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By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 1,593 Reads
On Fri, 01/22/2021 - 08:57 AM

Sixty years ago on January 25, 1961 my mother went into labor in the house where my wife, Danny, and I now live — my great-grandfather’s house that had become my grandparents’ house by then.

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Observations as the new year begins

By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 3,317 Reads
On Thu, 01/07/2021 - 01:30 PM

So far, so good. The new year began and we were asleep before it rang in and awoke well after day break. Party animals! Pandemic party animals, I suppose.

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Christmas? Look hard, it’s there somewhere

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On Wed, 12/23/2020 - 11:36 AM

I wrote some of these words three or four years ago, but very early last Thursday morning — a week before Christmas Eve — the dogs were barking in their kennel and something, somewhere fell, and as I lay in bed wide awake I thought to myself “boy are the words to that song ringing true this year.”

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Life is short, seek the treasure

By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 3,320 Reads
On Thu, 12/17/2020 - 04:10 PM

In the blistering heat of the 1999 summer a film crew was in Mississippi shooting scenes for the upcoming movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou? The film starring George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson, among other stars, is set in 1937 rural Mississippi during the Great Depression. It’s a comedy, and a good one at that.

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Mississippi lawmakers get big budget assist from feds

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 1,025 Reads
On Mon, 04/12/2021 - 10:39 AM

Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison of Mississippi Today:

Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove used to say the most important item addressed each legislative session is the budget because it establishes the priorities of the state.

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SENATOR WICKER: Coca-Cola, MLB Spreading Lies

By Senator Roger Wicker, READ MORE > 248 Reads
On Fri, 04/09/2021 - 03:49 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Senator Roger Wicker:

Corporations Try to Cancel Georgia Over Common-Sense Voting Reforms

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Haints around the old home place

By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 1,845 Reads
On Wed, 04/07/2021 - 01:08 PM

Our house is old. When I say old, I mean old, old. Like real old, old, old.
We’re not sure when it was built, or when the first part of it was built, but as restoration/renovation has progressed we’re fairly certain it started out as a two-room cabin, probably located somewhere else and moved to the hill upon which it now sits.

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SALTER: VMT tax proposal would penalize rural states without substantial public transportation

By Sid Salter - Mississippi State University, READ MORE > 940 Reads
On Wed, 04/07/2021 - 11:03 AM

Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg stepped strongly toward, then beat a rather hasty retreat from the concept of including a vehicle mile traveled or VMT tax component as a means to pay for President Biden’s massive national infrastructure proposal.

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Senators Inhofe & Hyde-Smith: Dems’ push for ERA - It’s not about empowerment.

By Press Release - Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, READ MORE > 334 Reads
On Mon, 04/05/2021 - 03:19 PM

Below is a political opinion column written by Sen. James Inhofe, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith:

Democrats seek to remove the deadline to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment

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As we move to the Final Four, let’s look at obvious NCAA selection bias

By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 11,165 Reads
On Fri, 04/02/2021 - 02:23 PM

Below is a sports column by Rick Cleveland:

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