STARKVILLE — At noon today with the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Democrats will control the White House, the U.S. House of Representatives and narrowly the U.S. Senate. Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven Mississippians to drink. Read more

There are a variety of reasons you would want to start over. You could hate your job. Your circumstances may change unexpectedly. Perhaps you no longer enjoy the field you are working in. Your goals have changed over time. Regardless of the reason, if you should find yourself having to start… Read more

Judging on the basis of opposition from some, especially in the last year or so, peaceful protest has become a controversial topic. I sometimes hear opponents question how anyone who holds gainful employment has time to protest. However, if something is important enough, we find time; in fac… Read more

It wasn’t just Donald Trump’s detractors who felt a sudden sense of relief when they heard that Twitter was blocking his feed after the storming of the Capitol and the disruption of the reading of the Electoral College results on Jan. 6. While President Trump’s exact words to the crowd on th… Read more

No real surprise that Mississippi Second District U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Bolton, voted to certify the nation’s electoral vote. By that act of Congress, the Democratic lawmaker’s party returned to power in the executive branch of the U.S. government in the form of President-elect Joe Bi… Read more

Four of the six members of Mississippi’s congressional delegation, by their votes this past week, were trying to usurp the authority of state and local officials and the courts to conduct and oversee elections. Read more

‘Just because you can doesn’t mean you should” – sage advice at any time, but at this particular point in history, it seems even more appropriate. Every day we have choices. Some are simple, while others are disguised as opportunities to make mistakes. Unfortunately, it’s only after we make … Read more

The mob violence that occurred at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was deplorable and disgusting. It is the antithesis of a free society that wishes to remain free. Any supporter of President Trump and his policies must denounce this horror with even more vehemence than they denounced the riots… Read more

There’s a reason we expect presidents of the United States to say that they support the peaceful transfer of power. Read more

‘It’s too late,” is an often used excuse for not pursuing an objective at all, or giving up before it is obtained. This excuse is usually connected to one’s age. It might also refer to how much time has been spent already, or how worn out you feel. Read more

I grew up as both a precarious and anxious child. Thus, the tenor of my childhood world was molded by world events. Every night I watched the CBS Evening News with my father, first Walter Cronkite and later Dan Rather. It was a time and place that taught me much about world events and introd… Read more

The Mississippi Supreme Court’s recent decision proclaiming that legislators do not have standing to challenge the constitutionality of a governor’s partial veto could have “real world” consequences, said state Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory. Read more

STARKVILLE — President-elect Joe Biden’s choice of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as his U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary should bode well for Mississippi farmers whose agriculture production value was $7.35 billion in 2020. Read more

Last year, the Legislature provided computers to every Mississippi student, increased connectivity to unserved areas, provided additional ICU bed capacity, and contributed to the cost of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers, cities and counties, and much more. Read more

Who could have predicted how dreadful a year 2020 would be. Read more

One of the many beauties of freedom is there is always surprise. Read more

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is making clear, even before the start of the 2021 legislative session, that he opposes any big changes in the way the state conducts elections. Read more

It’s been a terrible year for the American worker, with a notable bright spot courtesy of one of the tech firms in the crosshairs of regulators and lawmakers. Read more

From the looks of President-elect Joe Biden’s selections for cabinet positions and other high offices it seems belief in “climate change” has become a litmus test. Biden appears to have raised climate change to the level of a religious doctrine. Read more

We’ve sure seen some things this year, haven’t we? Read more

It is certainly no stretch of the truth to suggest that at the time of his death last week at the age of 97, former Mississippi Gov. William Winter was by and large beloved by the people of Mississippi. Read more

States that consume the most sushi per capita have a higher work force participation rate than Mississippi. Read more

What’s the difference between buried or planted? Something is buried when it is finished and there is no more potential. However, a planted seed is something which will grow and blossom. So, are you buried or planted? If you are buried, you have given up. If you are planted, you are just get… Read more

The pandemic, the presidential election, the constant discord and meanness of social media and the endless blame game for all facets of the aforementioned troubles – aren’t you tired of it? Read more

Former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel’s famous axiom is that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. It’s an even worse thing to manufacture. Read more

Any negative thoughts and emotions you carry around are a destructive poison which harms you mentally and physically. Anger, resentment, bitterness and jealousy are all toxic emotions. Ironically, they have little or no impact on the people they might be directed towards. The best thing for … Read more

Looking through some old photo albums at my mother’s house, I came across one about which I had forgotten until recently. It was a photo of me sitting on the lap of a local Santa at the Sears store in downtown Corinth. Before I go into detail about the photo, however, let me wax nostalgic ab… Read more

‘I am sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It’s just been too intelligent to come here.” – Arthur C. Clarke Read more

Perhaps Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch should sue Secretary of State Michael Watson. Read more

‘You can’t go home again.” Read more

Have you argued with someone who started arguing with you? Did you raise your voice after you were yelled at? Were you offended by something which was said to you? Did you become upset because of someone’s behavior? Did you get depressed because of the daily news? Read more

One of President Donald Trump’s foremost achievements has been to erect a formidable obstacle to his own post-election legal challenges. Read more

A court fight threatens to block a Mississippi medical marijuana program before the program even gets started. Read more

On a Sunday evening in late October, my boyfriend Tom began feeling achy. On Tuesday, he went to a clinic and got rapid tested for COVID-19, which was negative. He went about his usual routine, working in his office and in court as an attorney. The next Sunday afternoon, he was still not fee… Read more

Mississippi is among just 13 states that place a sales tax on groceries. Read more

STARKVILLE — Looking back over 31 years of a meteoric writing career that ranks him as one of the most successful writers on the planet, novelist John Grisham’s flawed hero from his very first novel might well be a forgotten figure among the hundreds the author has created. Read more

The Biden-Harris administration will confront “a pandemic, an economic crisis, calls for racial justice and climate change. The team being assembled will meet these challenges on Day One.” Read more

Big questions remain about what exactly happened in the 2020 election. Read more

I met economist and professor Walter Williams when I interviewed him while hosting a local TV show in Cleveland. We discussed a number of topics but focused on race-based preferences, aka affirmative action. Williams adamantly opposed it, still an unpopular position to take, but especially b… Read more

Monday mornings never work out quite the way we plan, but some are a bit more challenging than others. Read more

Some people can’t handle success. The latest jobs report shows that, despite the pandemic, President Trump’s policies of lower taxes and reducing regulations continue to work. Raising taxes and imposing regulations, as Joe Biden has pledged to do, has historically had the opposite effect, bu… Read more

The Biden-Harris administration will confront “a pandemic, an economic crisis, calls for racial justice and climate change. The team being assembled will meet these challenges on Day One.” Read more

Adversity is part of life. There is no way to avoid it. Although adversity may seem unpleasant, avoiding it inhibits your development. The more challenges you face, the more you are prepared for challenge. Instead of shunning adversity, welcome it as a growth opportunity. Read more

Our family, like most, is nearing the end of our collective ropes in COVID-19 fatigue and pandemic uncertainty. Enough, already. Read more

‘My sense is that if Trump wins, Hillary supporters will be sad,” left-wing writer Sally Kohn tweeted the day of the 2016 election. “If Hillary wins, Trump supporters will be angry. Important difference.” Kohn turned out to be wrong about her own side that year, which angrily set about deleg… Read more

Just when it seemed some of the most disheartening trends in the U.S. economy were finally beginning to reverse, COVID-19 arrived to entrench them. Read more

‘No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.” – Gideon J. Tucker. Read more

‘Yesterday, when I was young Read more

Whenever president-elect Joe Biden makes a rare public appearance and is out of the immediate control of his team it increases my suspicions that he is not physically, and above all mentally, up to the job he is about to take over. Read more