Opinion

Sad to hear Wicker singing praises of Trump

With apologies to Lloyd Bentsen, Mississippians have watched the career of Roger Wicker for a while. Roger Wicker…

Opinion

Learning new life skills is always a good idea

Back in my day, we called it “vo-tech.” These days, they have all sorts of fancy words for…

Opinion

Thank God for Wendy’s, and give me a lot of it

James, now 5-years-old, is our baby grandson. Oh, don’t call him that because he sees himself just as…

Opinion

Don’t insult our intelligence

“And everything is gonna work out tight If you ain’t like you been told Just don’t try to…

Opinion

Don’t let life eat your sucker

Neither of us were really paying attention and that’s why we almost bumped into each other in Walmart.…

Opinion

Special election offers Mississippi Democrats shot at Alabama ‘miracle’

Mississippi Democrats are hoping for a repeat of the political “miracle” that handed their counterparts in Alabama a…

Opinion

Robert St. John talks home away from home, and crostini

BARBERINO VAL D’ELSA, TUSCANY— In a lot of ways I feel like I’m “back home” in this region,…

Opinion

My night at the hospital

Doctors say the best predictor of a fall risk is having fallen. So falling twice in the same…

Opinion

Report suggests some schools overuse test prep

A new report on testing in Mississippi’s public schools suggests that low-performing schools may spend so much time…

Opinion

State’s K-12 teachers seem to have other priorities

The last mass protest by Mississippi teachers was in 1985. This year, with summer approaching and the Legislature…