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How do Trump’s tariffs impact Mississippi?
By Sid Salter Columnist In a move his administration says is aimed at impeding the flow of illegal…
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Letter to the Editor Digging our graves with our teeth
Dear Editor, As a teenager growing up in Batesville forty-five years ago, there were two fast-food restaurants in…
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Justice with compassion is America’s way
By Galen Holley Guest Columnist Jews, Catholics, Evangelicals and most mainline Protestant denominations have issued statements sympathetic to…
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Copycat of the Delmonico potatoes
By Kara Kimbrough Food Columnist A winter visit to NYC is something I definitely recommend after two back-to-back…
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Why The New Boss Could Be Worse Than The Old Boss … By Being The Same As The Old Boss
By Thomas L. Knapp Last November, when DOGE remained a gleam in president-elect Donald Trump’s eye, its leader…
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Quinn Minute – After the holidays
By Rix Quinn Many folks say that after a busy December, January can be a snoozer. So, here’s…
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Internet is chipping our brains
By Donna Traywick Mt. Olivet News Hopefully the bad weather is over – at least maybe for a…
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Don’t wait for gray hair to count your blessings
By Les Ferguson, Jr., Columnist In 1967, I was 5 years old. I didn’t know much about life…
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Pete Johnson’s political family tree filled with twisting branches
By Sid Salter Columnist The death last week of Patrick Hayes “Pete” Johnson of Clarksdale at age 76…
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THREE COLD INAUGURATION DAYS
The cold temperatures on January 20th this year made me abandon outside projects and seek the warmth of…