Other Editors: Charter schools need high standards

Charter school advocates are grousing that the board that oversees the schools in Mississippi denied two more applications on Sept. 13.

Ben Shapiro: When politicians call for ‘fairness,’ they’re usually lying

This week, President Joe Biden attempted to inject life into his ailing presidency by dragging out of the closet the hoariest of political cliches: “fairness” in taxation.

Other editors: While the nation sinks deeper into debt, the rich keep evading taxes

A new Treasury Department report finds that the United States is losing $163 billion per year because of tax evasion by the top 1% of earners. The story is mind-numbingly familiar: phenomenally rich people finding new and creative ways to boost their wealth even more by cheating the rest of the responsible, taxpaying public.

Steve Chapman: Once again, redistricting promises to throttle democracy

It’s a redistricting year in the blue state of Illinois, which means that Republicans are getting less consideration than a missionary on the Las Vegas Strip. Democrats have been winning in the Land of Lincoln for a long while, controlling the state House for all but two of the past 38 years. But they see no harm in running up the score.

Bobby Harrison: Mississippi politicians don’t believe what they keep being told about Medicaid expansion

Legendary baseball announcer Jack Buck once proclaimed, “I don’t believe what I just saw.”

Perhaps some Mississippi politicians opposed to Medicaid expansion should proclaim, “I don’t believe what I keep on hearing and reading from the experts.”

David McRae: The IRS has no business monitoring your bank account

Under the Biden administration, the federal government’s role in our lives has become increasingly obtrusive, increasingly socialist, and increasingly concerning. What’s more, with the House of Representatives under Nancy Pelosi’s control and Chuck Schumer running the Senate, the executive overreach has gone unchecked.

Mona Charen: The future is female: But is that entirely a good thing?

“Men are abandoning higher education in such numbers that they now trail female college students by record levels.” So declares the opening sentence of a Wall Street Journal piece that is creating quite the buzz.

Other editors: Use United Way ALICE report to invest in Mississippi’s working poor

The United Way recently released a shocking report looking at the number of Mississippi working families who are on the brink of financial ruin, barely able to afford normal living expenses despite working full-time jobs.

Other Editors: Response chilly to Gunn’s tax swap

Philip Gunn is convinced that if Mississippi would swap its personal income tax for higher sales taxes on most things people in this state purchase, new residents would come streaming in.

Armstrong Williams: Free speech is the ultimate truth

Words have no meaning; they are malleable and subject to change at the whim of the powerful. Today, Black people could be called “white supremacists,” Jews could be called “Nazis” and scientists could be called “anti-science.”

Sid Salter: Reckoning eludes final surviving member of the Carl Parker family in Quitman County

Randall Scott Parker is finally, mercifully at peace and a family circle violently broken 31 years ago is once again unbroken.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Activism is not a popularity contest

When he died, Martin Luther King was likely the most hated man in America.

Froma Harrop: No one is forcing you to get the vaccine

Let’s be clear. No one has to get the vaccine. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states: “The federal government does not mandate (require) vaccination for people.”

Leonard Pitts Jr.: America has always run from the truth of itself

Robert E. Lee has retreated from Richmond. Again.

Dr. Angela Farmer: The heart of the matter

The return to the classroom environment amid the overshadowing Covid pandemic is complicated. There are stresses to get students back on-track academically, socially, and emotionally.

Bobby Harrison: Safety precautions embraced by all after 9/11, unlike during COVID-19

Before the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, Mississippians wanting to visit their state Capitol could come and go as they pleased through multiple entrances, facing no security checks or metal detectors.

Dr. James Finck: Twenty years later

Knowing that the 20th anniversary of 9/11 was fast approaching, I knew I needed to address it. I struggle writing about 9/11 because in many ways it still brings on strong raw emotions and I want to do it justice. For my own history, it is the foremost event and has done more to change this nation during my lifetime than anything else.

Other Editors: Senate bipartisan infrastructure bill would benefit Mississippi

The bipartisan infrastructure bill the U.S. Senate passed last month would be a boon to Mississippi, and we hope our House congressional delegation will unite behind it to benefit the people they represent.