Empty mailbox on Saturday – what will we do?
Barring a possible backlash from Congress, it appears Saturday home delivery of mail will end this summer. Editor Don Whitten looks at the joys of Saturday trips to the mail box and wonders if we can come up with a way to keep it going. (February 8, 2013, Page 4A)
Local pastor pens minister-activist’s memoir
When you mention civil rights and activists, most people think of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers, James Meredith, et cetera. Editor Don Whitten writes about a book by local pastor Chet Bush that brings us one more man – a Mississippian, Dr. Charles Johnson – we should know about. (February 6, 2013, Page 4)
Watching the Super Bowl – the ads and the game
Sunday’s Super Bowl in New Orleans will have lots of great storylines – former Ole Miss standouts on both teams, brothers coaching against one another, Ray Lewis retiring, et cetera. But don’t forget about the ads. Editor Don Whitten takes a look at what has become an integral part of watching the big game. (February 1, 2013, Page 4A)
Options to consider to solving gridlock
Editor Don Whitten offers a few options to break the gridlock and stalemate common in Congress and often in state and local bodies. One was something one of his junior high coaches did – put the combatants against each other with 16-ounce boxing gloves on. (January 30, 2013, Page 4)
Payday lender approval needs to keep time limit
Have you ever taken out a payday loan? It’s something lots of people do every day, Editor Don Whitten writes, and it’s an industry he feels needs to be regulated and not given an open-ended approval to operate by the state Legislature. (January 28, 2013, Page 4)
Can you be too rich to comment, complain?
Is there an earnings limit on the right to question and complain about taxes? Or do you just have to have the right complaint or comment? Editor Don Whitten looks into pro golfer Phil Mickelson’s recent comments and wonders why Mickelson is being berated for speaking out on something that affects him. (January 25, 2013, Page 4A)
Bubble gun decision leaves you wondering
Editor Don Whitten takes a closer look at a recent incident in Pennsylvania where a 5-year-old girl was suspended for telling a couple of classmates that she wanted to shoot them and herself with her Hello Kitty bubble gun, and he wonders if sometimes we need to exercise a bit of common sense along with caution. (January 23, 2013, Page 4A)
Outbreak of ‘snow fever’ melts away
It hit again last week – that feeling we’ve come to call “snow fever.” Editor Don Whitten takes a look at the phenomenon that, whenever there’s a threat of ice, sleet or snow, seems to send most folks racing to the store for milk, bread and eggs. (January 21, 2013, Page 4)
Special group stops by for tour of EAGLE
School classes, scout troops and other groups take tours of The EAGLE; the most recent tour was by a group of college students from Korea. Editor Don Whitten recalls their visit, some of their questions and their excitement about seeing American journalism in action. (January 18, 2013, Page 4A)
Sleet, freezing rain and snow – which, why?
So how did we have temperatures below freezing most of the day Monday and it not snow? Why didn’t the precipitation that came down freeze and stay during the night? Editor Don Whitten recalls some research connected with a science project or two that gives us answers we can pass along to those asking those important questions this week. (January 15, 2013, Page 4)
