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The GOP can’t get burnt on DACA deal

By Michael Reagan Everyone knows something has to be done for America’s DACA kids. Everyone with a good ...

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Steve Bannon’s spontaneous combustion

By Michael Shannon It’s been said that death was a good career move for Elvis. It remains to ...

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Calling out Congress

By Michael Reagan Didn’t we turn over a new leaf in 2018? Didn’t everyone in Washington resolve to ...

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To deny a Lotto in MS for religious, moral reasons is hypocritical

It appears the Mississippi Legislature will be taking another look at creating a lottery system for Mississippi during ...

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Mississippi could learn something from Idaho

Editor’s Note: This column originally appeared as an editorial board from the Greenwood Commonwealth staff. The EAGLE is ...

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Extending Christmas spirit beyond the holidays

Somewhere in America at this time (New Year 2018) some folks are getting ready for bed. Yes, it ...

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Investing in education to improve Mississippi

The 2018 legislative session is underway and, once again, education is a hot button issue down in Jackson. ...

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Crazy eight is for cards, not my thermometer

By Joel McNeece I was getting ready to make my first pot of coffee of 2018 and glanced ...

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What is the correct corporate tax rate?

By Joe Joyer Now that the incessant political debate over taxes has temporarily abated, perhaps, this is as ...

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Starting the new year with a list (of grievances)

By Charlie Mitchell Jolly Rancher-flavored Pop Tarts. The very thought is disgusting. Kind of like crushed peppermint on ...

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Changing how I accept change is this year’s resolution

It’s a new year. A fresh start. That sentiment gives most people a renewed sense of hope. “This ...

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Did the Pentagon act alone in employing UFO hunters?

By Danny Tyree When I was in sixth grade, my impassioned 4-H speech about the possibility of extraterrestrial ...

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Over time, toys have become complicated

By T.J. Ray On Christmas Day I enjoyed watching a six-year old learn to play with his toy ...

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Bud had a musical gift and just wanted to share

By Joel McNeece I had the great fortune to sit back stage, side stage and even on stage ...

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Why do GOP leaders surrender the agenda to the Left?

By Michael Shannon Until this week it had appeared the long-term effects of the Trump administration would be ...

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Reformed, but not simplified

By Tom Purcell If only tax simplification were true. You see, one of the promises of the Republican ...

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Top 10 comedic news stories of 2017

Put down the nog. Let in the dog. Delay your spouse’s jog. Buy a mask for the smog. ...

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A holly jolly tax bill 

What a difference a historic Republican tax bill makes. The liberal media and Democrats, of course, hate what ...

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A lifetime of Oxford Christmas memories

Soon, Oxford will flicker in candle light while friends and families gathered in churches gently sing Silent Night. ...

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A Christmas dream inspired by Irving and Bing

By Tom Purcell I dream of “White Christmas” this year. I speak of the Irving Berlin classic made ...

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Community needs to shape interstate discussion

An interstate through Natchez? The concept must seem as novel to most of us as the notion to ...

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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 ...

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