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The unavoidable danger of live streaming

When I look at old photographs or home movies, I see happy times. There are smiles and people…

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Celebrating faith without persecution

By Rob Sigler Oxford EAGLE/Editor As a Christian, Easter has very special meaning to me. It marks the…

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For Tax Day — taxing quotations

By Tom Purcell April is the most miserable month of the year — because that’s when I must…

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Easter: A time to search and a time to lose

By Susan Stamper Brown It’s Easter, although you’d never know it looking at all the snow outside after…

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Mahatma Ghandi’s Seven Deadly Sins

By TJ Ray Do posters ever catch your eye? Generally, I don’t pay attention to them, but in the…

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Southern Miss to The Top!

By Joel McNeece An embarrassment of riches I would call it. Others might suggest it’s just an embarrassment.…

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Ole Miss’ Sigma Nu Charity Bowl is what student leadership looks like

This is a story about initiative, brotherhood and care for fellow students both today and tomorrow that’s so…

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Mississippi isn’t alone in crippling state revenue shortfalls

By Sid Salter A report by the nonpartisan but decidedly liberal think tank the Center on Budget and…

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Why I stopped pulling all-nighters and started treating sleep like the performance enhancer it is

At my busiest in college, I remember pulling one to two all-nighters a week to juggle schoolwork, jobs…

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A moment of sympathy for those who manage the money

When a family finds itself in a financial pickle and looks for advice, the admonition is always the…

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‘Believing in everything and knowing nothing at all’

My almost 7-year-old granddaughter, Arianna, loves watching singing and dancing videos on YouTube. I made her a channel,…

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Joe Rogers: The rites and blights of spring

The days are getting longer, the thermometer is creeping up, green is oozing into the landscape. Which means…

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A lesson in do nothing —The 2017 Legislative Session

The 2017 regular legislative session is officially in the books, yet unfinished.  If you paid close attention, you…

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Tommy Tuberville for Governor: ‘Thank goodness Ole Miss can’t vote’

Tommy Tuberville has been called by different names over the years, including head coach. In Oxford, Tuberville was…

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Lobing. The creation…

By TJ Ray Sorry to interrupt, but an alarm just went off. In a careless moment, I was…

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GOP leaders need to step up

By Joel McNeece I haven’t written much about the Mississippi Legislature during the recently closed session, which could…

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Dwight Yoakam revitalized my love of country music

I grew up listening to country music, I mean real, traditional country music. The music of Charlie Pride,…

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Final Four: MSU’s women took us on a journey of pride, hope and joy

By Sid Salter I’ve been a Mississippi State Bulldog all of my life. Old Main Dormitory burned six…

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When grief gives way to love

My parents’ 32nd wedding anniversary is this month, a day my family still celebrates despite my father not…

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Rural folks living what ‘preppers’ seek

By: Tom Purcell Get this: More people are fleeing big cities for rural areas and some are doing…

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Minor chose to tell Mississippi’s story, and he told it quite well

By Charlie Mitchell The phone rang. “Chah-lie? Bill Minor. Listen. You got that all wrong.” This is my…

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The power of Mother Nature should be respected

It’s that time of year again, when winter and spring collide, causing cell phones to go off with…