Slimantics: Which Mississippi?
When my out-of-state friends ask me about Mississippi, I generally respond by asking, “Which one?”
Poetry: Spring Morning
O day–if I could cup my hands and drink of you, And make this shining wonder be A part of me! O day! O day!
Froma Harrop: In the spring, people’s thoughts turn to party rentals
If you live in a place where people like to go to have fun, good for you.
Possumhaw: Stop and smell the coffee
Every morning a cup of coffee is delivered to my bedside table.
Steve Chapman: Democrats should disown Andrew Cuomo
There are many instances when it sucks to be a Democrat, and the emergence of claims of sexual harassment against Andrew Cuomo is one of them.
Leonard Pitts: America spends a lot of time trying to kill Democracy
For a nation that supposedly believes in democracy, America spends a lot of time trying to kill it.
Partial to Home: A woman’s best friend
About this time last year, Jannette Adams had a crippling case of the COVID blues. She felt lonely and adrift.
Roses and thorns: 3-7-21
A rose to Columbus Crime Prevention Task Force chairman Leroy Brooks for soliciting help from the Department of Homeland Security and the Mississippi Department of
Other editors: Minimum wage hike not good for relief package
A minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is an insult to hard-working Americans trying to support families.
Sherri Ivy: A valley experience with God
Every Christian has gone through a valley experience with God at some time or another.
Voice of the people: Paul Mack
One month in, re-examining two claims One month into the Biden administration, I’ll revisit Lee Roy Lollar’s claims from his January 27 letter critiquing President
Voice of the people: James Hodges
Response to letter which claimed Republicans will take back both chambers In a February 15 letter to the editor, Mr. Raymond Gross asks the question:
Voice of the people: Jiben Roy
Despite dire headlines, reader sees cause for optimism Half a million lives no more over a year. As a result, the U.S. life expectancy drops
Voice of the people: Robert Gillis
The importance of highlighting the good around us America is good but not perfect. The noise of the naysayers and the volume of information with
Froma Harrop: Hope up and guard down as pandemic starts to weaken?
Are we at the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning? Let’s call it the middle.
Leonard Pitts: ‘I do not believe unity is possible’
Uh-oh. Joe Biden is talking unity again.
Sherry Ivy: The importance of thinking before you speak
We have to be very careful what we speak because our words have power. We can speak death or life into our situation.