ...
Editor's Note
Hunting and Gathering
Last week, I had a young documentary crew called subSIPPI in my office asking me questions about whether Mississippi has changed.
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See the latest 100833maple So well said.
May 20, 10:08 a.m. on Let's Clean House
Duan Good points Laurie!
May 20, 9:39 a.m. on Let's Clean House
Duan Good debate - Chokwe did take it to Jonathan - as J Lucas stated as only a true trial lawyer ...
May 20, 9:36 a.m. on Lumumba Rocks the House at Mayoral Debate
833maple Lee’s campaign has been misleading since Day one with the references to “Georgetown” and Lanier. It was very clear to ...
May 20, 9:25 a.m. on Attorney Herb Irvin's Open Letter to Jonathan Lee
1234 "or that it doesn't bother him that a few cops have to be killed in order to get one." I ...
May 20, 8:06 a.m. on On the Issues: Lee vs. Lumumba
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