Columns

Mississippi rankings from job openings to natural disasters

It’s much easier these days to see state to state comparisons. U.S. News and World Report has been…

Columns

Rotary International globally battles polio, as the late Dr. Arthur Guyton did in Miss.

If you’ve always thought that federal judges ought to determine what presidential candidates can and can’t say about…

Columns

Will Bailey’s experience help him beat Stamps again?

As the violence in the Middle East escalates, attention has focused, and rightly so, on the devastating impact…

Editorials

ANOTHER VIEW: Book banning no way forward

If you weren’t aware, last week was Banned Books Week, a national movement to educate people about the…

Editorials

OUR VIEW: Report domestic violence

October is recognized nationally as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence is a problem everywhere. A large percentage…

Columns

Competitive gubernatorial stretch run still favors GOP incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves

STARKVILLE – In incumbent Democratic Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley, Mississippi Democrats have found their most formidable gubernatorial…

Columns

War and social media

Journalism, as the first rough draft of history, is evident in the Israeli-Hamas war. The Oct. 7 slaughter…

Columns

Could protest vote throw governor’s race into run-off?

The angst reflected by disparaging TV ads from both camps suggests the Nov. 7 vote in the governor’s…

Editorials

Our view: Be a buddy. Save a buddy

Are you a veteran? Do you know a veteran? Do you know 10 veterans? In Mississippi, the answer…

Columns

New House speaker must break with ‘motion to vacate’ procedural poison pill

STARKVILLE – Former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in some ways braided the House rules rope that eight…