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Columns

Angry bills and buddy bills

By Charlie Mitchell In 1980, a silly movie, “Airplane,” was released. In one scene a passenger loses her ... Read more

Opinion

We need real leadership here

By Jim Hood The lieutenant governor of Mississippi has decided that huge tax cuts in the face of ... Read more

Columnists

Learning from the Masters

By Steve Stricker After winning the 2015 Masters with a 2-under 70 for a four-shot victory over Phil ... Read more

Columns

Seven keys to winning the presidency

By Steve Vassallo The media continues to overwhelm us with the latest national polling regarding potential November match-ups ... Read more

Lifestyle

L.Q.C. Lamar’s humor and reading habits

By Jack Mayfield Some time ago, I was looking for some new stories to pass along in my ... Read more

Columns

Epps case remains in deal phase

By Charlie Mitchell In May 2010, Chris Epps was at the pinnacle. There he was, a black man ... Read more

Columns

State needs to embrace solar power

By Wyatt Emmerich Mississippi has some of the worst laws in the nation on solar energy. That’s too ... Read more

News

Baron of Bannockburn talks about Scottish heritage in Oxford

By Laurie Triplette news@oxfordeagle.com Hope Vere Anderson knows a good thing when he sees it. He can also ... Read more

Columnists

Lamar’s career blossoms after move here

By Jack Mayfield In a publication of the “Library of Southern Literature,” historian Charles B. Galloway wrote the ... Read more

Columns

We will suffer from legislative hissy fit

By Charlie Mitchell How much courage does it take to do nothing? Seriously. After Gov. Phil Bryant signed ... Read more

Columns

Congrats to leaders in Jackson

By TJ Ray Congratulations are due for the Republican Party of Mississippi. Sound the bugle! Break out the ... Read more

News

Guilty verdicts in prison drugs, murder case

By Patsy R. Brumfield Mississippitoday.org Appeals are likely after an Oxford federal jury Wednesday found guilty two men ... Read more

Columns

Finding a dream far away, making it happen at home

On July 1, 2015, bleary-eyed and sleep deprived, I slowly stumbled off the plane I had been on ... Read more

News

Oxford attorneys ask court to reconsider mission-trip lawsuit decision

By Patsy R. Brumfield Mississippi Today JACKSON – Attorneys for a New Albany church asked the Mississippi Court ... Read more

Opinion

Mississippi heritage at stake with new law?

By Jon Fisher Throughout my life, I’ve struggled mightily with politics and my political affiliation. I’ve voted regularly ... Read more

Sports

CLEVELAND: Langer turned back the clock at Masters

The 2016 Masters likely will be remembered as the one that washed away from 22-year-old Jordan Spieth when ... Read more

Columns

Finally, a Tweet expressed it all

By Sid Salter For old-school newspaper opinion/editorial writers, Twitter has always seemed anathema to what we tried to ... Read more

News

Dems seek to undo Mississippi LGBT law, but likely to fail

BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON — More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers are calling for repeal of an ... Read more

Lifestyle

Where the name Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar came from

When I conduct a tour of the Lamar Home on North 14th Street, one of the first things ... Read more

Columns

Hire someone to break up with your lover?

by danny tyree I’m guessing my late father felt more empathy for me than he let on, back in ... Read more

Garden/Outdoors

The age of asparagus

Proper Victorians upholstered their piano legs to thwart libidinous male reflexes. They also forbad serving asparagus in girls’ ... Read more

Columns

Ode to Chief Warrant Officer Dowd

When folks speak of the hallowed halls of ivy, other people immediately think of their own school days. ... Read more