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Lake Elliott is one of Oxford’s best

By David Magee It’s not surprising Lake Elliott has lived to be 105 years old. If anybody could ...

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Cleaning up history will not change it

By TJ Ray Great excitement stirred the university campus in Puerto Rico where I taught my first year. ...

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All politics, all the time?

By Tom Purcell It’s everywhere you turn these days. I can’t take it anymore.” “Ah, yes, you speak ...

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Finding inspiration in the work of artists

By Joel McNeece Hanging on the wall in our bedroom is a painting by Susan Patton of Bruce ...

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Tom Petty’s legacy won’t back down

It was the first song that made me want to be the bad boy. It was the second ...

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Farewell to one of the few who always put others first

By Charlie Mitchell The time has come to say farewell to Curlie L. Whiten Sr., who died last ...

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Rebel Black Bear tried hard to win over fans, even the ones who ran away screaming

A couple years after the University of Mississippi selected the black bear as its mascot there was a ...

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Tough choices for a book lover

By Joe Rogers I set myself a challenging task the other day: ridding the house of my unnecessary ...

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The charitable spirit

By TJ Ray $1.65. Now that may not seem like a lot of money to you, but it ...

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Race, sport and willful ignorance

By James Thomas In the Wednesday, September 27 issue of the Oxford EAGLE, local author Michael Henry argues ...

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The NFL beat Donald Trump at his own game

By John Micek On the day that Donald Trump tried to mess with America’s national religion, professional football ...

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One knee? Take two!

By Michael Henry The NFL players who take a knee during the national anthem should put their other ...

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‘Ignore’ is a muscle that could use some exercise

By Charlie Mitchell A friend well-schooled in all things biblical said not long ago, “Social media may not ...

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The most Mississippi movie

Of all the movies about Mississippi, which best capture and depict the state’s essence? I stole the idea ...

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Gaining some ‘wisdom’ at 50

I was munching on some pretzels while watching television a few months back when I started feeling the ...

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Court forces Bryant to take flag stand

By Kevin Cooper Phil Bryant may be the closest thing to a king existing in Mississippi now that ...

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The GOP’s Contract with America

By TJ Ray Surely you remember boom boxes and Rubik cubes and girls’ penny loafers. Fads are curious ...

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All about the Hummingbird

By Joel McNeece The sound was something to behold. Sitting on Grady Wilson’s back porch under his metal ...

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Gay or straight? The computer (thinks it) knows!

By Danny Tyree According to “Newsweek” and MSNBC, Stanford University researchers have reported startling accuracy in predicting sexual ...

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20 Trillion reasons to address national debt right now

By Tom Purcell The federal government is how deep in debt?” “Extremely deep. Last week, our country passed ...

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Reluctant officials get civics lesson from Supreme Court

By Charlie Mitchell During the hurricanes early this month, the Mississippi Supreme Court quietly struck a blow to ...

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Home alone

By Joe Rogers As of Tuesday, I will be a semi-bachelor. Semi, because Kayne and I will still ...

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