Kathleen Parker: The GOP’s flash of brilliance
Republicans have excelled at concealing their brilliance in recent years, and Democrats have exulted in their good fortune.
Our view: Ole Miss should back words with action
Here we go again.
Early Sunday morning, two men placed a hangman’s noose over the head of a statue of James Meredith on the University of Mississippi campus and draped the statue with an old Georgia state flag, which like Mississippi’s current flag, contains a replica of what is commonly known as the Confederate Battle Flag.
Thomas Sowell: Cruz control?
Freshman Senator Ted Cruz says many things that need to be said and says them well. Moreover, some of these things are what many, if not most, Americans believe wholeheartedly.
Charlie Mitchell: Public-private partnerships
When the U.S. economy was imploding in 2008, federal officials decided which car companies, which investment firms would be given infusions of taxpayer cash and which would be allowed to go belly-up.
Possumhaw: Birding from the skybox
Dressed in all our outdoor gear, we watched a bird soar over the sage field and lake.
“It’s a small hawk or maybe an owl. The head looks like an owl,” Sam said.
Froma Harrop: Losing our third places
A story that captivated New York City: A group of elderly Korean-Americans had been gathering at a McDonald’s in Queens for conversation and fellowship. They’d sit there all day long, sometimes sharing a $1.39 package of fries. The hangout was so popular that friends from other neighborhoods would travel to join them.
Birney Imes: Random notes
As Jeff Shepherd was pulling out of the parking lot of Columbus Inn and Suites Friday, he stopped his red Ford F-150, rolled down the window and shook his head. “You better be careful what you ask for,” he said. “I told Lou Anne I wanted a red-hot Valentine, and I got this.”
Roses and thorns: 2/16/14
A rose to those whose decisions and actions during this week’s ice storm helped insure the safety of our community. School officials made the wise
Rheta Johnson: Gestalt gardener with guts
WAVELAND — I got to walk right past the shiny, new, Christmas-ornament-red hook and ladder truck at the fire department here to see one of my heroes, radio personality Felder Rushing. One recent Saturday morning he was speaking upstairs at the firehouse.
I couldn’t help but think about how many of the boys of my generation wanted to be firemen when they grew up. Never knew a single one who wanted to become “a gestalt gardener,” which is how Felder describes himself.
Leonard Pitts: A few more thoughts on ‘thug’
“I hate that thug music.”
This, according to Rhonda Rouer’s testimony last week, is what her fiancee, Michael Dunn, said when they pulled into a Jacksonville, Fla., gas station next to an SUV full of black kids who had the stereo up high, pumping some obnoxious, bass-heavy rap.
Kathleen Parker: The poetry of bad news around Obamacare
It is easy these days to imagine that one is living in a fairy tale, albeit a dreary one.
In fairy tales, as in Washington, things are true that can’t possibly be — and what is not true can be defended by tilting the facts a certain way and catching the light just so.
Our view: Council to residents: It’s none of your business
On Tuesday, the Columbus City Council will make board appointments to the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau and Columbus Municipal School District.
Not that it’s any of your business, of course.
Lynn Spruill: Movie memories
I am an avid movie goer. I would say a movie buff, but that would imply that I can hold my own in a movie trivia contest which is far from the truth.
Susan Estrich: A human face
“On Aug. 4, he’s an Eagle Scout and has the highest honor,” Pascal Tessier’s mother, Tracie Felker, told a reporter. “Aug. 5, all of a sudden, he’s no longer good enough to be a Boy Scout.”
Our view: School superintendents should be appointed
This week, efforts to make uniform how Mississippi selects its school superintendents continue in the Legislature.
Kathleen Parker: The shock of Hillary Clinton as ‘ruthless’
Groundhog Day isn’t just a movie.
Here it is early 2014 — still almost three years away from a new presidency — but it’s high time to mention that Hillary Clinton was a “ruthless” first lady.
Slimantics: Where it’s OK to discriminate: The NFL and Mississippi
When University of Missouri football player Michael Sam told the New York Times in a Sunday interview that he was gay, players, pundits and ordinary people were quick to respond.
Mississippi State player Rufus Warren took to Twitter, saying “this is a MAN sport. And being gay is not a man.” Later the same day, Warren took down that tweet and apologized for the comment.
Wyatt Emmerich: Gov. Bryant and Rep. Thompson have a conversation
Gov. Phil Bryant and U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson on stage together talking to each other about faith and race was quite interesting to watch.
Voice of the people: Donna Sprayberry
Alcohol breath test requirements ‘Under Miss law, you are required to submit to breathalyzer test if you are pulled over on suspicion of DUI. Refusing
Charlie Mitchell: Goal: Limit prison costs without called ‘soft on crime’
Texas has paved the way, meaning Mississippi lawmakers have “cover.” If they so choose, they may follow Gov. Phil Bryant’s reform suggestions this year that include abundant alternatives to incarceration.