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Entitlement program instability plus inflation equals disaster 

As the midterm elections approach, why isn’t their more interest in the approaching U.S. Social Security and Medicare ...

Lifestyle

Take time to count Easter blessings

Our weather changes somewhat abruptly from day to day, and keeps us on our toes figuring out what ...

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Spring: time for plans, projects and pollen

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.”  This quote by Leo Tolstoy sort of defines the season ...

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Trying to tame nine dozen thoughts

Thursday afternoon, April 7 – staring at this computer screen while watching coverage of the Masters – my ...

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Janet Barnes’ donates artwork to help community organizations

Janet Barnes had a multitude of talents.  She was a nurse, painter, teacher, giving friend, and supporter of ...

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Regular session closing without restoring initiative process

Since 1992 and at earlier points in the state’s history, Mississippi voters have been able to bypass the ...

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Powerhouse: A space for testing out ideas

The Powerhouse for many residents is a place for community events.  Plays, concerts, holiday markets, community fundraisers, and ...

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Finicky eaters among our feathered friends

The cool mornings almost always find me settled into my back porch chair sipping on a steaming cup ...

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Don’t undermine scientific discovery  — ever, but especially now

While the pandemic is by no means over, Covid-19 isn’t the only threat to public health we face. ...

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Attending the Masters was an incredible experience

We saw the swing but were far enough up the number one fairway that we couldn’t hear the ...

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Ukraine’s suffering reminds us of our blessings

There are so many disturbing images coming out of Ukraine.  It is just overwhelming to see all the ...

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Eaves didn’t win, but had few rivals as a populist campaigner 

Like Ross Barnett, Jim Buck Ross, Robert “Blowtorch” Mason, and J.P. Coleman before him, highly successful trial lawyer ...

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Thankful for making strides in health and in life

I lingered over coffee as nighttime cobwebs slowly lifted. After my second cup my plans for the day ...

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Wise words shared by Uncle George

The phrase “Man’s inhumanity to man” is first documented in a Robert Burns poem.  Inhumanity is defined as ...

Lifestyle

Spring break offers microcosm of life

My column last Saturday was more than just a fun exercise in creative writing for me about a ...

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Join a BBB workshop leadership, service

The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council (YAC) and the Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation (EDF) will present a Big Bad ...

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Rank-and-file legislators have no influence in budgeting process

Conferencing, the strange period of the legislative session, has begun — a time when rank-and-file members have little ...

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Lawmakers could force local officials to raise property taxes

The Mississippi Legislature may end the 2022 session taking credit for a historic tax cut while leaving local ...

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Take time to celebrate Vietnam Veterans Day

Celebrated every March 29, Vietnam Veterans Day is set aside as a day for Americans to honor the ...

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We don’t have to walk alone

The brisk March wind whistles through the eves on the house and the chimes on the back porch ...

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Join the Arts Day 2022 celebration

In an era in which technology, mobility, and mass communication have tended to create a composite national culture, ...

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Close the skies, save Ukraine 

On March 6, my op-ed “America Must Support Ukraine in its Fight for Freedom” was published in The ...

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