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Our View: To whom much is given ...
In January and February, there are two federal holidays -- Martin Luther King Jr. Day and President's Day.
Our View: Perspective eases sting of defeat for Bulldogs, Rebels
Clearly, the college football season is far too long.
Our View: Our wishes for 2015
The New Year has not yet arrived, although we can see it poking its head up just beyond the horizon.
Our View: 2015: Looking forward with optimism
Tomorrow will be the last day of 2014. How you view the year depends largely on what happened on a personal level.
Our View: An idea to consider: a Christmas tree bonfire
How the mighty have fallen. Consider the inglorious fate of the poor Christmas Tree.
Our View: Christmas is at hand, mercifully
Christmas is near at hand. We know this not by a simple glance at the calendar, of course.
Our View: Finding a successor for Mr. Lewis
Greg Lewis' decision to step down from his position at the Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees did not come without careful deliberation.
Our View: More questions than answers on Cadence building for SPD
By fits and starts, the city of Starkville is proceeding with its plans to purchase the Cadence Bank Building.
Our View: Debate, decision on billboard represent city's best interests
The Columbus City council voted to maintain its 14-year-old moratorium on new billboards in the city limits after discussing the issue for the past two months.
Our View: As Christmas Day approaches ...
As of today, there are nine shopping days remaining before Christmas.
Our View: New school offers cause for optimism
With little fanfare, the Mississippi Department of Education has revealed its plans to open a new kind of high school next fall.
Our View: Public deserves clarity on textbook issue
The continuing saga of the Columbus Municipal School District's textbook fiasco has raised unsettling questions.
Our View: A welcome and long-overdue movement
Our View: Football is the focus and rightly so
Normally, Sundays in the fall are devoted to professional football, and while the NFL featured its usual fare of match-ups, football fans in the Golden Triangle were likely to have focused their attention elsewhere.
Our View: Give, but give wisely
Mississippians are generous by nature -- each year, the state ranks among the most generous in the country -- and we tend to be even more so during the holidays.
Our View: Charity should not be seasonal
There is an old German proverb that goes "true charity sees the need not the cause."
Our View: Test will give students early exposure to the workplace
During his speech at Tuesday's Columbus Rotary Club meeting, Golden Triangle Development LINK CEO Joe Max Higgins said he hopes to have every high-school junior in the Golden Triangle take the WorkKeys test.
Our View: Mississippi and Japan, the merging of two cultures
In his role as Consul General for Japan, Motohiko Kato is responsible for representing his county's interests in five Southern states -- Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Our View: Cold weather provides an opportunity to help others
Cold weather, at least what Mississippians consider to be cold weather, arrived overnight and is expected to stay with us for awhile.
Our View: CPD chief has the right stuff
Five months to the day after he took over as chief of the Columbus Police Department, Tony Carleton spoke to the Columbus Rotary Club, delivering a message the audience could not have anticipated.
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