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Life Lines - Watch out for bangtails in fine print!

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On Tue, 07/08/2025 - 12:42 PM

I love to read. I read almost everything that comes under my nose. But I don’t see as well as I once did. With my nose now holding up a pair of reading glasses, I tend to read more of the big print and skip the fine print.
That was working out pretty well for me until a few days ago when I happened to be reading one of those little packages of pepper that come with take-out food.
I could see the large word PEPPER. But there, in the tiny print below, was another message. I put my readers on and made it out: “Contains dustless black pepper. Bacteria treated.”

The Reading Lamp - ‘No. 1 Ladies Detective’ series a winner

By Donna McLean, READ MORE > 1,020 Reads
On Tue, 07/08/2025 - 12:40 PM

I have never been to Africa and had never wanted to go until our Books-n-Lunch Club at the Magee Library read Alexander McCall Smith’s The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency several years ago.
That first book in what became a series hooked me to the point that I couldn’t stop reading the novels that followed, and I began to want to see their setting, the small nation of Botswana in the African veldt.

Latino: Opponents of ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ find religion when convenient

By Russ Latino - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 183 Reads
On Tue, 07/08/2025 - 11:26 AM

Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:

The “cuts” to Medicaid and SNAP in President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” are being dramatically misrepresented. Criticism of welfare reform cloaked in phony religiosity confuses government compulsion with charity.

Rice: The American Dream is worth fighting for

By Aaron Rice - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 221 Reads
On Tue, 07/08/2025 - 11:22 AM

Below is a political opinion column by Aaron Rice:

Aaron Rice says the Dream isn’t dead but it’s under attack.

The American Dream used to be something everyone believed in. Work hard, play fair, and you could build a better life. That idea drew people from around the world—and helped create the freest, most prosperous country on Earth.

Rice: The American Dream is worth fighting for

By Aaron Rice - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 221 Reads
On Tue, 07/08/2025 - 11:22 AM

Below is a political opinion column by Aaron Rice:

Aaron Rice says the Dream isn’t dead but it’s under attack.

J. Fred Knobloch making music in Nashville

By Marilyn Tinnin - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 366 Reads
On Tue, 07/08/2025 - 10:18 AM

It’s a little bit country, a little bit jazz, a little bit Randy Newman-like.

A baby Boomer born in 1953 to a Navy pilot from Thibodeaux, Louisiana, and a mother from Muskogee, Oklahoma, J. Fred Knobloch’s dreams of a future in the music business began in their red brick apartment, a stone’s throw from the A&P Grocery store at the intersection of Lakeland Drive and Old Canton Road in Jackson, Mississippi. It’s not exactly the place of inspiration and ambition.

AI should not be regulation-free

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On Sat, 07/05/2025 - 12:48 PM

Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, passed this past week by a Republican-dominated Congress, runs about 900 pages long. it was the perfect vehicle for trying to sneak in provisions that carve out special treatment for certain industries.

AI should not be regulation-free

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On Sat, 07/05/2025 - 12:48 PM

Opinion: Star witness in immigration case isn’t too shiny

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On Thu, 07/03/2025 - 05:58 PM

Hold on a minute. The Trump administration is so eager to punish the guy who was accidentally deported to that gangster prison in El Salvador that it’s making a deal with another illegal immigrant whose criminal record is even worse?
It sounds crazy, especially when you consider how the government has shown no mercy to illegal immigrants, just as President Trump promised when he took office five months ago. But court documents make it clear that a convicted criminal is getting a big break.

Opinion: Star witness in immigration case isn’t too shiny

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On Thu, 07/03/2025 - 05:58 PM

Congress has sole right to declare war

By Glynn Kegley, READ MORE > 735 Reads
On Thu, 07/03/2025 - 10:40 AM

So we had an agreement with Iran, negotiated by Obama to limit nuclear weapon proliferation by Iran that, according to credible intelligence (including the “intelligence” agencies now headed by Trump) that Trump withdrew because it “did not go far enough.”
But Trump does not listen to anybody. He has said more than once he already knows everything he needs to know to make any decision he needs to make. That’s also why he does not read anything. He also has said, more than once, that he trusts Putin more than American intelligence agencies.

Congress has sole right to declare war

By Glynn Kegley, READ MORE > 735 Reads
On Thu, 07/03/2025 - 10:40 AM

Murders stem from incivility

By Jay Wiener, READ MORE > 344 Reads
On Thu, 07/03/2025 - 10:36 AM

E.J. Dionne wrote an outstanding OpEd in the Washington Post entitled “Melissa Hortman’s legacy is a ‘Minnesota Miracle’”:
“Almost exactly two years ago, I had an enlightening interview with [Melissa Hortman] for a column I was writing about what progressives around the country were calling the ‘Minnesota Miracle.’ It was an outpouring of legislation made possible by the Democrats’ narrow control of both houses of the state legislature and the governorship under Tim Walz.”

Murders stem from incivility

By Jay Wiener, READ MORE > 344 Reads
On Thu, 07/03/2025 - 10:36 AM

Slam books just as cruel as social media

By William Jeanes, READ MORE > 384 Reads
On Thu, 07/03/2025 - 10:32 AM

Just this year, the Texas legislature tried and failed to ban anyone under the age of eighteen from using or creating social media accounts.
Had this pipedream become law, it would not have worked. Trust me, pre-majority youngsters would have found a way to continue bullying, spreading misinformation, and hurting feelings online. It’s what they’re good at. Thinking otherwise is akin to believing Miss America contestants value world peace over the Big Tiara.

Slam books just as cruel as social media

By William Jeanes, READ MORE > 384 Reads
On Thu, 07/03/2025 - 10:32 AM

The voucher improvement myth

By Luther Munford, READ MORE > 407 Reads
On Thu, 07/03/2025 - 10:28 AM

Students from low income families actually suffer when they get state money to transfer from public to private schools. They do not do better on standardized tests than their peers who remain in public schools, and in many cases do worse. The gap is even greater than the gap in scores caused by covid shutdowns.

The voucher improvement myth

By Luther Munford, READ MORE > 407 Reads
On Thu, 07/03/2025 - 10:28 AM

The publisher versus the CEO

By Kelley Williams, READ MORE > 278 Reads
On Thu, 07/03/2025 - 10:22 AM

Picture a cage match: The Publisher of the Northside Sun versus the CEO of Entergy Mississippi. No holds barred. Odds favor the CEO. My money’s on the underdog Publisher (think Charles Bronson in Hard Times). Last week’s Northside Sun reported the face-off in dueling editorials: “Tell it like it is and go for the gut” versus “spin it for the public and rope-a-dope.”

The publisher versus the CEO

By Kelley Williams, READ MORE > 278 Reads
On Thu, 07/03/2025 - 10:22 AM

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