Sid Salter: Anti-Doxxing legislation is vexing in several state legislatures, including Mississippi
In 2019, Mississippi adopted legislation and then-Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law House Bill 1205 – authored by Reps. Jerry Turner and Mark Baker – that asserted privacy rights at the intersection of technology, privacy and political lanes.
Possumhaw: Spring has sprung
The weather does not always pay attention to the calendar marking March 20 as the beginning of spring. I’m looking outside the sunroom window where it looks like spring is creeping near.
Thom Caraccio: Peaches and cream… not hardly. Part two
This is part two of a two part column. Part one can be found in last Saturday’s paper.
Ask Rufus: The roots of early Columbus
Most people seem to associate the history of Columbus and its old homes with the classic antebellum homes of the mid 1800s and the Civil War, but I think of a much earlier time.
Jiben Roy: What a time we all are passing through!
As time passes, we make progress. Progress can be made in many ways. Sciences are always towards that goal. However, progress in human development towards happiness in life can be considered “The real progress”.
Slimantics: Amphitheater is where Brooks, Jones part ways
Until now, there’s been far more sizzle than steak where the two Democratic candidates for mayor of Columbus are concerned.
Slimantics: The Unfolding What If?: A ‘Plot Against America’ in real time
Novelists have always had a fascination with “what if” plots. There are a half-dozen popular novels based on the premise of the South winning the Civil War. Stephen King wrote a novel about someone traveling through time to prevent the JFK assassination.
Sid Salter: From Capitol Hill, Medicaid is tracking to be under scrutiny for significant cuts
On March 7, the Democratic Minority of the bipartisan and congressionally created Joint Economic Committee—one of two economic advisory committees established in 1946—released a report detailing their concerns about where the Republican Majority has signaled they might go to accomplish their overall tax cut goals.
Possumhaw: Do you know who you are?
I met a young woman when she and her family moved to the Prairie a few years ago. I don’t see her often but it’s always a lovely visit when I do. She raises chickens and sells eggs in season.
Thom Caraccio: Peaches and cream… not hardly! Part 1
I’ve written many an article about my young and foolish days as a working musician. They are usually the stories of fun and weird experiences that I feel you might get a chuckle over.
Ask Rufus: Finding fossils
This past week I have had several people from outside the Golden Triangle area ask me how the fossil park in Columbus is coming along, and though moving slowly it is moving.
Wade Leonard: Much needed attention for MSMS
There is a movie trope that goes something like this: The cocky, handsome, high school star football player is failing geography. The big game is coming up, and the school really needs him to pass, so the football player starts to get tutored by the mousy, nerdy girl.
Slimantics: MSMS plot is a tangled web
The more I think of the campaign to move the Mississippi School for Math and Science from its home on the MUW campus to Mississippi State, the more machiavellian it seems, almost to the point that it strains credulity.
Sid Salter: Bird flu a dire concern to state’s almost $4 billion top agricultural commodity
Empty coolers on grocery store egg product shelves, dramatically higher prices when you can find eggs, and angst and dread among those who make their livings in Mississippi’s robust poultry and egg industry – that’s the new reality.
Possumhaw: Back to birds & bugs
According to “All About Birds” the Dark-eyed Junco birds visit our sunny south in hopes of warmer winters by spring they should be leaving northward. There are other Juncos besides the “Dark-eyed” variety also “Yellow-eyed,” “Guadalupe” and “Volcano” Juncos.
Thom Caraccio: The twins get up close and personal
Working in the film industry can be a weird experience.
Ask Rufus: Frame houses and English China
The Choctaw and Chickasaw of northeast Mississippi in the early 1800s were a civilized, cultured people.
Possumhaw: Cold feet, Warm heart
It took a good bit of time dealing with the weather in the past few weeks. Cold temperatures dropped into the teens after having a week of 70 degrees.
Thom Caraccio: The Pelican Hotel: The band’s nightmare
A story from the annals (or anals?) of my music career.
Ask Rufus: The tangled web of art and history
The interconnecting web of history can be fascinating.
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