Thom Caraccio: I want a phone… to actually call someone
Was Steve Jobs a good person? Well, destroying society and all of human civilization kinda takes you out of the running for “Mr. Nice Guy of the Millennia.”
Ask Rufus: Dr. John Richards, Columbus’ connection to the Titanic
Last Tuesday afternoon I was on Mississippi Supertalk Radio’s “Good Things With Rebecca Turner” program telling about a Mississippi connection to the Titanic.
Sid Salter: In Mississippi’s Medicaid debate, look at rapidly increasing rural mortality rates
As Mississippi legislators head to conference on the state’s first sincere consideration of some form of Medicaid expansion, we’ve heard alarms sounded by the right and the left on why the state alternately should or should not expand Medicaid coverage for the state’s working poor.
Slimantics: No good or bad, just important
I had been sports editor at The East Valley Tribune, located in the Metro Phoenix area, for only a few months when the newspaper’s editor, Alan Geere, announced in our editor’s meeting that we would be trying something different for the July 22, 1998 edition of the paper.
Possumhaw: Somewhere between here and there
For the last eight years I’ve been tapping out these columns on my Dell 11 inch laptop. I loved that little computer.
Thom Caraccio: It’s Shake and Bake and I hailped
TV commercials were born about the same time as I was. They have been stitched into our lives to the point where we hardly give them a thought.
Ask Rufus: A timeline of the founding of Columbus
I’m always digging into southern history with Carolyn Kaye and Gary Lancaster, and new information is constantly turning up.
Sid Salter: Prison system history begs to break the recidivism cycle
After more than 40 years of reporting and writing about crime and punishment in Mississippi, I’ve seen the pendulum swing from “get tough” to “out of sight, out of mind” to “who’s making money off the system now?”
Jiben Roy: The ideas – the most important
The other day I was watching a Bengali TV serial called “Hunter.” It was about the killing of a sparrow. At the end, it gave the link on which it is based.
Possumhaw: Nature beautiful and brutal
Only once before yesterday, have I seen a Cedar Waxwing. The first was found in the gravel turnaround. The bird was remarkably beautiful.
Local Voices: Open letter to city of Columbus residents
The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors and the elected members who represent Columbus in the Mississippi Legislature are resolved in the opposition to the current
Thom Caraccio: 1968: My five minutes of education at Mississippi State
I’m used to being kicked out of things. It is my life. It is my legacy.
Ask Rufus: Columbus, an architectural gem
Columbus has for more than 200 years been a cultural crossroads. That diversity of people led to Columbus having a unique mix of architectural styles found in its early buildings.
Slimantics: Looking to the skies with wonder and curiosity
It’s something a lot of people get all worked up about and eagerly await even though it lasts only 2 to 4 minutes at best.
Amy Bogue: Putting politics over patients harms all
As founder and president of the Allegro Family Clinic, I’ve been proud to serve rural Mississippi’s families and communities. But I am increasingly concerned about the more than 200,000 patients living without access to quality, affordable health care — simply because some politicians are stopping it. Forty states across the country have expanded Medicaid. Mississippi has not.
Sid Salter: Historian Dan Jordan left a renowned legacy in leading Jefferson’s Monticello
Daniel Porter Jordan Jr.’s passing was noted in many of the nation’s leading newspapers, including The Washington Post. Jordan, one of America’s most distinguished and respected historians, died March 21 of a heart attack was 85.
Possumhaw: ‘Tis the season
The weatherman announced possible severe thunderstorms through the night with perhaps two inches of rain. We’ve had a good bit of rain in the last few weeks.
Other Editors: Senate stands in way of initiative
For the third straight year, restoring the initiative process in Mississippi appears dead, thanks to resistance in the state Senate.
Thom Caraccio: A Mississippi story of a woman and a house
Deep in the woods and farmland just outside Eupora, Mississippi is a wood frame house that overlooks — and once ruled — the old Salley farm for many decades.
Ask Rufus: Stories told by a silver case and a Turkish corner
I recently got into a conversation about Turkish corners, a popular decorative fad in the late 1800s and the early 1900s. I was asked why I hadn’t written about them.