Opinion
A surprising week in Mississippi politics revolves around entrenched division, apathy
From the U.S. Capitol to rural polling places in Mississippi in midterm congressional primaries, it has been a…
Opinion
Readers ponder the future of how we pay for future road and bridge maintenance
After a recent column on the soaring retail cost of gasoline and the concomitant impact those prices have…
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Justice Scalia’s words on Second Amendment absolutism are true and prophetic
On the brutal reality of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting – and all the others in our country…
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Gas price nightmare exacerbated by stagnant gas taxes impact on future maintenance
American taxpayers, who are also gasoline customers, are in an economic vise on questions of the cost of…
Opinion
Mistrust, political division, and isolation threaten more than elections, economic policies
Pew Center Research reflects a widely shared belief in this nation that distrust of the federal government and…
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Leaked high court decision puts Mississippi center stage in nation’s abortion debate
As predicted months ago, Mississippi is now the epicenter of America’s divisive, bitter abortion rights debate. The Supreme…
Opinion
A vital record: Journal article chronicles path to changing Mississippi’s state flag
In any given publication since 1939, The Journal of Mississippi History has been an invaluable record of the institutional memory…
Opinion
Medicaid expansion vote fears linked to failure of ballot initiative fix by the Legislature
One of the state’s more mainstream conservative business groups last week unveiled a unanimous resolution endorsing Medicaid expansion…
Opinion
Regular session closing with chambers unable to agree on restoring initiative process
Since 1992 and at earlier points in the state’s history, Mississippi voters have been able to bypass the…
Opinion
Candidate John Arthur Eaves didn’t win, but had few rivals as a populist campaigner
Like Ross Barnett, Jim Buck Ross, Robert “Blowtorch” Mason, and J.P. Coleman before him, highly successful trial lawyer…