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Easier way to college just got harder
I’m a product of the Mississippi community college system. Like most who attend two years at a junior…
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Strolling through the market
By Joel McNeece I walked on to the square looking for some okra, knowing it’s still a bit…
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Talking to our kids about cyberbullying
My poor kid is the son of two journalists who will likely stay in the industry for the…
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Teens’ summer jobs becoming a thing of the past for most
By Tom Purcell I learned how to keep golf balls from bashing me in my shins. That was…
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Myths undermine any honest jobs-welfare talks
By Charlie Mitchell Mississippi now leads the nation in the “starve the beast” approach to governance with Lt.…
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Joe Rogers: Fathers, yay! Fatherhood, no.
It’s a safe bet that next Sunday somebody will wish me a happy Father’s Day, an occurrence that…
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First day of summer: When is summer solstice 2017?
We could say that summer in Oxford is great so far except that it is not summer yet.…
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Please, one reality at a time
“There’s small choice in rotten apples.”—Shakespeare I am really quite tired of re-litigating the last election, and as…
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Stop the presses! Sanity returns!
By TJ Ray Sometimes in life people experience Huh? moments. Those are those rare times when the sudden…
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Ensuring high school grads are equipped for citizenship
By Tom Purcell “I may have to do WHAT to receive my high school diploma?” “Pass a U.S.…
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Cornflakes and Bioethanol
By John W. Jurss To continue our series on existing and emerging renewable energy technologies, this article focuses…
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Seeing the worst and best
By Joel McNeece Thursday, June 1 was a horrible day, and yet I saw some of the best…
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LOFT could use sponsorships
As an Oxford-Lafayette community member or business, have you ever considered different ways of giving back to the…
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The state of mental health care in Mississippi
For many years, there has been a strong national movement to serve children and families in their homes…
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Judge Wingate says Epps no small-time offender
By Charlie Mitchell There’s no way to know what former Mississippi Commissioner of Corrections Christopher Epps expected when…
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World Clubfoot Day now has significant meaning to my family
No parent wants to hear that their unborn child may have anything where the words “congenital deformity” are…
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Joe Rogers: Cuba’s faded glory
Among the first things I noticed after arriving in Cuba was the attractiveness of the young female customs…
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Government’s BMI chart hard to swallow, but here’s trying
The surprised look on my wife’s face was startling. She had just logged onto a medical web portal…
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Are you what you read?
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to…
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Mental Health: Changing the conversation
By John Damon The early Greeks believed in a mind-body dualism or that the mind and body are…
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Playing games with the squirrels
By TJ Ray I had to quit after the third round was found. Looking for spent bullets can…
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Fear of relegation motivates
By Joel McNeece Relegation may be the answer to the troubling discourse in our politics today. The relegation…
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