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To the editor: Why do some elected officials wait until they are elected to show their true colors? For example, like Corinth city alderman Chip Wood. We folks in the county can’t vote on the ...
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One of the memorable slogans from the Reagan administration was "peace through strength." Reagan believed a strong defense was a safeguard against enemy attacks and the best hope of victory should ...
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U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul, Obama's man in Moscow, who just took up his post, has received a rude reception. And understandably so. In 1992, McFaul was the representative in Russia of the Nati...
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STARKVILLE — During his “State of the State” address, Gov. Phil Bryant unveiled a merit pay plan for teachers, saying he would “recommend a ‘Pay for Performance’ program for our teachers based on s...
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Newt Gingrich's surge to success in South Carolina has surely brought joy to the Obama White House. For his 12-point victory ensures the fight for the GOP nomination will not end soon and will get...
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A group of conservative evangelical leaders met in Texas recently and endorsed a Roman Catholic for president. Given the history of evangelical antipathy toward the theological underpinnings of the...
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Growing up in Levittown out on Long Island, I remember my father buying pants through the mail. This seemed strange to me. There was a Robert Hall clothing store nearby, and it had pants all over t...
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While most attention is focused on the presidential race and Republican hopes to oust President Obama from office, some significant steps were taken last week on issues dear to the hearts of conser...
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I generally make New Year's resolutions in hopes of becoming a better person -- more disciplined, healthier, or, at the very least, less pathetic. Some of these resolutions last until nightfall. So...
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While much of the nation focuses on the Republican candidates and primaries, I find myself more fascinated by the Cheetah controversy. When you think about it, all fall under the heading "Planet of...
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STARKVILLE – The national headlines reflect that on the way out the door, former Gov. Haley Barbour pardoned more than 200 Mississippi inmates, including a group of murderers and some high profile ...
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Time to run a 'Tebow' media option play Cal Thomas Columnist Even fair-minded liberals, of which there must be a few, should acknowledge that the Saturday-Sunday "blitz" of the Republican presid...
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LISBON, Portugal — When the Republican presidential candidates tire of bashing each other, perhaps they will start addressing the expansion of radical Islam. Only Rick Santorum raised the issue in ...
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The question I'm most often asked after speeches is not "Where do you get your ideas?" or "What writers influenced your style?" or any of those common things you might suppose readers would wonder ...
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The news that Eastman Kodak is preparing to file for bankruptcy, after being the leading photographic company in the world for more than a hundred years, truly marks the end of an era. The skills...
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STARKVILLE — On the way out the door, Gov. Haley Barbour revisited a public policy suggestion in his final speech to the Mississippi Legislature as governor that was as flawed this week as it was b...
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Eight votes don't mean much, but even had Mitt Romney lost out to Rick Santorum, he would still have emerged as the big winner Tuesday night. He didn't lock up the nomination, but he acquired a ke...
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Last Friday's lead stories in The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal dealt with what both viewed as a national affront and outrage. Egyptian soldiers, said the Post, "stormed the offices" ...
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Ask anyone. I pride myself on being seldom surprised, shocked almost never. 2011, however, called my cool into question. I was nothing but shockingly surprised all year. Take Barack Obama, partic...
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Half a century ago, American children were schooled in Aesop's fables. Among the more famous of these were "The Fox and the Grapes" and "The Tortoise and the Hare." Particularly appropriate this C...
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According to the Mayan "long count" calendar, the final day on Earth is less than a year away, on Dec. 21, 2012. While we wait to see if that apocalypse occurs, a more reliable prediction includes...
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Talk show host Dennis Miller said, "I don't dig polo. It's like miniature golf meets the Kentucky Derby." Nothing illustrates the superficiality of our times better than the enthusiasm for electri...
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SANTA FE, N.M. -- The so-called mystery staircase in the Loretto Chapel here reminds me of nothing so much as a big, coiled spring, a Slinky toy falling from ceiling to floor. Or maybe the shelves ...
