The 2007 law that would ban abortions in Mississippi if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade isn’t the only so-called “trigger law” language the state has. Read more

A quarter of a century sure can go by quickly. Read more

STARKVILLE — Pew Center Research reflects a widely shared belief in this nation that distrust of the federal government and distrust among fellow Americans is a fundamental obstacle to finding meaningful solutions to the problems that confront our country. Read more

The horrific massacre in Buffalo has created a debate about the “great replacement theory,” the rancid theory adopted by white supremacists that Jewish people are conspiring to destroy the influence of white Americans by importing non-white immigrants. Read more

Seeing Russia invade Ukraine, historically neutral Finland has undergone a late conversion and decided to join NATO immediately. Read more

Among the many choices you have is the degree of enthusiasm you inject into your life. At one end of the spectrum are those who drag themselves through each day as if it were a prison sentence. When you greet this type of person and ask how they are doing, a likely response is, “I’m alive.” … Read more

Former Gov. Phil Bryant has constantly been in the news in recent weeks thanks to the reporting of Mississippi Today’s Anna Wolfe about his involvement in the welfare fraud scandal that engulfed the Department of Human Services that he used to oversee. Read more

‘It’s too late,” is one of the most commonly used excuses for making positive changes to your life. In reality, it’s never too late. Each day is a fresh opportunity to pursue your desires. Making excuses not to do so shortchanges your future. Read more

As predicted months ago, Mississippi is now the epicenter of America’s divisive, bitter abortion rights debate. Read more

Irony doesn’t begin to explain why pro-choice activists chose Mother’s Day weekend to picket the homes of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts, who appear ready to overturn Roe v. Wade. Read more

Last week, sources leaked to The New York Times that, in Ukraine’s targeting and killing of Russian generals and the sinking of Russia’s Black Sea flagship, the Moskva, U.S. intelligence played an indispensable role. Read more

The United States is in the grips of a fentanyl crisis that doesn’t get nearly the attention it deserves. Read more

The latest skirmish in the nation’s highly partisan, often logically erratic fight over the broad topic of immigration is being fought over the Biden Administration’s plan to rescind an obscure public health law written 78 years ago to stop the spread of communicable diseases like tuberculosis. Read more

Gov. Tate Reeves has been vocal in his opposition to the teaching of critical race theory and his support of the nation’s and state’s “patriotic” history. Read more

My wife and I took our sons to the circus a few years ago. Read more

President Joe Biden should take notice. With the economy the predominant issue, the last business day of April brought disquieting news for Democrats. Read more

Lending money is not, as they say, rocket science. Read more

The specter of procrastination is always lurking in the background attempting to derail your goal attainment. When you put things off, nothing happens. If you’re waiting for things to happen, you’ll be waiting a long time. Read more

STARKVILLE — In any given publication since 1939, The Journal of Mississippi History has been an invaluable record of the institutional memory of the state of Mississippi. But few editions of the scholarly journal have been more valuable to Mississippians than is the current Vol. 84, No. 1 a… Read more

If you can read this, thank a teacher. Read more

Just like that, tyranny has descended on Florida. Read more

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill passed by the Republican-majority legislature that revokes a special tax exemption and other privileges for Walt Disney World in Orlando. This was in response to the company’s current leadership and some of its employees who have protested anot… Read more

Close attention will be focused on the normally low-key Mississippi Ethics Commission when it considers and rules on whether members of the House Republican Caucus, led by Speaker Philip Gunn, violate the state’s open meeting law when they meet behind closed doors. Read more

Mississippi’s political leaders have talked for years about cutting the 7 percent tax on groceries, the highest statewide tax of its kind in the nation in its poorest state. Read more

STARKVILLE — One of the state’s more mainstream conservative business groups last week unveiled a unanimous resolution endorsing Medicaid expansion in Mississippi – the venerable Delta Council. The resolution, adopted by the group’s Health and Education Committee, was clear and unequivocal i… Read more

Carrying baggage is exhausting. When traveling we often pack more than we need. When making a trip it’s always easier to travel light. Read more

A year after being named Time magazine’s person of the year, Elon Musk is attempting to acquire Twitter. Read more

In Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution, it reads: “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion.” Read more

“And they’re off,” as the callers of horse races say, but in this case, it means the government will no longer enforce mask mandates on airplanes, trains, buses, subways and other forms of public transportation. Read more

How you start your day determines how your day goes. Starting you day with a positive attitude creates the foundation for a good day. But when you begin your day with a negative attitude, you set the stage for a problem filled day. Read more

As the midterm elections approach, why isn’t their more interest in the approaching U.S. Social Security and Medicare policy abyss? Read more

The failure of the Legislature to restore the initiative process that allows citizens to place issues on the ballot for voters to decide could be seen as a case study on how a handful of people or even one lawmaker can determine whether a proposal lives or dies. Read more

When he arrived at Christ the Savior Cathedral to pay his respects to the ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who had died of COVID-19, Russian President Vladimir Putin carried a clutch of red roses. Read more

Russia has found just the man to lead its ongoing assault on Ukraine, Gen. Aleksandr Dvornikov. Read more

The battle over whether parents, or public schools and elites should decide what goes into the minds and souls of students has entered a second stage. Read more

Since 1992 and at earlier points in the state’s history, Mississippi voters have been able to bypass the Legislature and engage in what has been called “direct democracy” in proposing constitutional amendments and getting them decided at the ballot box rather than at the state Capitol Building. Read more

In a civil, polite society we shouldn’t run around slapping comedians, politicians, radio or television personalities, or musical performers. The list goes on and includes everyone. Will Smith’s stunt of slapping comedian Chri Rock at the 2022 Oscars was a bad idea. It was only by the grace … Read more

Gov. Tate Reeves, members of the media and other politicians are touting the $246 million teacher pay raise passed this session of the Mississippi Legislature as the largest in state history. Read more

The walls evidently aren’t closing in on President Joe Biden. Read more

President Biden declared in his State of the Union address: “In the battle between democracy and autocracy, democracies are rising to the moment, and the world is clearly choosing the side of peace and security.” Read more

Actor Denzel Washington has done something increasingly rare these days. Variety reports Bishop T.D. Jakes interviewed Washington about Will Smith’s slap of Chris Rock during the recent Academy Awards ceremony. Washington said, “But for the grace of God go any of us. Who are we to condemn?” Read more

STARKVILLE — Like Ross Barnett, Jim Buck Ross, Robert “Blowtorch” Mason, and J.P. Coleman before him, highly successful trial lawyer John Arthur Eaves Sr. was a master of populist political campaigns and always made of most of his 10-minute speaking slot at the Neshoba County Fair, the Jacin… Read more

America has been good to help people and more are on the way. Read more

We were young and Jason was my best friend. Read more

While President Joe Biden was in Brussels and Warsaw showing U.S. solidarity with Ukraine, the 38-year-old autocrat who rules North Korea made a bold bid for the president’s attention. Read more

I have been writing for years about how progressive policies championed by the Democratic Party and served up under the guise of caring about low-income Americans wind up hurting these very communities. Read more

Goodness! What a night. Read more

STARKVILLE — Forget for a moment, if you can, the horrible human cost of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Set aside the sad visages of the dead and maimed, the displaced and suffering, and the millions of refugees facing catastrophe. Read more

When one sits down to make a deal with the devil, it is the devil who usually wins. That’s because he is “crafty,” as the book of Genesis describes him. Read more

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: “It’s time to meet, time to talk ... time to restore territorial integrity ... for Ukraine.” Read more