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Opinion: When you're in a hole, stop digging

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On Thu, 05/15/2025 - 06:58 PM

Despite payments to victims and the imprisonment of six law enforcement officers, the Goon Squad story in Rankin County will not go away. This time it’s because a county supervisor talked about it in public.
At a breakfast on May 3, two days after the county sheriff’s department said it would pay $2.5 million to two Black men who were abused by officers in 2003, Supervisor Steve Gaines praised the department’s lawyer who negotiated the settlement.

Opinion: When you're in a hole, stop digging

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On Thu, 05/15/2025 - 06:58 PM

Opinion: Elon Musk vs. Bill Gates

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On Thu, 05/15/2025 - 06:36 PM

In the last few years, the F/X cable channel has put together two interesting series under the title “Feud.”
The first one was about film stars Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. The second series was “Capote vs. the Swans,” about author Truman Capote’s betrayal of several New York society women whose secrets he wrote about.
It may be time for a third installment of “Feud.” Call this one Elon Musk vs. Bill Gates.
Musk runs Tesla and Space X, but now is better known for leading President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency.

Opinion: Elon Musk vs. Bill Gates

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On Thu, 05/15/2025 - 06:36 PM

Watson: The Erosion of Mississippi's Public Trust Tidelands

By Michael Watson, READ MORE > 350 Reads
On Thu, 05/15/2025 - 11:56 AM

Below is a political opinion column by Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson:

Watson: The Erosion of Mississippi's Public Trust Tidelands

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On Thu, 05/15/2025 - 11:56 AM

Below is a political opinion column by Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson:

Electoral college hurts elections

By Patrick Taylor, READ MORE > 1,447 Reads
On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 04:36 PM

Our presidential election process is broken. In five elections winners received less than 50 percent of the popular vote. In four of them the winner actually received fewer votes than the loser; John Quincy Adams in 1824, Rutherford B. Hayes in1876, George W. Bush in 2000, and Donald Trump in 2016. Yet all, except Adams, won the Electoral College vote. The House of Representatives gave Adams the win despite getting only 31 percent of the popular vote.

Electoral college hurts elections

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On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 04:36 PM

Tech leadership requires long term vision

By Philip Gunn, READ MORE > 361 Reads
On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 04:32 PM

In the global race for technological leadership, America has consistently prevailed when we embrace innovation and free-market principles. Five years ago, the Federal Communications Commission under President Trump made a decision that exemplifies this winning approach—unanimously opening the 6 GHz spectrum band for unlicensed use, which effectively quadrupled the airwaves available for Wi-Fi and similar technologies.

Tech leadership requires long term vision

By Philip Gunn, READ MORE > 361 Reads
On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 04:32 PM

Open letter to next mayor

By John Zehr, READ MORE > 279 Reads
On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 04:28 PM

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE NEXT MAYOR OF JACKSON:
Jackson Voted for Change. Here's Your Day-One Victory Plan
Dear Incoming Mayor,
Whoever you are, congratulations on your upcoming victory this June.
I'm offering you a bold, visible win that you can implement on Day One - at virtually no cost to our city.

Open letter to next mayor

By John Zehr, READ MORE > 279 Reads
On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 04:28 PM

Hallelujah! My youngest, Ruth, graduated

By Wyatt Emmerich, READ MORE > 241 Reads
On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 04:18 PM

The youngest of my three children, Ruth, graduated from Ole Miss this past week. When all the young graduates tossed their graduation caps up in the air, I threw my billfold. Hallelujah!
ChatGPT tells me the average cost of graduating a child through college is $550,000. How does everybody accomplish this? It seems impossible.
Yet by hook and crook, it gets done. My hat goes off to all the moms and dads who sacrifice so the next generation can carry on. There’s no way this could happen without a huge infusion of the Holy Spirit day in and day out. Praise the Lord!

Hallelujah! My youngest, Ruth, graduated

By Wyatt Emmerich, READ MORE > 241 Reads
On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 04:18 PM

Noise ordinances not being enforced

By Chip Williams, READ MORE > 272 Reads
On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 03:02 PM

Just as every cop is a criminal,
And all the sinners saints,
As heads is tails,
Just call me Lucifer,
‘Cause I’m in need of some restraints.

So if you meet me,
Have some courtesy,
Have some sympathy and some taste,
Use all your well-learned politesse,
Or I’ll lay your soul to waste. . . .

— Sympathy for the Devil, Mck Jagger and Keith Richards (1968)

Noise ordinances not being enforced

By Chip Williams, READ MORE > 272 Reads
On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 03:02 PM

Just as every cop is a criminal,
And all the sinners saints,
As heads is tails,
Just call me Lucifer,
‘Cause I’m in need of some restraints.

So if you meet me,
Have some courtesy,
Have some sympathy and some taste,
Use all your well-learned politesse,
Or I’ll lay your soul to waste. . . .

— Sympathy for the Devil, Mck Jagger and Keith Richards (1968)

Much ado about nothing

By Glynn Kegley, READ MORE > 244 Reads
On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 02:58 PM

This is from the AI Overview that popped up when I researched the topic of transgender prevalence:
In the U.S., approximately 0.95% of the adult population, or about 2.3 million people, identify as transgender. This is based on data collected between May and September 2024. The majority of the adult population (97.35%) identifies as cisgender, and another 1.70% do not identify as male, female, or transgender.
This is from the AI Overview that popped up when I researched the topic of gender dysphoria:

Much ado about nothing

By Glynn Kegley, READ MORE > 244 Reads
On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 02:58 PM

Ballard: Researcher - Mississippi may lose its education gains unless Legislature takes additional action

By Toren Ballard - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 350 Reads
On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 12:36 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Toren Ballard:

For the past six years, I’ve had a front row seat to some stunning achievements in Mississippi public education.

I moved from New York City to Jackson in 2019, which was just in time to witness Mississippi trailblazing a new approach to literacy instruction and becoming number one in the nation in fourth-grade reading gains.

Ballard: Researcher - Mississippi may lose its education gains unless Legislature takes additional action

By Toren Ballard - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 350 Reads
On Wed, 05/14/2025 - 12:36 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Toren Ballard:

For the past six years, I’ve had a front row seat to some stunning achievements in Mississippi public education.

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