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Letter to the editor: Manufacturing and industry added to want list for the community
Dear Editor, I agree with Viola Expose [letter to the editor published in the Columbian-Progress on 06/02/11] about the need for a community college here in Columbia. It would profit Columbia to ...
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Weathering the weather
It’s funny how just a few months ago we were all complaining about cold temperatures. I can remember sitting at an evening baseball game as the chill set in and thinking that I couldn’t wait until...
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Letter to the editor: Idea to convert the training school to a community college
Dear Editor: We the concerned citizens of Columbia, Miss., would like to allow everyone equal rights. We are not saying that some people are treated better than others, but some people have a bet...
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Letter to the editor: Reader encourages study of oil and gas legislation
Dear Editor, While running for office, President Obama promised that if elected, he would get us off OPEC oil within 10 years. Two years are gone and we still don’t have a plan. In fact, there ...
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Advice to grads
Last weekend most of the local Class of 2011 graduated. Over the past several weeks, local high school and college graduates have received their diplomas and are ready to face the new world. This...
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Jerry Molaison
Under the sea
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which w...
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Procrastination
by Robin O'Bryant, guest columnist
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Sometimes it really doesn’t pay to procrastinate. I usually have an idea of what I’ll write about in my column by the middle of the week. I may outline it, or jot down a few paragraphs throughout t...
Death penalty on both sides
by Mark Rogers, C-P managing editor
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As I began my journey up to the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, I began to think about the death penalty. I was on my way to cover the execution of Benny Joe Stevens; it was the first ...
Letter to the Editor: Home invaders steal more than possessions, also sense of security
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Dear Editor: What is the ugliest, most despicable thing you know, or can think of? To me, it’s a snake — but I have discovered something worse. It’s these low-life’s who are breaking into homes a...
Is the sky falling?
by Wyatt Emmerich, guest columnist
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The budget deficit is now the third most important issue in America, following the economy in general and unemployment. If you listen to the doomsayers, the United States is heading off a financia...
Lucky lessons
by Ginny Kemp, guest columnist
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Mom, pleeeeaasssse…can we keep him? We can’t just let him just die! Sad, puppy dog eyes accompanied those words as my son handed me a basket cradling an orphan squirrel only a week or so old. Appar...
Couch potato no more
by Mark Rogers, C-P managing editor
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Well, after 15 months without television, I finally gave in. When I moved to Columbia, a busy schedule and a desire to get away from watching a lot of TV led me to not get cable, satellite or any ...
  • Devastation brings sorrow
    by Robin O'Bryant, guest columnist
    04.05.11 - 04:08 pm
  • Still just one in charge
    by Louis Breakfield, guest columnist
    04.05.11 - 05:04 am
  • Spring break fever
    by Mark Rogers, C-P managing editor
    04.02.11 - 05:03 am
  • Flying blind in the wind
    by Wyatt Emmerich, guest columnist
    03.31.11 - 08:49 am
  • Letter to the editor: Reader promotes Voter ID initiative at election
    03.29.11 - 05:02 am
  • Political pawns
    by Mark Rogers, C-P managing editor
    03.26.11 - 05:01 am
  • Southern living
    by Mark Rogers, C-P managing editor
    03.19.11 - 05:59 am
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