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Daylight Saving Time controversy returns

W e lost an hour today, thanks to the arrival of Daylight Saving Time. Some are happy, some ...

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Plastic Packaging: Is this the beginning of the end?

By Danny Tyree There’s a great future in plastics. Think about it? Will you think about it?” That ...

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Riding along the ‘Pelican Road’

By T.J. Ray A lifetime ago when I was a student at Mississippi College, the chairman of the ...

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Trump’s worst enemy strikes again

By Michael Reagan Donald, Donald, Donald. Your approval ratings could be in the mid-50s if only you and ...

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Never time for Daylight Saving

By Tom Purcell I’m already dreading it. On Sunday, March 11, at 2 a.m., daylight saving time, the ...

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Cochran’s legacy is courage, compassion and character

By Sid Salter To say that I like, appreciate and admire U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran is a gross ...

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Shoes are meant to get dirty

I was like most children when it came to getting presents for birthdays or holidays. If I opened ...

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What is music made of and why do we listen?

By T.J. Ray Of late, my mind has begun to contemplate things. For instance, where does a sneeze ...

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Lessons from the game: Ole Miss’ Bianco, Roth notch quality win

We watch sports for the end result. But sometimes, the biggest victories and most inspiring lessons are embedded ...

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Memorializing a dreadful part of our country’s past

By Joanne Wilkinson The Educational Program section of the Oxford Newcomers’ Club presents a talk each month on ...

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Republicans avoid becoming an election piñata

By Michael Shannon The stubborn intransigence of the Partido Democrata de los Estados Unidos may have just cost ...

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Intriguing confluence of federal, state tax cuts meet court review in Wayfair case

By Sid Salter How 2017 federal and 2016 state tax cuts impact Mississippians and the abilities of state ...

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How about tiered permitting keyed to firepower?

By Charlie Mitchell OK. Deep breath. In Mississippi, the state has a wringer. It puts citizens who ask ...

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Parkland students have a right to be angry

It has been 12 days since the horrific events at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and 12 days ...

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Scalia knew the difference between individual gun rights and public safety rights

By Sid Salter The Parkland, Florida school shooting brought the nation’s sharpest and most painful political debate back ...

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Good, evil, mass murder, mass publicity and the Bill of Rights

By Lee Habeeb  I won’t name him because it’s what he wanted. As the details pile up, and the ...

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The current state of television news

By T.J. Ray “Don’t touch that dial!” Are you old enough to remember hearing that on your radio? ...

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Severe weather this spring in Mississippi? You can count on it. Be prepared.

This past Christmas, we bought a large trampoline for the grandkids. I think they’ve been on it five ...

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Financing public schools is state’s biggest secret

By T.J. Ray The Monday edition of The Oxford Eagle is beside me, as I sit here contemplating ...

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Remembering a Queen Mallard

When you grow up on a rice farm in Dewitt, Arkansas, the title Queen Mallard has meaning. Becca ...

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Youthful ‘Snowflakes’ are made, not born

By Charlie Mitchell Don’t blame the college kids. The snowflakes among them weren’t born to feel privileged, entitled ...

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A Valentine’s Day victim of Victoria’s Secret

By Jase Graves As Valentine’s Day approached this year, I was at a loss regarding how to surprise ...

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