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A new generation of leadership

The most remarkable, impacting leadership most always comes from those in the rising generation who possess the focus, ...

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The historical customs of Valentine’s Day

By T.J. Ray You’re forgiven if you overlooked that little piece about Valentines Day in the New Orleans ...

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Film festival director has made her mark on Oxford

About five years after I started to work for the EAGLE, Melanie Addington was hired to be the ...

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The ALEC’s fighting for control of public education

By T.J. Ray UNESCO, NASA, DAR, OPEC, ALEC. . . . The alphabet soup that we use to ...

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The NCAA vs. cases of sexual assault

As the fallout for Michigan State continues in response to the Larry Nassar case, another battle is brewing. ...

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How to survive a Southern snowpocalypse

Snow in East Texas is only slightly less rare than a parade of CNN reporters wearing red “Make ...

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Big business has state prisons, wants schools, too

By Charlie Mitchell Lobbyists have been around as long as there have been lawmaking bodies. Once they were ...

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Beware the ‘Conservative’ who grows in office

By Michael Shannon The maddening problem facing conservatives fighting the growth of Big Government is that much of ...

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Hey Feds, take your ethanol mandate and shovel it

By Tom Purcell My back is sore from shoveling snow – and it’s the federal government’s fault. Maybe ...

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Quite a sight along the Sardis Reservoir as Pelicans come to visit

So many aspects of this amazing world we get to enjoy are awe-inspiring. From mountains to oceans to ...

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Zoning is the next step for Lafayette County

By T.J. Ray A congratulations banner would be appropriate across the balcony of the Chancery Building. The Board ...

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The truth about a government shutdown

By Michael Shannon This weekend the United States Treasury bumped up against the “debt ceiling.” This debt ceiling ...

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Raw Water: Threat or menace?

By Danny Tyree Thirty-plus years ago, aunt Addie Lee dropped in on the farmhouse that my parents used ...

Opinion

Funding plan eases problems for lawmakers, not schools

By Charlie Mitchell A modified method of distributing state revenue to local public school districts will have little ...

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Let’s explore some other options during snowy, icy weather for schools

Some days, it seems the only thing one can rely on is Mississippi’s weather’s being as chaotic as ...

Opinion

A federal Girl Scout cookie intervention

By Tom Purcell I’m on a diet – a miserable diet, just as millions of Americans are during ...

Opinion

Weird weather is nothing new

You know the weather is weird when you leave Oxford for a snow skiing trip, and temperatures are ...

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Using technology to remember those long gone

By T.J Ray Computers are wonderful places to stick images and ideas. In a hurry to get a ...

Opinion

Fake news is not just what we disagree with

We live in interesting times. Everyone walks around with a mini-computer in their pocket which, with a few ...

Opinion

iPhone Xcess; at least for now

By Jason Graves For my eldest and most expensive daughter’s fifteenth birthday, she requested a new cell phone/adolescent ...

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When will Trump voters say enough is enough?

By Charlie Mitchell What are you willing to look past to get what you want? It’s a great ...

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Pickleball, the Duckbill Platypus of Sports

Have you ever thought, ‘I like ping pong, but I want something a little more extreme?’ If so, ...

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