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Leonard Pitts: Sometimes, race is more distraction than explanation
Dear white people: As you no doubt know, the water crisis in Flint, Mich., returned to the headlines last week with news that the state attorney general is charging three government officials for their alleged roles in the debacle. It makes this a convenient moment to deal with something that has irked me about the way this disaster is framed.
Kathleen Parker: Dear Bernie Sanders: Black votes matter
African Americans in the South can't get a break when it comes to voting, as history can't deny. After all they've endured through slavery, Jim Crow and the fight for civil rights, their voices are still treated dismissively by tone-deaf politicians who would ask for their votes.
Roses and thorns 4/24/16
A rose to business owners and their patrons, especially in Columbus.
Voice of the people: Elizabeth Simpson
HB 1523 not compatible with American or Christian values
Partial to Home: Persimmons
About four years ago a friend visiting from the North rode with me to a rural church outside of Caledonia to photograph the tombstone for a woman's leg. The woman had the leg removed for medical reasons, and, perhaps thinking it would be useful later, had it buried next to the spot her remains would eventually (and now) inhabit. Her husband's grave neighbored her on the other side.
Our View: Record sales tax numbers offer cause for optimism
When measuring the economic health of any city, several factors are considered -- including housing, unemployment, tax revenue.
Lynn Spruill: Police station finale?
It's official. We are not going to get any help from the Legislature on the renovation of the Starkville police department building.
Patrick Buchanan: Dishonoring General Jackson
In Samuel Eliot Morison's "The Oxford History of the American People," there is a single sentence about Harriet Tubman.
Slimantics: A bewildering legislative session comes to an end ... mercifully
The 2016 Mississippi legislative session ended this morning.
Kathleen Parker: Flush North Carolina's discriminatory bathroom law down the toilet
As Archie Bunker might say, the world is going down the terlet. And how.
Slimantics: Emmerich a relentless critic of state's economic development strategy
Although he is careful not to call himself a Republican -- as a journalist, he maintains that party associations are the enemy of objectivity -- there is little doubt that Wyatt Emmerich is a fiscal conservative through and through.
Patrick Buchanan: Is the GOP risking suicide?
Donald Trump has brought out the largest crowds in the history of primaries. He has won the most victories, the most delegates, the most votes.
Our View: School board choice is of critical importance
Perhaps as early as tonight, the Columbus City Council will select a new member of the Columbus Municipal School Board of Trustees.
Charlie Mitchell: Epps case remains in 'Let's Make A Deal' phase
In May 2010, Chris Epps was at the pinnacle.
Thomas Sowell: Winners or whiners?
If there is one pattern that is emerging from this year's political campaigns, it is that rhetoric beats reality -- in both parties.
Slimantics: Victims on a Sunday afternoon
When Tess and I bought a house near downtown Columbus, I can't say we weren't warned.
Possumhaw: Computer woes
The email was sent. It read, "I'm upgrading my computer to Windows 10. If you don't hear from me, you'll know I was unsuccessful."
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