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Judge Orders White House to Release Spying Info

What a week. First, Cheney shoots somebody; now this. AP is reporting:

A federal judge ordered the Bush administration on Thursday to release documents about its warrantless surveillance program or spell out what it is withholding, a setback to efforts to keep …

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The Anti-Feminist Left

If you think liberalism implies feminism, think again.

Just ask Lakshmi Chaudhry. The editor-in-chief of In These Times, Chaudhry wrote a

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Barbour Won't Be Prez in 2009. No Kidding.

So, Gov. Haley Barbour has made it official: He's not running for president in 2008. What tickles me about is that Haley Barbour doesn't have snowball's chance in hell of …

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One of Mississippi's Best-Kept Secrets for Artists

I had to buckle down and do it this week. It was time-consuming and a bit intimidating, but I finally got it done. What? The application for the MS Arts …

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Is Jackson ready for the emergence of "Homo-Hop"?

"Heterosexuals are very comfortable with the idea of gay boys parodying hiphop, and alot less comfortable with us doing it. And particularly if we do it well" Tim'm West in …

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Abramoff's Ties with White House Emerging

The obvious is starting to become even more obvious. AP is reporting:

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Does Mississippi have BLACK UNITY?

Wih so much talk this month about race relations and how far society has come with dealing with the issue of race, I am reminded of a quote I heard …

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What's in a Blog?

Winter colds can really cramp your blogging style. They can also make you stop and think about what you're blogging about in the first place.

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Episode 3: Revenge of the… Combine?

In a recent talk with Gamespot, Valve marketing director Doug Lombardi unveiled an interesting tidbit- The expansion pack for the newest entry into the Half-Life series has been renamed 'Half-Life: …

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C.A. Webb Launches New JFP Blog

Poet, author and all-around Jackson creative personality C.A. Webb has launched his new JFP blog. C.A. has been posting provocative forum threads, including the currently hot thread on Spike Lee's …

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Lalee: No Better Off Today

Gary Pettus has a good follow-up today on the story of Lalee Wallace, a Delta grandmother who was the subject of an HBO documentary. The JFP did a story about …

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ARTICLE: Income Affects Antidepressant Response

It took a study to figure this out???

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Is the JFP Helping Loosen the Buckle on MS' Bible Belt ?

I think this question is one to be discussed since I have not seen a magazine or any periodical out since I relocated to MS in 1996 that so forwardly …

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Republicans Speaking Out Against Bush Wiretaps

Would real Republicans please stand up? The New York Times is reporting:

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Thoughts on Spike Lee's Comments in Oxford

Thought you all would find this interesting: Spike Lee visited University of MS today (something I had heard nothing about here locally) and made national news.