Patrick Buchanan: The civil war of the right
The conservative movement is starting to look a lot like Syria.
Rheta Grimsley Johnson: A newspaper’s finest hour
The heft of the gold felt good in the palm. A smooth, super-size coin was passed from person to person. It was the Pulitzer Prize. A real one.
Leonard Pitts: For Planned Parenthood, justice seldom gets more poetic
“A lie can get halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.”
That nugget of wisdom dates from the 1800s, i.e., decades before anyone ever heard of the Internet — much less Fox “News.”
Grandma Willie’s Jerusalem artichoke relish
A letter from a 93-year-old woman in Bartahatchie leads to living room in Brooksville. There on Thursday afternoon I heard stories about long-ago teenagers dancing barefoot in a local dance hall and learned some of the finer points of making Jerusalem artichoke relish.
Meetings on gun violence not a cure, but a treatment
On Thursday, a group of Columbus residents gathered at Columbus High School to listen and speak on the subject of gun violence in the city.
Birney Imes: Allen Roberts wants to give you a flower
Here in the South hand-painted signs are among our most irresistible roadside attractions. The best of them exert a Siren-song pull on innocent motorists. Take for example the clutch of signs at the intersection of Highway 50 and Lone Oak Road just west of West Point.
Partick Buchanan: Dis-integrating America
The Wednesday morning murders of 24-year-old Roanoke TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were a racist atrocity, a hate crime. Were they not white, they would be alive today.
Policing isn’t always as easy as the good guys versus the bad guys
There is probably no harsher critic of law enforcement officers than my friend, Bill.
Remembering their sacrifices
Memorial Day weekend has arrived. There are planned events and observances scheduled throughout the country, including here in the Golden Triangle. For most citizens, however, the long holiday weekend will be an opportunity to relax, enjoy gatherings with family and/or friends and have some fun.
Roses and thorns
A rose of remembrance this Memorial Day weekend.
Remember
This is Memorial Day weekend. It is the grand opening of summer. A time to take to the river, the beach, play golf or go fishing. A time for beer and back yard barbeques or family picnics with iced tea and fried chicken. But we all need to stop, reflect and remember.
Froma Harrop: Free tuition at community college should just be the start
It’s good that many Republicans have joined Democrats in declaring the growth of economic inequality a problem.
Possumhaw: The house that love built
“It’s a small house, a fixer-upper. Could you be happy there until we can build our own?” The young man had his concerns.
It’s a lot of garbage
It was garbage day when Sam said, “I may not put the garbage out today; there’s only one bag.”
MSU, Ole Miss capture national spotlight
Is it Saturday yet?
When Mississippi State and Ole Miss play home games Saturday, it will mark something that has not happened in more than 60 years.
Surrounded by cloudless sulphurs
“Have you noticed the yellow butterflies?” he said.
We ‘reinvent’ education often, but not realistically
OXFORD — Once upon a time, America didn’t beg people to act in their own best interests. It was considered natural.
A ‘late child’ remembers her mother
Dear Frances,
“Sarah said, ‘God has brought me laughter and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me…'”