Editorials

Teaching award tops week of good news

Tobie Lambert, an English and literature teacher with the Mississippi School of the Arts, was chosen recently for…

Opinion Columnists

Plenty to be thankful for

Cognitive therapy is a form of psychotherapy that “states that thoughts, feelings and behavior are all connected, and…

Opinion

On God, gluten and little girls

“You must believe in God in spite of what the clergy say.” — Jowett I realize I am…

Editorials

City should study substance, lean on fed recommendations

We doubt many of you have heard of kratom, the substance found in energy supplements sold in convenience…

Opinion Columnists

McCoy’s record is of vision, pragmatism, progress

Mississippi House Speaker William J. “Billy” McCoy was a second-generation state lawmaker, a college-educated vocational agriculture teacher, a…

Opinion

Lost in translation

So Son No. 3 lands for a minute and talks South America. We’re sitting fireside, feet on a…

Editorials

Support local non-profits this holiday season

This is the season of giving, as evidenced by the many requests for donations you will likely receive…

Opinion Columnists

McCoy leaves legacy of roads, schools, service

Former Mississippi House Speaker Billy McCoy died last week, but his legislative work remains visible in the form…

My Turn

More violence in our schools

Recently in Santa Clarita, California, another school shooting has sent hundreds of students running from the same locations…

Editorials

Christmas shoe boxes top list of this week’s good news

Volunteers  for Operation Christmas Child are hard at work making sure children around the world get gifts for…