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By Charlie Dunagin, READ MORE > 614 Reads
On Fri, 10/09/2020 - 01:35 PM

One of the memorable scenes in the classic 1939 movie “Gone With the Wind” depicts Rhett Butler finally giving up on his tumultuous marriage to Scarlett O’Hara.
“I’m going back to Charleston, back where I belong,” declared Rhett. “I want peace. I want to see if somewhere there isn’t something left in life of charm and grace.”

Scrap the remaining debates

By Tim Kalich, READ MORE > 420 Reads
On Fri, 10/09/2020 - 01:29 PM

Since 1988, the Commission on Presidential Debates, a nonprofit bipartisan entity created by America’s two major political parties, has sponsored and produced the presidential debates that have occurred every four years since.

Y’all just wait ‘till next year

By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 1,286 Reads
On Thu, 10/01/2020 - 04:32 PM

Somebody had to break defending national college football champion Louisiana State University’s winning streak. I can’t think of a better team to have done that than my Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Saturday we were the better team and the Bulldogs toppled the Tigers.
Hail State!

Police

By Clyde H. Morgan, READ MORE > 1,193 Reads
On Thu, 10/01/2020 - 04:31 PM

Law enforcement is a mentally, physically, sacrificially demanding line of work with frequently dangerous, long hours at relatively low pay. Police officer performance is subject to constant second-guessing and criticism by those who have never, and will never, stand between the innocent and danger.

Tired of/from doing nothing

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On Thu, 09/24/2020 - 01:07 PM

It is probably safe to say that you know you’re getting old when doing nothing makes you tired. Monday morning I was tired and I think it must be because we didn’t do much of anything over the weekend except piddly type stuff.

Simple things blowing in the breeze

By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 1,221 Reads
On Thu, 09/17/2020 - 02:49 PM

Mornings are darker. Evenings are shorter. September moves to October and a new season begins. It doesn’t feel like fall.

Living in the future

By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 1,637 Reads
On Wed, 09/09/2020 - 05:00 PM

Last week, as the Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag made their final, and what seemed to me predetermined, selection of a design to be voted on by Mississippians in November, I tuned into the meeting live on the internet.

Broadcast good teachers

By Charlie Dunagin, READ MORE > 1,564 Reads
On Wed, 09/09/2020 - 04:59 PM

Andy Gipson doesn’t seem like the most logical state official to come up with a good idea on COVID 19-Era public school education. As a state representative, he was better known for pro-gun rights legislation than for education.

What not to do this holiday weekend

By Tim Beeland, READ MORE > 971 Reads
On Thu, 09/03/2020 - 10:31 AM

Labor Day is here. Summer is “unofficially” over. The heat index was 102 degrees on Monday, so I believe it will be fine for folks to wear white a little while longer. Forget about Southern etiquette and just try to stay cool.

Fear mongering on both sides

By Charlie Dunagin, READ MORE > 1,280 Reads
On Thu, 09/03/2020 - 10:30 AM

My father used to tell the story about a man knocking down another guy who had cursed him — calling him a name that questioned his parentage.
When the aggressor was admonished by a bystander that he had previously called the victim of the assault the same thing, he replied, “Well, that’s different.”

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