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My Dad's TearsColumns Editorial Political
I only saw my Dad cry once. Seeing tears running down his face bothered and confused me. We were watching television. I was just an elementary school kid and hadn't understood all that had gone on the week before....
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Hollywood vs. IndividualismColumns Editorial Political
Many popular movies make a constructive point: If you work hard enough and push through tough times, you can achieve your dreams. In "The Pursuit of Happyness," a struggling father tells his son,...
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Unfortunate Radical ReactionsColumns Editorial Political
As Americans shift into prolific identity groups, the rest of us find ourselves rolling our eyes and shaking our heads a lot. "Why did he say that? Didn't he know?" Social constructs excuse reactions that...
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Doomed?Columns Editorial Political
While campaigning, President Donald Trump said, 'We're a nation in decline.' Now that he's president, the left agrees. 'We are witnessing the collapse and implosion of the American empire,'...
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What a Mess. Stay TunedColumns Editorial Political
What a mess! Now we have to pick sides again. Now we have to blame the other side again for what they started. It is their fault, you know. If they hadn't done that in the first place, we wouldn't have had to...
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Socialism vs. CapitalismColumns Editorial Political
People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation poll says, 'College students prefer socialism to capitalism.' Why? Because they believe absurd myths. Like the claim that the Soviet Union...
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The More Things Change WhateverColumns Editorial Political
As I write this 'end of the year/beginning of the year' column, please remember President Biden still had one month left in his term at this time last year. Frankly, it's too daunting to think about...
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A Country Divided Cannot Save ItselfHeadline Political
The country is paying dearly for the division it has caused itself. Our countrymen—-you, me and everyone else—-are the blame. The shooter had the gun and pulled the trigger, but this is on all of us. Our politics...
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Armchair Ponderings Debate, Ha!Columns Political
Last night I, like millions of viewers were not necessarily shocked at the debacle entitled “presidential debate.” We suspected that the President was on a downward trend regarding his cognitive function, but not...
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Winning A Debate Isn’t Exactly Tantamount To Winning An ElectionEditorial Political
In the eyes of many political observers and voters, serious questions over President Biden’s mental sharpness and physical limitations going forward are of epic consequence to America in this election year. But...
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Medicaid Expansion is Governor Reeves’s Early Chance at RedemptionHeadline Political
Jonathan Tate Reeves, you are by all accounts a gentleman and a scholar. You are a graduate of Millsaps College, which prepares you to be both. You’re from high-quality people. I know you consider yourself a...
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Armchair Ponderings Could this be a winning ticket?Columns Political
The closer we come to election primaries the more in doubt will the candidates be. I watched some of the Robert Kennedy, Jr.’s excoriation by most of his party members as they attempted to eliminate him from a...
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Those on my List of Wished-for Governors: George Bryan, Owen Cooper, Donald Lutken, and othersHeadline Political
When considering a Mississippi governor’s race, I often think of those people who never entered a political election, wishing they had for the state’s sake. The recent death of one of Mississippi’s best-known...
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Reeves/Presley Governor’s Election This November Will Be a Horse-Race, Early Polls RevealHeadline News Political
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves could be headed back to the banking world after the state’s November general election. One poll shows Reeves is in disfavor with many Mississippi voters, while another survey...
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Mac’s Wish List for ChristmasHeadline Political
We all have wish lists for Christmas. I wish for readers of this column a joyous day. To his wife, Sharon, their immediate family and Bulldogs everywhere, I pray that God’s love will continue to give you comfort in...
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The “get Trump” vendettaColumns Editorial Political
The constant get Trump committee led by Mississippi Congress-man Benny Thompson and Republican Vice Chair and lead attack person; Liz Cheney R-Wyoming undoubtedly stems from two possibilities. A vendetta by now Attorney...
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Senator Hob Bryan’s Tirade on Tax Cut Was One For the AgesHeadline Political
In my almost two decades of watching and listening to fiery speeches made in and out of Mississippi’s legislative chambers, Wendell Hobdy “Hob” Bryan’s eloquence on tough issues remains the most memorable. Sen....
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Don’t be fooled by old drummersEditorial Political
How does the remainder of 2022 look, and how will 2023 compare? Will Democrats march to a new beat, or continue to follow the same old drummer. What are some of President Biden’s greatest accomplishments? The short...
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The source of hateful division in AmericaPolitical
What an odd intersection of emotions. This past Sunday many celebrated Mother’s Day at church while others pro-tested at the same churches in favor of mothers’ rights to abort their children. Imagine the emotions of...
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Things That Aren’t SoPolitical
Remember when President Reagan said, “It isn’t so much that liberals are ignorant. It’s just that they know so many things that aren’t so.” Offspring of those liberals have grown up to be extreme far LEFT woke...
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