Editorials

Support JA, shrimp dinner project

It’s shrimp time again. The Junior Auxiliary’s annual Peel ’Em and Eat ’Em Shrimp Dinner is fast approaching,…

Opinion Columnists

Actually, a pretty well-built wall

“We are teaching the world the great truth that governments do better without Kings and Nobles than with…

Editorials

Voting machines need paper trail

The Greenwood Commonwealth on instances of touchscreen voting machines malfunctioning during Mississippi elections: Aug. 27’s election gave further…

Opinion Columnists

Issues same, framing different for Nov. showdown

Mississippi’s 2019 gubernatorial ballot is now solidified and while the issues remain basically unchanged since the primaries, the…

Opinion Columnists

The good, the bad and the inconvenient

Remember vehicle inspection stickers? When I was a student at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, my car’s…

Opinion Columnists

That book they culled at the Wesson library

The text comes through while we’re asleep. He’s in Malaysia. Ten-hour layover. I see it and smile, thankful…

Opinion

Don’t run trains on taxpayer dollars

Passenger trains tie us to our nation’s history and they remind us of far-away destinations and adventures. But…

Opinion Columnists

Campaign ads bring cute kids, scary politicos

Mississippians could get a reprieve from political advertising now that the rush of the party primaries is over.…

Opinion Columnists

Will beer sales help with binge drinking?

The University of Mississippi is the latest school to announce it will sell beer at athletic events. USM…

Opinion

Warriors program leads week of good news

A program born out of tragedy is making a positive impact on first responders. Vicki Moak’s Warriors of…