Slimantics: A crisis we can’t afford

I bought my first home 34 years ago, a three-bedroom, two-bath house with a carport and large fenced backyard.

Slimantics: Redistricting by another name is no less offensive

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Delbert Hosemann wants you to know that he doesn’t see color, which I figure leaves him clueless at gender-reveal parties.

In Memoriam: Teacher who made Columbus sing passes away at 87

George Friderich Handel will always be remembered for his 1741 oratorio, “Messiah.”

So will James Allen.

Slimantics: AI data centers are a bad deal for Mississippians

What is recognized today as the world’s first computer was unveiled in 1946. ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was enormous, requiring 1,800 square feet or about the size of the typical two-bedroom house. The entire system weighed 30 tons.

Slimantics: Our open borders Founding Fathers

The United States will celebrate its 250th anniversary this summer which means immigration has been a part of our national conversation for 250 years, too.

Slimantics: Redistricting isn’t about race (wink, wink)

When the Supreme Court ruled that race can no longer be the controlling consideration in drawing voting districts, we were assured by the court and leading Republicans that it only seemed like it was about race. Legislatures could, however, gerrymander districts on the basis of political preferences. This is progress?

Slimantics: Youth baseball has become a game of haves and have-nots

Mississippi has always had the annoying habit of making life better for the richer at the expense of the poorer.

Community Profile: Parker’s scientific mind turns to birding

If Bill Parker were a Sesame Street character, he would be The Count.

Slimantics: Supreme Court’s ruling is another step toward an American apartheid

Mississippians, especially — and, indeed, all Americans — should know better than to ignore the historical echoes found in recent efforts to dilute minority voting rights.

Slimantics: Hard Times are here again for farmers

One of my favorite photographs of my mom’s side of the family shows my grandfather and grandmother with their six daughters, although you see only five of the girls because the youngest is still in grandmother’s womb.

Slimantics: America’s status quo is war

According to President Trump, there may be no Iran as you drink your morning coffee.

Slimantics: Karma comes with hearing aids

Anyone over the age of 60 or so understands that consequences come with longevity.

Slimantics: No Mow is the bee’s knees

In Columbus, the Sounds of Summer is recognized as a four-week concert series presented by Main Street Columbus.

Slimantics: The return of the poll tax

Mississippi has passed its own version of the SHIELD Act currently being debated in Washington. It goes into effect on July 1.

Community Profile: From personal experience to professional purpose

Odds are good that Catherine Cotton would not have spent all of her adult life working in speech pathology if it weren’t for Stefani.

Slimantics: War by the gallon

There are things in the world where how we react to an event is all out of proportion to its relevance.

Slimantics: Still worth a wow!

PACCAR is building a second factory next door to its current facility.

In memoriam: A life spent caring for history and people

She had a name straight out of the Old South, with a grand antebellum home and a genteel nature to match.

Slimantics: What are we fighting for? Why not ask Congress?

If you are old enough to remember the last time Congress declared war, you are pretty old, probably in your 90s.

In memoriam: Voice of Lee High football, ‘Swap Shop’ dies at 90

If there was ever any doubt what Doug Moulds wanted to be when he grew up, it would have been before he learned to read.