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Harrison: Government shutdown rhetoric begs the question: Should the sick and injured be denied emergency care?

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 435 Reads
On Wed, 10/15/2025 - 01:58 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:

Based on the ongoing rhetoric surrounding the federal government shutdown, perhaps it is time to ask the question.

The question is, do we – the United States of America – really want undocumented immigrants receiving medical treatment in our hospital emergency rooms?

Harrison: Government shutdown rhetoric begs the question: Should the sick and injured be denied emergency care?

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 435 Reads
On Wed, 10/15/2025 - 01:58 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:

Based on the ongoing rhetoric surrounding the federal government shutdown, perhaps it is time to ask the question.

The question is, do we – the United States of America – really want undocumented immigrants receiving medical treatment in our hospital emergency rooms?

What ‘Good Old Days’?

By Donna McLean, READ MORE > 1,020 Reads
On Tue, 10/14/2025 - 11:07 AM

It’s the nature of most of us to look back at the past as an ideal time. We put on our rose-colored glasses and gaze backward with longing to the days of our own childhood, when we seem to remember that education worked, food came out of a garden instead of a test tube, and every child had two parents who lived together.
This idealism leads us to collect antiques, seek out vintage clothing and rush to events called “old-fashioned” — old-fashioned dinners on the ground, old fashioned festivals, old-fashioned church revivals.

Anderson: Support for Drax is support for Mississippi’s forests and economy

By Casey Anderson - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 168 Reads
On Mon, 10/13/2025 - 02:50 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Casey Anderson:

Forestry means jobs, especially in our rural communities. Mississippi’s forest industry provides tens of thousands of jobs across the state, from forest management to harvesting to milling. Wood pellet production is a key part of this sector, producing a reliable renewable fuel source for power stations around the world, while also incentivizing smart forest management here at home.

Anderson: Support for Drax is support for Mississippi’s forests and economy

By Casey Anderson - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 168 Reads
On Mon, 10/13/2025 - 02:50 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Casey Anderson:

Latino: Here’s to Columbus - European settlement of the Americas was a good thing on net

By Russ Latino - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 232 Reads
On Mon, 10/13/2025 - 02:42 PM

Below is an opinion column by Russ Latino:

Explore the complexities of Columbus Day and the history of European settlement. See why the explorer has competing legacies

Today, Americans celebrate Columbus Day. Well, at least some Americans. The holiday commemorates the trans-Atlantic voyages of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus to ‘The New World’ more than 500 years ago. Like most everything these days, Columbus, and in a broader sense, European settlement of the Americas, has become a flashpoint in a tiresome culture war.

Latino: Here’s to Columbus - European settlement of the Americas was a good thing on net

By Russ Latino - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 232 Reads
On Mon, 10/13/2025 - 02:42 PM

Below is an opinion column by Russ Latino:

Explore the complexities of Columbus Day and the history of European settlement. See why the explorer has competing legacies

Friedeman: Cheap and Christian

By Matt Friedeman - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 290 Reads
On Mon, 10/13/2025 - 02:38 PM

Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:

Sometimes we struggle, wondering what God is up to. We question His timing. We wonder if He really as omniscient as our theology maintains.

What God does, and when He does it, can be frustrating at times. But, as the biblical witness and the old song goes, we are called to “trust and obey.”

Friedeman: Cheap and Christian

By Matt Friedeman - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 290 Reads
On Mon, 10/13/2025 - 02:38 PM

Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:

Sometimes we struggle, wondering what God is up to. We question His timing. We wonder if He really as omniscient as our theology maintains.

What God does, and when He does it, can be frustrating at times. But, as the biblical witness and the old song goes, we are called to “trust and obey.”

Bain: Don’t Mistake Medicaid Work Requirements for a Green Light on Medicaid Expansion

By Jonathan Bain - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 214 Reads
On Mon, 10/13/2025 - 02:18 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Jonathan Bain:

President Trump signed his One, Big, Beautiful Bill into law on July 4, ushering in transformational changes to our tax laws, our border, as well as the most ambitious reforms to welfare programs in three decades. Yet some in Jackson are making the argument that President Trump’s historic progress against welfare fraud is a convenient excuse to expand Medicaid in Mississippi. This idea is preposterous, and it needs to be called out before anybody falls for it.

Bain: Don’t Mistake Medicaid Work Requirements for a Green Light on Medicaid Expansion

By Jonathan Bain - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 214 Reads
On Mon, 10/13/2025 - 02:18 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Jonathan Bain:

St. John: In the blood

By Robert St. John, READ MORE > 415 Reads
On Mon, 10/13/2025 - 01:26 PM

Robert St. John says 65 is just another mile marker on a road he’s grateful to still be traveling, thankful each day for the chance to keep building something new.

When I was a kid, the number sixty-five always carried one meaning— retirement. That was the finish line. My maternal grandfather retired at sixty-five after a long career at AT&T, and everyone treated it like the natural order of things. You worked hard, did your time, then traded in the briefcase for a gold watch and a fishing pole.

Malvaney: I threw away my freedom to extremism. Political violence will cost you the same

By George Malvaney - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 193 Reads
On Mon, 10/13/2025 - 01:12 PM

Below is a political opinion column by George Malvaney:

George Malvaney once thought he was proving himself by standing shoulder to shoulder with men whose names carried fear and hatred. Now he says there is no redemption in violence.

I know what it feels like to be young, angry, and convinced that violence is the answer. I have been there.

Malvaney: I threw away my freedom to extremism. Political violence will cost you the same

By George Malvaney - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 193 Reads
On Mon, 10/13/2025 - 01:12 PM

Below is a political opinion column by George Malvaney:

George Malvaney once thought he was proving himself by standing shoulder to shoulder with men whose names carried fear and hatred. Now he says there is no redemption in violence.

I know what it feels like to be young, angry, and convinced that violence is the answer. I have been there.

Harrison: Owners of draft of President Kennedy’s speech about James Meredith’s integration of Ole Miss believe it has lessons for today

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 276 Reads
On Thu, 10/09/2025 - 05:22 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison

Shirley Payne believes Americans should take a fresh look at the nationally televised speech that President John F. Kennedy delivered Sept. 30, 1962, as he announced he was “federalizing” a unit of the state National Guard to ensure that James Meredith, a military veteran, was enrolled as the first Black student at the University of Mississippi.

Harrison: Owners of draft of President Kennedy’s speech about James Meredith’s integration of Ole Miss believe it has lessons for today

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 276 Reads
On Thu, 10/09/2025 - 05:22 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison

If this was the last Sanderson tourney, Steven Fisk made it memorable

By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 581 Reads
On Thu, 10/09/2025 - 05:18 PM

Let’s go back to May 19, 1968. War was escalating in Vietnam. President Lyndon Johnson had just announced he would not run for reelection. Mickey Mantle was limping through his last season with the New York Yankees. James Eastland and John Stennis, two Democrats, were Mississippi’s two U.S. senators. A promising young quarterback named Archie Manning was finishing spring training, preparing for his first varsity season at Ole Miss.

Secretary of War attacks fat generals

By Bill Crawford, READ MORE > 277 Reads
On Thu, 10/09/2025 - 12:06 PM

It seemed more like a Saturday Night Live skit than stark reality. Picture 800 accomplished generals and admirals, leaders who rose through the ranks over their professional lifetimes to command the world’s greatest military forces, all gathered in one room. They have been summoned from strategic military posts around the world. On the stage lecturing to them is Secretary of Defense Brian “Pete” Hegseth, a former National Guard major, volunteer warrior, and Bronze Star recipient who rose to become a mouthpiece on Fox and Friends Weekend.

Secretary of War attacks fat generals

By Bill Crawford, READ MORE > 277 Reads
On Thu, 10/09/2025 - 12:06 PM

Faded Roses

By Kelley Williams, READ MORE > 300 Reads
On Thu, 10/09/2025 - 12:02 PM

“Delta Dawn, what’s that flower you have on?
Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?
And did I hear you say he was meeting you here today
To take you to that Mansion in the sky?”

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