Opinion
What to call a potential nuclear war?
Time was when everyone spoke of eleventh day of the eleventh month. After all, that was the last…
Opinion
Thankful for Jesse Jr.’s enduring Christmas spirit
Walking across the rickety front porch, I tapped on the glass in the wooden door and could hear…
Opinion
The value of two memorable Christmases
A few weeks ago before an EAGLE staff meeting, some of us were sitting around discussing Christmas. How…
Opinion
It’s possible: Mississippi could send a Democrat, too
For the second time, the extreme political right overplayed its hand and delivered a Republican U.S. Senate seat…
Opinion
Mississippi in the midst of its biggest “tax shift” ever
A “tax shift” is devastating to working people, but is usually pretty hard to spot. Simply put, it…
Columns
Is the pen mightier than the sword?
I recently started writing for the Oxford Eagle, and every day I sit back and think to myself,…
Opinion
Remember nursing home patients at Christmas
By Danny Tyree At this festive time of year, it is good to remember those who will probably…
Opinion
Thank God for baby girls and nurses
My daughter graduated from nursing school this week, and it occurred to me the moment she clinched the…
Opinion
What makes up a Millennial or Gen-Zer?
By T.J. Ray His questions were lucid and his passion about them was quite apparent. The young fellow…
Opinion
Invest into the LOU community this holiday season
According to Vince Lombardi, “the measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.”…
Opinion
Ready to reunite with The Force once more
I haven’t pre-purchased any tickets, which may be a big mistake, but some time this weekend I hope…
Opinion
Gerrymandering: A portmanteau threat to democracy
The dictionary tells us that a portmanteau is a word blending the sounds and combining the meaning of…
Opinion
True to history, Mississippi both gracious and vicious
My, my, my. Such language. Granted, having Donald Trump at the opening of a civil rights museum was…
Opinion
Finding out Santa is so much more than a jolly old man bearing gifts
‘Tis the season when Jolly Ol’ St. Nick comes into our lives for a brief, albeit magical month.…
Opinion
An Ode to Billie Joe: Fifty years and counting
By Hans Sinha It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day.. Fifty years ago, Bobbie…
Opinion
Charitable giving – An American Tradition
By Tom Purcell Ah, the giving season is upon us – the best time of the year to…
Opinion
MAGIC not helping state’s vehicle inventory
By Charlie Mitchell Well, they tried. Credit the Legislature with attempting, by golly, to devise a system to…
Opinion
After years of discussion, many projects are finally coming to fruition in Oxford
If I had a nickel for every time I wrote a story about the new Baptist Memorial Hospital-North…
Opinion
Still partial to silver, white and live trees
By Joel McNeece My wife Lisa and I spent the Thanksgiving weekend putting up our Christmas decorations at…
Opinion
An honest question: What, or who, am I?
By TJ Ray It is so very difficult in these exciting times of changing hair color and sex…
Opinion
Will the Kurds be this generation’s Montagnards?
By Hans Sinah While Americans may disagree on the best policy and strategy to turn the Middle East…
Opinion
“Not Good Enough” is not good enough
By Tony Caldwell Many of us struggle with self-defeating thoughts, low esteem, and other such barriers to well-being.…
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