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Our View: Priest list is a first step, but legal action is needed

Posted earlier today in Dispatch Editorials

In the legal world, there is a distinction between a confession and an admission. But in common use, the distinction between the two is that an admission means owning what is already known.

Voice of the people: Glenn Lautzenhiser

Posted earlier today in Letters to the Editor ([email protected])

Voice of the people: Cameron Triplett

Posted earlier today in Letters to the Editor ([email protected])

Froma Harrop: Democrats look forward by looking inland

Posted earlier today in National Columns

In Texas, most politicians used to worry only about the primaries. Once they won their party's endorsement, candidates would coast to victory in November. Journalists still refer to Texas as "ruby red," meaning Republicans rule the roost.

Cartoonist View: 3/20/19

Posted earlier today in National Columns

Our View: In gubernatorial debates, two out of three is bad

Posted yesterday in Dispatch Editorials

"Two out of three ain't bad" may be pretty good song lyrics, but it's an awful way to kick off the 2019 gubernatorial campaign.

Brett Kittredge: Little appetite for food freedom in Mississippi

Posted yesterday in Local Columns

A few years ago, the Mississippi legislature adopted a cottage food operators law, bringing the industry, those who bake goods at home and then sell to the public, into the light.

Editorial cartoon for 3-19-19

Posted yesterday in National Columns

Possumhaw: Ever have that gut feeling?

Posted 3/18/2019 in Local Columns

You know that little pooch you get in your stomach as you age, well I just learned it's not your stomach at all.

Marc Dion: Where's the outrage?

Posted 3/18/2019 in National Columns

I once kidded an inept editorial writer I worked with by asking him, as he prepared to write, "Are we concerned or outraged today?"

Patrick Buchanan: Is diversity a root cause of dual loyalty?

Posted 3/18/2019 in National Columns

"We can't be divided by race, religion, by tribe. We're defined by those enduring principles in the Constitution, even though we don't necessarily all know them."

Editorial cartoon for 3-18-19

Posted 3/18/2019 in National Columns

Roses and thorns: 3/17/19

Posted 3/16/2019 in Roses & Thorns

Partial to Home: Pick up trash. Tell the world about it.

Posted 3/16/2019 in Local Columns

Alabama's Sipsey River is a 145-mile long low-lying, swamp-like stream that begins in Glen Allen near Fayette and runs south until it crosses Highway 82 just east of Gordo. There it veers southwest where it eventually flows into the Tennessee-Tombigbee just south of Vienna.