Slimantics: A case of questionable answers
On Jan. 1, 1935, The Dispatch introduced a new daily feature on Page 1.
Outside of the newspaper’s masthead, it is probably the only thing in The Dispatch that hasn’t changed over the intervening 80-plus years.
Roses and thorns
A rose to the Columbus Falcons and Starkville Yellow Jackets boys’ basketball teams for an outstanding season that ended late Saturday when the two teams met for the Class 6-A championship in Jackson.
Voice of the people: In support of Trump
The socialist protesters turned out in Chicago and Trump canceled rally for fear of violence to those in attendance. I am thankful no one was shot. You know it was in Chicago.
Voice of the people: Infrastructure initiative deserves support
Mississippi’s transportation system is a vital part of our state’s economy. It is one of the key factors when industry is looking to locate in our state.
Voice of the people: Guns offer more than illusion of safety
A recent incident in Vicksburg, MS refutes The Dispatch’s position that “gun ownership only gives an illusion of safety.” Rafael McCloud, an escapee from the Warren County jail, who was accused of one of Vicksburg’s most gruesome murders, met his end Thursday when he was shot and killed by homeowners whose home he had invaded.
Rheta Johnson: Time for your close-up
When I was a kid in knee socks held up with rubber bands from the produce aisle, my fourth-grade teacher scribbled a note on my report card. Rheta has a flair for drama.
Leonard Pitts: Defeating Trump won’t erase the forces that made him possible
We should probably start thinking about what we’re going to do after Trump.
Patrick Buchanan: Hillary vs. The Donald
In a Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump race — which, the Beltway keening aside, seems the probable outcome of the primaries — what are the odds the GOP can take the White House, Congress and the Supreme Court?
Rheta Grimsley Johnson: One writer to another
When I moved to Monroeville, Alabama, in 1975, it was because of Bill Stewart, not Nelle Harper Lee. Stewart was the publisher of The Monroe Journal, an excellent weekly run by Bill Stewart’s son, Steve, and his daughter-in-law, Patrice.
Leonard Pitts: If Obama wasn’t ‘black’ before, he certainly is now
Today’s column is for the benefit of one Dr. Benjamin Solomon Carson.
Birney Imes: A bit of Alabama history
Tuesday afternoon, in a warehouse in Fayette, Alabama, Kimberly Bowling, a 45-year-old mother of three, Auburn University graduate and business owner, maneuvered a pallet jack up the ramp of a semi-trailer and pushed it under a listing tower of glass jars. The jars, $20,000 worth of them, had just arrived by truck from Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Roses and thorns
A rose to the collaborative effort among utility interests to help many of our citizens improve their energy efficiency of their homes.
Common sense and crime
If a tree falls in Columbus, does it make a sound?
The answer is yes. In fact, apparently it can be heard as far away as Tupelo.
The gentle gardener
Back in the 60s when he was a student at Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, and dating a pretty young coed named Jessie, Melchie Koonce had an idea.
Roses and thorns
A rose to everyone who is celebrating Valentine’s Day today.
Reviewer bids farewell
For about 20 years I have been writing reviews of books I have read, and sending them out to family and friends.
Voice of the people: Colin Krieger
Valentine memory Need a good place to go for Valentine’s day? Try a funeral. Take your true love to the funeral of someone who left
Slimantics: Tupelo owes an enduring debt to Jack Reed Sr.
In Tupelo, Elvis is king.
In fact, he is more prominent in death than he ever was in life. Up until his death in 1977, the only homage paid to the entertainer in the town of his birth was a small park in East Tupelo, which was home to a swimming pool, youth center and the small two-room shotgun house where he was born in 1935. There were no celebrations or festivals in the city to celebrate him.
Voice of the people: Supports Porter for Ward 5 seat
For the past 50-plus years now we have heard it preached how local and state governments need to be racially and gender balanced. I think we can all agree that they really should be. It can be a very good thing for any city to be that way and it shows modern day thinking, especially when the better candidates are elected.
Roses and thorns
A rose to the Mississippi State women’s basketball team, which defeated Tennessee for the first time in school history, snapping a 36-game losing streak against one of the nation’s most dominant women’s basketball programs.