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Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker

By Les Ferguson Jr. Columnist Like many others, I grew up with nursery rhymes. “Jack and Jill went ...

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Don’t worry; Elites love us

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route The Second Gentleman came to Lafayette County last week, but who knew? ...

Opinion

State leaders eyeing additional tax cuts

By Sid Salter Columnist In 1922, Gov. Tate Reeves signed the largest tax increase in Mississippi history – ...

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Remembering the horror of 23 years ago

By Steve Stricker Columnist On this day 23 years ago…where were you? How were you? Tuesday, September 11, ...

Lifestyle

Autumn is a time of reflection

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Fall seems to be the unofficial season of re-set. You know, like when you ...

History

Civil rights pioneer McLemore shares Freedom Summer truth

By Sid Salter Columnist Think about a powerful public speaker with the clarity and power of a Barack ...

Opinion

Game day Grove still stunning as ever

By Steve Stricker Columnist The 1989 Ole Miss Rebels first home football game with seventh-year head coach Billy ...

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The conundrum of leadership creates conflict

By Les Ferguson Jr. Columnist I recently heard an Ole Miss professor speak very briefly about leadership. That’s ...

Opinion

Explanation needed for trash collection hike

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route Will Rogers said. “All I know is just what I read in ...

Lifestyle

Celebrating Christmas with the beloved Bessie

I celebrated Christmas just a few weeks ago. Well, not really. But when I climbed into my 2008 ...

Lifestyle

One citizen, one vote, one day is sufficient

  By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route   Recently there have been hearings in Jackson and a couple ...

Columns

Peeling back the layers of life’s onions

I am in a good ole classic rare for me deep funk fueled by a peeled onion number ...

Columnists

Let’s hope we (and students) are ready for fall semester

By Bonnie Brown Columnist If you’ve been out and about recently, you likely have taken note of the ...

Lifestyle

Lest we forget, the bridegroom cometh

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist Last Wednesday night, I skipped our church gathering – with permission. But I ...

History

Keep an open mind about our wee town

By Steve Stricker Columnist Welcome back Ole Miss Students and a special welcome to new students; you have ...

Lifestyle

Don’t be shy about conversing alone

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Several years ago, I admitted to my readers that I had begun the habit ...

Politics

Kudos to leaders of Stone Center event

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route I happened upon several notices of an event at the Stone Center ...

Opinion

Aussie kiss and kindness still brings tears

By Steve Stricker Columnist   PTSD? First flight out of Southern Missouri, first jet flight St. Louis to ...

Columnists

Whiskey and coffee each have their place

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route Watching TV westerns the other day it dawned on me that the ...

Lifestyle

Some seem unable to tell right from wrong

By Bonnie Brown Columnist I’m certainly no doctor, but I listen to the news reports and articles addressing ...

History

Remembering 1980 hostage crisis

By Gene Hays MSgt, USMC (Ret) The leader of Iran’s royal family, named Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, was ...

Lifestyle

Choose to not contribute to the chaos

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist I am outraged, frustrated, furious, and fighting mad. As the old folks used ...

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