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Slimantics: Restaurant tax is Jeff Smith's albatross

Posted yesterday in Local Columns

In an earlier time, Rep. Jeff Smith would be known as a dandy, defined as a person unduly devoted to style, neatness and fashion in dress and appearance.

Jiben Roy: For so many things I am grateful but ...

Posted yesterday in Local Columns

Nature loves diversification and that's we see it in science too.

Froma Harrop: America's clown show negotiations are not funny

Posted yesterday in National Columns

When bluster ends in capitulation, what do other negotiating partners see? Blood in the water.

Our View: What is wrong with studying mass shootings?

Posted 5/23/2018 in Dispatch Editorials

Imagine there was a disease that cost the lives of 35,000 Americans each year.

Voice of the people: Mike Murphy

Posted 5/23/2018 in Letters to the Editor ([email protected])

Leonard Pitts: 'I was wrong' -- the three hardest words in the English language

Posted 5/23/2018 in National Columns

They might be the three hardest words in the English language: "I was wrong."

Voice of the people: Donna West

Posted 5/22/2018 in Letters to the Editor ([email protected])

Charlie Mitchell: Economy still voters' major issue on election day

Posted 5/22/2018 in Local Columns

On the day Donald Trump was elected, a 20-gallon tank of gas cost a Mississippi driver $36. Today, The American Automobile Associations says that same 20 gallons costs $52.

Froma Harrop: Does more debt lead to fewer babies?

Posted 5/22/2018 in National Columns

Romper, a website for young mothers, asks a good question. Is crushing student debt a big factor in millennials' not having children? Its answer is yes.

Possumhaw: And then there was rain

Posted 5/21/2018 in Local Columns

Early spring brought lots of rain. Prairie lakes were full; spillways flowed like streams. Daily Sam checked water levels of local creeks and lakes. He checked Grenada Lake where crappie grow large and plentiful. High water levels are not conducive to spawning crappie.