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Whiskey and coffee each have their place

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route Watching TV westerns the other day it dawned on me that the two most popular drinks in the old ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, August 7, 2024 12:44 pm

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Some seem unable to tell right from wrong

By Bonnie Brown Columnist I’m certainly no doctor, but I listen to the news reports and articles addressing mental health and how it causes criminal ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, August 7, 2024 12:40 pm

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Remembering 1980 hostage crisis

By Gene Hays MSgt, USMC (Ret) The leader of Iran’s royal family, named Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, was installed in power in 1953. Under the ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, August 7, 2024 12:37 pm

Columnists

Choose to not contribute to the chaos

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist I am outraged, frustrated, furious, and fighting mad. As the old folks used to say, “I’m so angry I could ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, August 7, 2024 12:33 pm

Columns

Mind the present, but treasure the past

By Steve Stricker Columnist My base counseling theory is Reality Therapy by William Glasser – in an extremely small nutshell, what has happened to us ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, August 7, 2024 12:28 pm

Business

MSU Extensions offers food business training

By Elizabeth Canales MSU Extension Service Mississippians with a quality food product looking to scale up their business are invited to take advantage of a ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Friday, August 2, 2024 12:08 pm

Columnists

Wishing the best for teachers, students this year

By Bonnie Brown Columnist I’ve been thinking about teachers recently given that the school bells are ringing, summoning the pupils and teachers to return for ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Thursday, August 1, 2024 11:30 am

Columnists

Olympic sized disappointment and drag

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist During my formative years, my dad was a full-time student in Lubbock, TX, and a preacher at a small church ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Thursday, August 1, 2024 9:00 am

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Cofield’s Corner

The oil painting of Oxford’s only Nobel laureate hanging about the fireplace in the parlor at Rowan Oak is actually a photograph colored with oils ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024 1:00 pm

Columns

State’s judicial races likely to remain partisan

The tin roof of the Founder’s Square reverberated with a lot of political rhetoric this week – some of it serious and relevant and some ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024 9:19 am

Columnists

Learning the dirty work of car repair

By Steve Stricker Columnist My projects stretch to infinity, finish one, another dozen log in. Tis the curse of being handy (dangerous) with a spanner, ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024 9:00 am

Columnists

Making friends with the new machines

By Bonnie Brown Columnist For those of you who didn’t read a much earlier column about my washer and dryer, let merefresh the details. I ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 24, 2024 3:50 pm

Columns

Conservative groups engaging students

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route The Conservative Coalition met on the 18th of July at the Chancery Court Building. There were two speakers on ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 24, 2024 3:28 pm

Columns

Traffic circles best for car and a few laughs

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist People typically read this column in two different newspapers. Others read it on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, X, or my blog ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 24, 2024 3:23 pm

Columns

Biden’s choice was like that of Wilson in 1920

By Sid Salter Columnist The easy political comparison to President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 U.S. presidential race is to point to ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 24, 2024 3:15 pm

Columns

Trump will have PTSD moments from shooting

By Steve Stricker Columnist This column was to be about things in July and early August: Dad, Paul Bernard Stricker died suddenly of heart attack ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 24, 2024 3:09 pm

Columnists

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Contributor Most old-school Oxford folks and former Ole Miss students need no caption for this painting. Mr. James Barr standing on the ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 24, 2024 3:04 pm

Columnists

Book Review: ‘Bear,’ by Julia Phillips

Julia Phillips will be hosted at Off-Square Books at 5 p.m. on Thursday for a conversation about “Bear” with Snowden Wright. By Allen Boyer This ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Tuesday, July 23, 2024 10:24 am

Columnists

Summer fades fast, enjoy the easy living

By Bonnie Brown Columnist “Summertime and the livin is easy.” This song was composed in 1933-34 by George Gershwin for the opera “Porgy and Bess.” ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 2:30 pm

Columns

Good coffee, great conversations; just too short

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route Last week I attended the Coffee and Conversations at the Chamber of Commerce. This is a monthly event and the ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 2:18 pm

Columns

Vacationing with an interior design expert

By Les Ferguson Jr. Columnist By the time you read this, my wife and I will have traveled to Nashville for a Friday night concert. ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 2:13 pm

Columns

Trump shooting points to off the rails politics

By Sid Salter Columnist If we are the American people we are supposed to be, we are this week pausing from the caustic political exchanges ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 2:08 pm

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