Ask Rufus: The enduring legacy of four friends
On Thursday I listened to the Supreme Court arguments in the case of Trump v. Colorado. I guess, being a recovering attorney, I was particularly interested in the back and forth between the lawyers and the Supreme Court justices.
Jiben Roy: Celebrity deaths remind us of dying
The impact of a death in the family is an impact that lasts forever, especially the death of our parents or other close members of the family. However, one must walk with time. As time passes, our life continues.
Sid Salter: Medicaid remains widely misunderstood as legislators seek to help state’s working poor
Discussing Medicaid and the role the program plays or should play in expanding healthcare opportunities for Mississippi’s working poor produces the kind of headache usually reserved for those who eat ice cream and wash it down with hot coffee – or those who watch TV news coverage of the Medicaid expansion issue on Fox News and MSNBC back-to-back.
Possumhaw: It all changes
It was getting dark while I fixed supper. Time had gotten away from me and I needed to bring Wilhelmina, the cat, indoors. She likes to slink around in the dark and hide. It’s not safe so I usually try to entice her inside with a snack.
Thom Caraccio: Bye bye Glenn Miller & Ferlin too
When I was a young boy, I really didn’t care about music. It was at best background noise.
Ask Rufus: There were giants among us
My last column mentioned a group of people who were friends of my father and like him had served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
Slimantics: One in six million
Timmy had two moms, and even though he grew up in the conservative 1960s, nobody freaked out about it. No one complained to the library or school boards. Nobody in Jackson tried to make laws to stop it.
Sid Salter: As usual, restoration of Mississippi ballot initiative rights will be a long, complex fight
Once again, the issue of whether Mississippi voters should have the very straightforward power to bypass the Mississippi Legislature and propose changes to state statutes or the state Constitution of 1890 is front and center.
Possumhaw: Life or death
In most everyone’s life you’ll one day encounter an emergency. An emergency is not something you can foresee, it’s unexpected.
Thom Caraccio: Fast times at Lee High
Baby boomers especially are known for their attachment to their high school days and are often accused of living in the past. Remember Al Bundy in the old TV show “Married with Children”? He was obsessed with his glory days as a high school football player and the writers were using that to make fun of him, but I’ll bet that none of them attended a school like S.D. Lee High School.
Slimantics: Andy Boyd has some explaining to do
In any legislature, bad laws are proposed. It is part of the process.
Jiben Roy: What best can we hope for this year
Every one of us knows, “morning shows the day.” Starting from the morning of the first day of 2024, the world is under siege. We are seeing the serious impact of climate change in Mississippi too. The world has already witnessed a large amount of destruction because of the Middle East war, in addition to the Russia-Ukraine war. At the same time, the Middle East war has started expanding,
Slimantics: The albatross, the whale and the hare
Almost every time the public’s attention turns to the uncompleted Sen. Terry Brown Amphitheater, it is seen as the city’s albatross and, more recently, as Mayor Keith Gaskin’s white whale.
Sid Salter: As cork pops on her retirement reception, Alyce Clarke bumps into $2B in lottery sales
Former State Rep. Alyce Griffin Clarke, D-Jackson, heads to a Jan. 26 “Night of Jubilee” event at the Jackson Convention Center this week honoring her 38 years of service to her District 69 constituents and along the way bumped smack into her legacy – the Alyce G. Clarke Lottery Law.
Possumhaw: The chill of winter
Well, it’s been a couple of unusual weeks so far. The first week was spent homebound with the influenza sickness.
Local Voices: An open letter to Mississippi’s mayors
Our current climate of partisan frenzy is not new; yet we have found a way to what President Abraham Lincoln described as our “better angels” as we continue to make great progress in society for the betterment of all.
Thom Caraccio: Dairy bar blues
Looking out across the street from S.D. Lee High school back in the mid to late 60’s was a nondescript building with a lot of big windows in the front. It’s long gone now, but it was very much a part of our lives back in the day.
Ask Rufus: The names in a book
While cooped up and iced in last week, I started rearranging books in my bookcases.
Sid Salter: As promised, legislative leadership opens the door for Medicaid expansion discussions
After the 2023 statewide elections – in which the fiscal plight of Mississippi’s hospitals and the working poor populations many of them serve were front and center issues – the leadership of both houses of the Mississippi Legislature has signaled that they are ready to discuss a change in the state’s healthcare strategies.
Possumhaw: It was a cold night
Influenza kept me in last week; I was told to rest, drink fluids, take meds, and do nothing else. Sam was an excellent caretaker, while laundry piled up and meals were interesting, we made it through.