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Wake Up Jackson is looking for suggestions and feedback!
Wake Up Jackson Civic Association needs you. We're waiting on the outcome of a couple of things, so in the meantime, please let me know what you would like for …
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MVP Eli Chooses Hybrid Escalade
Maybe, sort of, Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning set an example for others when he and fiancee Abby McGrew chose the new Escalade Hybrid as his reward for being named …
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The Naked Truth
We could hardly look at how we love in Mississippi without a tour of our own red-light district. Despite the conservative religious climate of our state, we have no shortage …
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Tell Me the Truth, JoAnne
Thank you for that question. If there's one thing I know about, it's losing things. I've declared mismatched earrings stylish because one in every pair I've ever owned has been …
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Development
City Seizing 32 Properties
The city of Jackson plans to use eminent domain to secure 32 pieces of property in north Jackson as part of a project to connect East County Line and West …
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Is Political Change Afoot?
"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 …
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Business
$500K, and Classic Might Stay in Jackson
Ask Alcorn State President Christopher Brown why the Alcorn State University Braves will play arch-rival Jackson State University in Lorman this year for the first time since 1992, and he'll …
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Alone And Forgotten
Novella Buckley's house is a nondescript brick and asbestos shingle structure, tucked away on the corner of Woodrow Wilson and Morton Avenue, just knocking on the very edges of the …
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Billy the Exterminator
If you are familiar with the Arts & Entertainment Channel, or A&E, then you've probably caught a glimpse of real-life exterminator Billy Bretherton who faces insects and much larger pests. …
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Dems Open Convention Defending Obama
Democrats open their national convention Tuesday in defense of a president who carries both the power and the burden of incumbency.
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Editor's Note
Fighting for Beautiful
Why do so many women find it hard to believe they are beautiful?
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U.S. House to Consider FISA Bill Sans Telco Immunity
The bill is coming out of committee in the House and should get a floor vote this afternoon. It grants the president many of the powers he wants for roving …
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The Corporate Court
Has Bush nominated an anti-Roe stealth candidate? Not if he's smart. Wait, let me rephrase that...
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Just click
When I got back from Africa, a lot of people told me they felt like there was nothing they could do. I was so frustrated with myself for not offering …
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Bringing Civility Back to Online Conversations
Here is what the Des Moines Register told readers today:
It was predictable. Allowing anonymous free-for-alls in online newspaper comments—in a way papers never would do in print—is about to go the way of the Hummer. The Des Moines Register, …
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Tammy Faye Messner loses battle with cancer
Messner passed away Friday morning. She was 65.
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Miss. Prayer Warriors Protesting Barbour Lobbying Ties
Haley Barbour still getting paid by lobbying firm.
The Mississippi Prayer Warriors sent around this e-mail today questioning Barbour's lobbying ties. Pasted verbatim:
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"Soul Food Forums" Begin at Wed Lunch @ Peaches Jan 14
In JxnPro's ongoing mission to get the citizens of Jackson more involved in the political process, we will begin adding a special element to our Wednesday Lunches at Peaches. "Soul …
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[Mott] Progress or Repression?
Marching down Constitution Avenue to protest the Vietnam War and to support the Equal Rights Amendment was a rite of passage for me. In early 1970s Washington, D.C., if you …
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Young, Impressive, Ours
When freelance writer Greg Pigott turned in his write-up of Mark Scott of Callaway High School for this "Amazing Teens" issue, he wrote: "I wish I had more words to …
