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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.
Our View: Veterans deserve our grateful appreciation
In the United States, we observe two holidays to honor those who have served our nation through military service.
Our View: Bulldog-Tide debate is all the rage in Columbus
There are many things that make Columbus unique among Mississippi cities.
Our View: NO dogs allowed?
During its regular meeting, the Starkville Board of Aldermen passed by a 6-1 vote a proposal to temporarily ban pets - essentially dogs - from its three public cemeteries.
Our View: Candidates and criticism
Aside from a run-off for the District 17 state senate, the election season ended Tuesday, when Golden Triangle went to the polls in what election officials say were modest numbers.
Our View: Where are all the women?
What is the most under-represented group in our local, state and federal government?
Our View: Time for a change?
The semi-annual grumbling commenced Sunday with the arrival of Standard Time. It will surely emerge again on March 8 with the arrival of Daylight Savings Time.
Our View: And the winner is ... Poindexter Hall
Tuesday evening, Mississippi University for Women held a state senate candidates debate at Poindexter Hall's Kossen Auditorium.
Our View: Why tonight's state senate debate matters to us all
It is generally true decisions made closest to home have the most impact on our every-day lives.
Our View: Ben Bradlee's enduring legacy
For more than 40 years now, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have been the models for bright, young, aggressive people who have entered the field of journalism.
Our View: A strong case for a liberal arts education
Eighty-nine years ago, a 16-year-old girl from Jackson began studying English literature at what was then known as Mississippi State College for Women (now MUW).
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