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Editor's Note

Letter To A Young Mayor

First, allow me to thank you for giving me so much of your time over the last six weeks. Your frankness in our series of interviews seems to have captivated …

Your Turn

Executives Run Amok

The similarities between Mayor Melton's current woes and President Bush's are striking. George Bush can't boast the kind of mandate Frank Melton had when he was elected. But both men …

Talk

Barbour Tied to Dirty Politics

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has ties to a GOP telemarketing firm that jammed New Hampshire phone lines used by disabled or dependent voters trying to get to polling stations in …

Sports

We Love The Leather

Last month, Deadspin.com unleashed a story on the alleged off-screen antics of ESPN blowhard Chris Berman. We quote:

Jackblog

Boot Scootin' Murder

I found this AP piece online.

Jackblog

Mississippi is….WHERE?

The Associated Press is reporting the following:

Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans recently polled couldn't locate Louisiana on a map and nearly half were unable to identify …

Music

Rock This Town: 20,000+ Expected at Crawfish Boil

Three things are guaranteed to make a spring weekend even better: beer, crawfish and rock 'n' roll, all of which you can find at this weekend's Miller Lite Crawfish Boil …

Jackblog

Read This. Get Angry.

This is a good piece by Charlie Savage in the Boston Globe.

Sports

Don't Forget About ...

The Ledge overlooked at least two Mississippians who were selected in the NFL Draft on Sunday. Ironically, they both played in high school at Madison Central. They were: Stephen Gostkowsi, …

Jackblog

Oprah Crashes and Burns with Hiphop Artists 50 Cent and Ludacris

Read what 50 Cent and Ludacris have to say:

This is an interesting read, and I have to admit that from what I have seen on her shows, the artists interviewed have a point. Oprah, though I see her …

Rush Limbaugh Arrested on Drug Charges

WAPT is reporting that conservative talk darling Rush Limbaugh has been arrested:

Hurricane

New Katrina Reports Rips Bush ... Again

Don't we know it. AP is reporting:

Sports

Eagles 6, Dogs 3

Southern Miss beat Mississippi State 6-3 on Wednesday night to complete a sweep of the two-game series at Hattiesburg. A crowd of 5,177, the second-largest in Pete Taylor Park history, …

Sports

Brett Is Back (Yawn)

Brett Favre is going to play quarterback for the Green Bay Packers next season, like there was ever any doubt. Doctor S hails BF for coming back to break the …

Cover

‘Batman' Speaks: The JFP Interview with Albert Donelson

The first time "Batman" called me, I had just arrived at Arts, Eats and Beats in Fondren. I ran into the stairwell so I could hear the soft-spoken man, 33, …

Frank Melton

Mayoral Staffers to Respond to Ladd, Stringfellow

Three members of the Melton adminstration will visit the Charles Evers show Wednesday, April 26, at 8 p.m. to response to a discussion last week with Donna Ladd of the …

Sports

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

College baseball, Millsaps vs. DePauw (10 a.m., Sewanee, Tenn.): The Majors play in the first round of the SCAC Tournament.