Bobby Harrison: Despite Tate Reeves’ win, Medicaid expansion sure is on the table
A time-honored political adage is that “elections have consequences.”
Wyatt Emmerich: Hosemann recaps achievements at Capitol Press Forum
Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann gave a 45-minute talk to the Stennis Institute Capitol Press Forum at Hal & Mal’s in downtown Jackson.
Froma Harrop: Clickbait fuels obsession on Biden’s age
The special counsel report claiming that Joe Biden’s memory had seriously declined stinks to high political heaven. Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe saw “nauseating similarities” to the agency’s investigation of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
Other Editors: Get ready for ‘enrollment cliff’
If you haven’t heard about Mississippi’s approaching “enrollment cliff,” get ready. It’s certain to bring big changes to the operations of schools at all levels.
Armstrong Williams: Dueling cowboys at Eagle Pass
There’s a standoff in Texas, and it’s not between cowboys this time. It’s between the Texas National Guard and federal border agents.
Other Editors: Protectionism for casinos
The Mississippi Legislature tried to protect the state’s casino industry when sports betting first became the rage.
Mona Charen: Tucker’s fatal attraction
The title of my 2003 book, “Useful Idiots,” was a reference to a perhaps apocryphal quote sometimes attributed to Lenin to the effect that gullible liberals in the West would prove useful idiots for the Soviet Union.
Froma Harrop: MAGA attacks America’s Sweetheart. Why not football, too?
There’s always some pre-game Superbowl story. This year the MAGA Republicans have provided it. And they’ve gone way beyond their lunatic call of duty by accusing America’s sweetheart, Taylor Swift, of diabolical cunning for urging her fans to vote. And for extra measure, they are attacking the National League Football, as well, for something to do with the Kansas City Chiefs’ star tight end, Travis Kelce, being her guy.
Froma Harrop: Republicans want the border to bleed
If House Republicans succeed in sinking the strongest border enforcement bill in a generation, they can go back to playtime, impeaching Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and spreading weird stuff about Taylor Swift being deployed for “psy ops.”
Bobby Harrison: Gov. Tate Reeves ditches his past rhetoric while recruiting economic development projects
During a nasty 2023 campaign, incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves derisively criticized his Democratic opponent Brandon Presley for taking campaign contributions from his “solar panel buddies … that have tried to run the oil business out of America.”
Sean of the South: One Night in Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel. Somewhere in Louisiana. It was late. Approaching closing time. Cracker Barrel officially closes at 9 p.m. But it wasn’t 9 yet.
Other Editors: Court considers felony voting case
It is very unlikely that the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will agree with last year’s ruling by three of its judges that Mississippi’s permanent voting ban for people convicted of certain felonies is unconstitutional.
Mona Charen: Hamas’s useful idiots
We all saw it. A genocidal government launched a staggeringly savage massacre against civilians. Now, the International Court of Justice in the Hague has taken notice — but in a twist worthy of Kafka, the party in the dock is not the perpetrator but the victim.
Froma Harrop: What presidents spend money on really matters
What matters is not just the sum by which presidents jack up the deficit. It’s what the money is spent on. Franklin D. Roosevelt added more to the national debt by percentage than any other president. America needed that borrowing to dig itself out of the Great Depression and then win World War II. The spending was necessary.
Matthew Becker: Domestic and foreign policies are intertwined
On January 18, the Chair of the NATO Military Committee – Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer – stated that the Western world must prepare for a potential larger war with Russia, which would involve a “whole of society” approach and that “we have to realize it’s not a given that we are in peace.
Froma Harrop: Republicans turn themselves into the open borders party
Donald Trump has called on Republicans to kill a bipartisan deal that would give the president emergency powers to shut down the border when illegal crossings get out of hand. He’s thus helped President Joe Biden turn one of his political liabilities into a strength.
Bobby Harrison: How Mississippi’s tax structure favors the wealthy and hurts the poor
Mississippi has the nation’s lowest per capita income at $46,248 annually and the highest percentage of people living in poverty at 18.2%.
Ben Shapiro: Notes From Auschwitz
This week, I visited Auschwitz.
David McRae: The 2024 College Savings Art Contest is here
College Savings Mississippi is back with our annual art contest, and this year’s prize money is bigger than ever!
Bobby Harrison: New green energy plant goes against Gov. Tate Reeves’ tax cut plan
Tate Reeves may be trying to have his cake and eat it, too.