Winning Ohio candidate credits MUW for providing ‘foundations’ of her career
As recently as four years ago, Ohio was just a place on a map and politics wasn’t even on the radar for Allison Russo.
But on Tuesday, Russo was elected to represent Ohio’s 24th District in the statehouse, winning her first political campaign as a Democrat in her suburban Columbus, Ohio district.
Don’t let opinions ruin holiday family peace
On the heels of a heated political season, make family peace a priority during the holidays.
Work for Uncle Sam? Careful about wading into the 2016 race
Midway through Tomas Strouhal’s daily mail route, a higher-up from the U.S. Postal Service pulled up behind him with some bad news: That Donald Trump bumper sticker on his personal car parked back at the post office had to go.
In lieu of flowers: Families reveal political hopes in obits
In a heated election season filled with seemingly endless political bickering, some among the dearly departed are getting the last word, leaving behind their requests for voters this fall.
Military leaders struggle to navigate 2016’s politics
Senior military leaders take their political neutrality seriously.
Mississippi State professor talks politics at MSMS
About 15 high school students from the Mississippi School for Math and Science listened to Mississippi State University political science and public administration professor Brian Shoup on Monday. The topic: politics.
Susan Estrich: The Carter myth
Does George Pataki really think he can win the nomination? Rand Paul? Rick Santorum? Whoever announced this morning?
Voice of the people: Cameron Triplett
I’m just an old fuddy-duddy, and I’m in my second childhood, but I do wish the comics pages would remain entertaining. If a political statement is desired, there is the op-ed page. Some comics were funny, while making a statement about politics, religion, morals, or whatever, but they were funny.
College course aims to increase women in Mississippi politics
Organizers of a leadership course for college students say they’re trying to increase the number of women in Mississippi politics.
Christie faces fallout over traffic jam
This was supposed to be a month of celebration for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s political future.
But after personal messages revealed that his administration may have closed highway lanes to exact political retribution, the prospective Republican presidential candidate is faced with what may be the biggest test of his political career.
Iowans worry about ethanol’s lost political clout
ALTOONA, Iowa — For decades, presidential candidates’ chances in Iowa were wounded if not doomed unless they backed federal support for ethanol, a boon to
IRS not enforcing rules on churches and politics
For the past three years, the Internal Revenue Service hasn’t been investigating complaints of partisan political activity by churches, leaving religious groups who make direct or thinly veiled endorsements of political candidates unchallenged.
Reddit founder has Democrats and Republicans agreeing on something
Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian has accomplished what virtually no one else in Washington is doing these days: Bring the political parties together on a controversial issue.
Red and Blue: South no longer ‘solid’
The “Solid South” was a political fact, benefiting Democrats for generations and then Republicans, with Bible Belt and racial politics ruling the day.
State expected to play key role in presidential primary
Tuesday’s primary places the Magnolia State on the national political playing field for the first time in decades. Three of the four Republican presidential candidates spent time in the state last week, with Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum making stops in Tupelo.
Barbour: No early role with GOP 2012 candidates
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said Monday that he won’t get deeply involved in helping any presidential candidate until Republicans choose their 2012 nominee.
Cameron Triplett: Local politics
For years now I have been urging locals down here to get informed about candidates, local to national, in my column in the Macon Beacon, but I don’t know how much good it’s done.
Marty Wiseman: We have a brief truce?
Many will remember the almost unbelievable story of perhaps the most famous Christmas truce ever. It was during World War I on the battlefields of Flanders. In that winter of 1914 what has been described as one of the most unusual events in human history occurred.
Adele Elliott: Dialogue
I have a job answering phones at The Columbus/ Lowndes County Convention and Visitors Bureau. It’s actually rather fun work, sometimes hectic, and often challenging. I make copious notes on events in the area and try to keep the details orderly and organized.
Marty Wiseman: Is Mississippi becoming more like America, or vice versa?
The annual rhetorical outburst that is fast becoming customary during the sweltering month of August has certainly served as the impetus for more than a few moments of reflection. Perhaps the highlight this year was conservative commentator Glenn Beck’s dusting off of the spot where Dr. Martin Luther King made his classic “I have a Dream Speech” to make a national religious call to arms.