Articles by Slim Smith
Slimantics: Fishing boats and park improvements should be pay as you go
My dad loved to fish. How much? When he passed away in 2005, an inspection of his wallet revealed just one photograph.
Slimantics: Moncrief Pool: Champion needed
Iam a competent, if not proficient swimmer. At least, I used to be.
Slimantics: The most important day in Columbus’ history
The city of Columbus has witnessed a fair share of memorable days since its founding in 1821. Most of those red-letter days were captured in local newspapers, the first of which began publishing in 1833. For the past 101 years, The Dispatch has recorded those historic events.
Slimantics: Lightfoot’s legacy is poetry set to music
In the fall of 1977, I began my freshman year of college at Itawamba Community College in Fulton. Among my classes was English Literature 101, taught by Nan Comer, who I’ll always regard as one of my most important teachers. It was in her class that I was exposed to real literature.
Community Profile: Pancake ritual turns Columbus father into author
Omar Jones had been kicking around the idea of writing a children’s book since his two daughters were little, sitting in his lap as he
Slimantics: Pets R Us
Sunday is National Pet Day. If there were a parade for the event, Tess and I could make a fair claim to be grand marshals.
Slimantics: Fear and loathing on the campaign trail
Deep down, Delbert Hosemann must hate all of this.
Slimantics: 14 names in my “Confederate Heritage”
April is Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, and April 24 is Confederate Memorial Day in Mississippi.
Slimantics: A letter to the Senate Judiciary Chairman
Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator, Illinois: I don’t generally write letters to Senators for the same reason I quit writing letters to Santa about 50 years ago: I never get what I ask for.
Slimantics: It’s time to Infringe the hell of out of the Second Amendment
On Aug. 2, 2019, I became a member of a club no one ever wants to join.
Slimantics: Enemy of the people
John Polk talked to a handful of voters at a veterinary clinic back home a while back, where he learned some things that might be a surprise to voters throughout the state.
Slimantics: Propst Park: Wrong plan, wrong place
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I still can’t muster any enthusiasm for the city’s plans to renovate Propst Park.
Slimantics: Tate Reeves’ love/hate relationship with “woke capitalist” Steel Dynamics
I’m no admirer of Republicans, particularly the form of Trump Republicanism that has dominated the party for the past seven years.
Slimantics: Hiring a ‘winner’ is a big loss for Ole Miss
Ole Miss will pay its new men’s basketball coach $13.6 million over the next four years.
Slimantics: The Mississippi Mafia
Do we have a representative form of government in Mississippi? On paper, we do.
Columbus pastor finds outreach tool through teaching martial arts
Something you might hear on an East Columbus playground: “My preacher can whoop your preacher!”
Slimantics: Special Music
Last week, a Mississippi girl singing “Mississippi Girl,” which was a hit for another Mississippi girl, Faith Hill, wowed the judges on the NBC show “The Voice.”
Slimantics: Generosity vs. Socialism is a distinction for the fortunate
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about who we are as Mississippians based on a couple of things that have emerged recently.
Slimantics: Nobody saw this coming
From January to April each year when the Mississippi Legislature is in session, legislators wake up each morning with a single thought on their minds: Which powerless minority group can we punish today?
Slimantics: What’s really OK?
Tuesday was the last day of Black History Month or, as Tate Reeves likes to call it, “February.”
Holiday Handcrafts Bazaar accepting vendor applications
July 12, 2025
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