Our View: CRA appointment is key for the city
As a routine part of its regular meetings, the Columbus City Council is updated on pending openings on the city’s various boards as they arise. Although every city-appointed board serves a role in our city, some positions stand to have a larger impact than others.
Letter: Appreciates Vin Scully column
Thank you, Glenn Lautzenhiser, for your wonderful column about the passing of Vin Scully, long-time Dodger baseball announcer. I grew up a Dodger fan and
Wyatt Emmerich: Paul Chinchen lived where Heaven meets Earth
At the end of Paul Chinchen’s funeral Cal Wells walked up to me and said, “You’re going to have trouble putting this into words.”
Slimantics: Reeves punishes the poor to prop up his political ambitions
On Wednesday, Gov. Tate Reeves announced that he will pull Mississippi out of a federal pandemic relief program that provides rental and utility bill assistance to low income families and will return the remaining funds to the federal government.
Glenn Lautzenhiser: Sportscaster Vin Scully’s Columbus connection
August 2 saw the passing of the legendary American sportscaster Vin Scully. He is best known for the 67 season that he broadcast for the Dodgers, beginning in Brooklyn in 1950 and ending in Los Angeles in 2016.
Armstrong Williams: Law-abiding gun owners will not harm you. But criminals will
There have been innumerable debates on gun ownership. These discussions generally address two critical factors: gun violence in inner cities and mass shootings.
Slimantics: Kansas shows Mississippi how constitutional issues should be settled
For some time now, Mississippi has operated under the illusion that we have a government that relies on the rule of law.
Michael Watson: Get ready to vote, Mississippi!
While Mississippians across the state are gearing up for the next school year, our office is preparing for the fast-approaching November general election. It’s an important time for our state with all four congressional seats on the ballot as well as several judicial positions; moreover, this year’s midterm elections are significant across the country.
Sid Salter: Air conditioning state prisons is a measure of both basic humanity and business acumen
Those who are like me — old enough to remember life before air conditioning in the Deep South — often flinch a bit when passionate, well-meaning young prison reformers launch into a lecture about the cruelties of operating state prisons without the benefit of that comfort.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: The year (bleep) got real
Yes, this is early. That ritual where the columnist assigns the year a theme doesn’t usually begin until December. But the view from this pew is that, where 2022 is concerned, said theme is already clear.
