Bobby Harrison: Gov. Reeves wins veto fight thanks to Senate Democrats’ anger with Lt. Gov. Hosemann
Soon after the 2026 legislative session ended with a whimper, one senator noted that Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann had accomplished what many thought was impossible – convincing all 18 Democrats in the Mississippi Senate to vote to uphold vetoes by Republican Gov. Tate Reeves.
Marc Dion: Vote for the buttery past
I was lucky enough to be born at the intersection of three great pancake traditions. My mother made the American pancake from a box mix called Bisquick, which can also be used to make biscuits and dumplings.
Jamie Stiehm: Dinner is served: Will Trump be pressed?
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday is the hottest ticket in town, but a tempest is brewing among journalists on Donald J. Trump’s presence at the posh gathering.
Hunter Estes: From Mississippi to the moon
My wife and I went to see Project Hail Mary last week. The film was nothing short of incredible, truly one of the most inspiring and hopeful movies I’ve seen in a long time. Its depictions of space are beautiful and deserve to be seen on the big screen.
Jeff Robbins: Universities continue to squirm under anti-semitism spotlight
Congressional hearings aren’t known for generating Must-See TV, so the rare exceptions tend to be notable. Attorney Joseph Welch’s takedown of the demagogic Senator from Wisconsin during the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings — “At long last, sir, have you no sense of decency?” — became iconic.
Bobby Harrison: Philip Gunn eyes rare Mississippi feat of serving as speaker and then governor
As speaker of Mississippi House from 2012 until 2024, Philip Gunn was a zealous defender of the powers of the Legislature from the overreach of the governor. Now, he wants to be governor.
Other Editors: A spirited tax ruling protects homemade whiskey
Judges occasionally declare federal laws unconstitutional. But usually when a law passed by Congress has been on the books for more than 150 years, it’s in the clear. Not so for the federal ban on homemade whiskey, vodka and gin.
Veronique de Rugy: Debunking five tax day myths
Every April, Americans spend more than 7 billion hours filing taxes and roughly the same amount of time arguing over them, almost entirely on the basis of several common myths. Here are the five most consequential.
Froma Harrop: What are these politicians thinking?
Democrat Eric Swalwell and Republican Tony Gonzales were both accused of sexual misconduct involving staffers. Californian Swalwell said he’d resign from his House seat after giving up on his run for governor. Texan Gonzales said he was withdrawing from the 2026 reelection race.
Froma Harrop: Subsidies keep America on top
That $7,500 tax credit to buy an electric vehicle, now gone, was a “grotesque misallocation of federal spending.” It was a form of “rent-seeking,” whereby companies seek “to dominate the bureaucracy instead of the marketplace.”
Bobby Harrison: Hob Bryan is wrongly cited by Gov. Reeves in age-old dispute over who controls federal funds
Gov. Tate Reeves is giving Senate Public Health Chairman Hob Bryan too much credit.
Froma Harrop: The art of taxing fairly is messy
“The rich should pay their fair share of taxes.” Who can argue with that? But then we must decide who is rich and what is meant by fair. Neither political party has distinguished itself in making such distinctions.
Froma Harrop: Big tech’s ugly data centers finally meet the opposition
It appears that folks living in the gently rolling farmland of southwestern Ohio don’t want a 2-million-square-foot data center plopped down the road from their front porches. What’s wrong with them? Are they snotty not-in-my-backyard liberals?
Other Editors: Trump tells the Postal Service to make a voter list
Can the President order the U.S. Postal Service not to deliver mail he doesn’t like? Add this to the list of, er, innovative questions that President Trump is posing to the courts. On Tuesday he signed an executive action to create a federal list of people pre-approved to vote by mail, while telling the USPS to refuse to deliver ballots from anybody who isn’t on it.
Froma Harrop: Did you really think Trump would lower prices?
Donald Trump’s assault on our democratic institutions did not stop voters from giving him a second term. The top reason they cited for reelecting him was the economy, notably their unhappiness over high prices.
Bobby Harrison: The Mississippi Legislature giveth, and then taketh away, a bigger pay raise for teachers
The Mississippi Legislature giveth and taketh during the 2026 session, when members originally passed one of the largest teacher pay raises in the history of the state but ultimately approved and sent to Gov. Tate Reeves a much smaller salary increase.
Mona Charen: The Iran hawks are losing their judgment
I am an Iran hardliner. But I’m struggling to understand how other hardliners can be so credulous about President Donald Trump’s leadership of this war.
Froma Harrop: News flash: Bernie Sanders is not a New Yorker
Yes, he talks like a Brooklyn tough guy, but Sen. Bernie Sanders is a resident of Vermont, America’s most rural and most white state. That he fled New York City nearly 60 years ago seems lost on the current Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his fellow socialists. Then again, Mamdani hasn’t been around very long himself.
Other Editors: After measles outbreak, why are feds keeping Texans in the dark?
The Dallas Morning News says Feds are keeping Texans in the dark after measles outbreak
Veronique de Rugy: How will Congress choose to handle the Iran bill?
Whatever you think of the war in Iran, there’s a separate question – independent of the military merits – that Congress must answer: How will it be paid for?
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