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Opinion

Despite Will’s prognostications, electoral math remains difficult for Espy in Senate race

Conservative newspaper columnist George Will is a magnificent political observer and a marvelous writer. Whether it’s politics or ... Read more

Opinion Columnists

State in line for savings account boost

Mississippi may be making its first big deposit into its savings account in several years, but state government ... Read more

Opinion

Any consequence for clinging to a sinking ship?

Long before there was a mutiny aboard H.M.S. Bounty, it was clear Capt. Bligh was unfit. As tensions ... Read more

Opinion

Love really can cover all, though bitter and toxic

It flourishes on dry pastures and along well-worn paths as well as hardened edges of highways. It’s tough ... Read more

Opinion

Remember State Rep. Alyce Clarke’s persistence, grit when Mississippi’s lottery finally begins

The word out of Jackson is now that Gov. Phil Bryant has signed the Alyce G. Clarke Mississippi ... Read more

Opinion

8 weeks until Mississippi selects 2 senators

Mike Espy’s path back to Congress isn’t easy, but it isn’t impossible, either. It’s September, meaning a short ... Read more

Letters to the Editor

Betting policy hasn’t changed

Dear editor, With a new academic year upon us and the start of football season just begun, we ... Read more

Opinion

Lawmakers cut knots on road funding

When Mississippi lawmakers met in special session to deal with transportation funding, they agreed relatively quickly on issues ... Read more

Opinion Columnists

Requiem for the last of a kind

“To fight for the right, without question or pause… To be willing to march into Hell for a ... Read more

Opinion

God works through our weakness

Time after time God has shown me that it’s his strength that carries us through all that life ... Read more