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July 7th, 2022

Open eyes, open minds.

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Dr. James Finck: Lessons from France

By Dr. James Finck • 15 hours ago

As I am sitting on my balcony of a boat traveling down the Mosel River in Germany, passing picturesque villages founded before Christopher Columbus was even born, I am in awe of this place with its castles and massive churches.

Bobby Harrison: Supreme Court could assure abortion ban in Mississippi, or people could vote

By Bobby Harrison • 2 days ago

For abortion to be banned in Mississippi, a 1998 Supreme Court ruling — that “abortion is protected” under the state Constitution — must be reversed.

Wyatt Emmerich: Fourth of July is hot, but our nation is just right

By Wyatt Emmerich • July 2, 2022

July Fourth marks the beginning of the Big Bake for most Mississippians. Get ready for two months of humid heat.

Froma Harrop: The moral blanks at the center of our government

By Froma Harrop • July 1, 2022

Perhaps the most permanent image to come out of Tuesday’s hearing into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol was of the clean-shaven Chief of Staff Mark Meadows bustling about to help Donald Trump overthrow the United States government.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: American progress has lurched backward

By Leonard Pitts Jr. • June 30, 2022

This is not just another setback.

Ben Shapiro: Abortion debate reveals rot at America’s center

By Ben Shapiro • June 30, 2022

This week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling overdue by some five decades, striking down Roe v. Wade (1973) and its constitutionally unsubstantiated “right to abortion.”

Other Editors: State should not spend public money on private schools

By (Tupelo) Daily Journal, June 2 • June 28, 2022

A newly created state grant program is at the center of a lawsuit brought by Parents for Public Schools, a public education advocacy group that

Froma Harrop: St. Teresa has some bad news for Republicans

By Custom Source • June 28, 2022

“There are more tears shed over answered prayers than unanswered prayers,” St. Teresa of Avila said. Republicans may soon learn just how that works.

Bobby Harrison: Landmark tobacco lawsuit settled 25 years ago — what happened to money?

By Bobby Harrison • June 27, 2022

If Mississippi’s political leaders had stuck to their plan, the state would now have a trust fund of more than $4 billion earning about $320 million annually to spend on health care, based on projections made in 1999.

Steve Chapman: The Supreme Court’s Second Amendment decision Is no cause for panic

By Steve Chapman • June 27, 2022

The reaction to the Supreme Court ruling on New York’s gun laws was a classic case of unjustified panic. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul called it “reckless” and “reprehensible.” The liberal Marshall Project said it “guts gun control.”

Wyatt Emmerich: Jan. 6 was embarrassing, violent riot deserving investigation

By Wyatt Emmerich • June 24, 2022

It’s good to see competitive Congressional races so I’m not displeased with the fact that incumbents Michael Guest and Steven Palazzo will face runoffs to stay in office. In a country which sees 95 percent of its Congressional incumbents re-elected, these runoffs are a breath of fresh air.

Slim Smith: Roe v. Wade and Prohibition

By Slim Smith • June 23, 2022

By the time you read this, Mississippians may have lost the right to have an abortion.

Ben Shapiro: The death of the elite ‘center’

By Ben Shapiro • June 22, 2022

The false center cannot hold.

Other Editors: The high cost of homicides

By Greenwood Commonwealth, June 11 • June 21, 2022

After the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, law enforcement critics said local governments needed to defund the police. Shad White, the state auditor for Mississippi, has released a report that says exactly the opposite.

Froma Harrop: Fortune favors the brave not always

By Custom Source • June 21, 2022

“Fortune favors the brave” was the slogan for Crypto.com, a cryptocurrency company now laying off hundreds of workers.

Bobby Harrison: Miss. did what S. Dakota couldn’t: block Medicaid expansion

By Bobby Harrison • June 20, 2022

The South Dakota Republican leadership, like many of their counterparts in Mississippi, oppose accepting federal funds to provide health insurance for primarily the working poor.

Mona Charen: It’s what Trump had a responsibility to know

By Froma Harrop • June 20, 2022

Watergate, whose 50th anniversary is upon us, is remembered for the question: “What did the president know and when did he know it?” But in our age of post-truth politics, the question loses its punch. The Jan. 6 committee devoted the second of its public hearings to demonstrating beyond doubt that Donald Trump knew he had lost the 2020 election.

Froma Harrop: High gas prices do not stop traffic

By Froma Harrop • June 17, 2022

It’s easy to find people who say gas prices will keep them from driving. They’re on the roads.

Wyatt Emmerich: No clear answer on school shootings

By Wyatt Emmerich • June 16, 2022

Freedom is paid for with blood. The Ukrainians are seeing that reality in a real and horrible way. America has seen it in numerous wars. We see it in the tens of thousands of car wrecks that maim and kill every year. We witnessed this reality last month in a rash of school shootings.

Ben Shapiro: Joe Biden’s economy is a disaster

By Ben Shapiro • June 16, 2022

This week, the stock market took a turn into bear territory on the heels of yet another brutal monthly inflation report. With the Federal Reserve considering larger rate hikes in order to tamp down record inflation, the possibility of a near-term recession now looms quite large, despite the feeble protestations of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

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