Roses and Thorns: 5-30-26
A rose to Fairview Elementary School, which officially closes on June 30, almost 69 years since it opened. The closure, along with the closing of
Marc Dion: What’s that peeking in my window? It’s my job
I used to work with a guy, and every morning, I would greet him the same way.
“Howyadoin’?” I’d say.
“I’m here,” he’d answer.
Ask Rufus: Capt. Simon’s ride of May 1736
In the 1730s, conflict in Europe between England and France spread to the Tombigbee River Valley between the Choctaw-French alliance and the Chickasaw-English alliance.
Our View: City property sales need an expert’s hand
The story is told that Henry Ford once called in engineering genius Charles Steinmetz to find a solution for a malfunctioning generator that had stumped his own engineers.
Mona Charen: Lie at heart of Trump’s slush fund
The Orwellian ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ Trump has created — the legal equivalent of twirling the combination lock on Fort Knox and driving off with gold bars — purports to be righting a wrong.
Letter: Ferrari is making an EV
Listen up, folks! There is an electric Ferrari. An electric Ferrari! This is the car that made Shelby Cobra famous. China is eating our lunch
Other Editors: Congress’ continued refusal to enforce War Powers Act ignores law, national will
Americans don’t agree on much today, but overwhelming majorities agree that President Donald Trump’s war in Iran was and is a mistake.
Froma Harrop: Sonny Rollins knew not to die young
How is it that the “Saxophone Colossus” Sonny Rollins lived to 95? Aren’t jazz musicians supposed to die at tragically early ages? Actually, that’s a myth that Rollins and others proved flawed.
Our View: Starkville’s unofficial mascot? We suggest Connie the Traffic Cone
Most cities and towns have official seals or logos featuring images that tell a part of their stories, but only a few of them have mascots.
Jeff Robbins: Thief-in-Chief in brief: Trump keeps his cash register ringing
Established shortly after the Civil War, Memorial Day is a solemn day of remembrance for Americans to honor those who have sacrificed their lives defending American democracy.
Letter: Mississippi’s disproportionately high cancer mortality rate
Mississippi has roughly the same cancer rate as the nation at large, but we have the highest cancer mortality rate. We trade off from year
Slimantics: Our open borders Founding Fathers
The United States will celebrate its 250th anniversary this summer which means immigration has been a part of our national conversation for 250 years, too.
Letter to the editor: Bill Gillmore
A right is not a right if it is not enforced.
Bobby Harrison: Obsession with Bennie Thompson leads to cases of TDS for Mississippi politicians
Many Mississippi politicians have been afflicted in recent days with TDS – not Trump Derangement Syndrome, as President Donald Trump accuses his own critics of having, but a special Mississippi condition that can be called Thompson Derangement Syndrome.
Possumhaw: For the love of libraries
As a child my mother took me to the library weekly.
Ask Rufus: Remember
Often the photos are faded and bent, and though fewer and fewer remain who remember the names, their sacrifice is still ours to honor.
Roses and Thorns: 5-23-26
A rose to all those who made the greatest sacrifice in defense of our country on this Memorial Day weekend. An estimated 535,000 American military
Marc Dion: They’re Barney Frank hot dogs…
Nobody expected Barney Frank to show up at the event. He came by because it was in his district and he’d been in his district all day, and he had time to come meet some people, and he’d donated a couple hundred bucks to the event, and they’d used it to buy meat.
Thom Caraccio: R.I.P. Danny Boy
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Wyatt Emmerich: Mississippi River disaster
When a man who saved six billion dollars for Mississippi ratepayers talks, it’s a good idea to listen.
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