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Is that all there is to a pandemic?
By Kelley Williams, 2,353 Reads
Sat, 06/12/2021 - 03:29 PM
The bubonic plague killed about half the people in Europe in the Middle Ages. It was called the Black Death. Influenza killed about 15% of the world’s population in 1918-19. It was called the Spanish Flu. (John Barry’s The Great Influenza suggests it first appeared in Kansas.) Justinian’s Plague was the first major plague in recorded histor
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Reverse auctions secretly killed by special interests
By Wyatt Emmerich, 608 Reads
Fri, 06/11/2021 - 04:07 PM
It didn’t take long for the powers that be to kill reverse auctions — about two years or so.
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Simple precautions can mean so much
By Susan Amundson, 330 Reads
Fri, 06/11/2021 - 09:44 AM
June 29, this year will mark 27 years without my dad. He has been gone for more than half of my life, and as long as God allows me to keep living, more time will separate us until we meet again in Glory.
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Fishing can be great for the soul
By Danny O'Fallon, 137 Reads
Fri, 06/11/2021 - 09:40 AM
Fishing ain’t for everybody, I get it. You either love it or hate it — there’s no in-between. Whether you consider fishing a pastime or a waste-of-time, there’s just something innately special about it.
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SALTER: With Democrat trifecta in Washington, Republicans stand at an uneasy crossroads
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, 642 Reads
Thu, 06/10/2021 - 10:49 AM
OPINION column by: Sid Salter

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.
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SALTER: Remembering Sylvia Howell Krebs: A woman of talent, substance and curiosity
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, 396 Reads
Thu, 06/10/2021 - 10:46 AM
OPINION column by: Sid Salter

Earlier this month, a gentle, intellectual giant died and it’s likely that few among her university colleagues and friends in Douglasville, Georgia knew they were in the presence of a Hall of Fame athlete.
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SALTER: The future of U.S. Navy shipbuilding will substantially impact state’s Ingalls shipyard
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, 429 Reads
Thu, 06/10/2021 - 10:40 AM
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

The numbers are full of contradictions when one considers the future of U.S. Navy shipbuilding and the impact that industry has on our nation and state.
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SALTER: Will thorny medical marijuana issue endanger Mississippi’s voter initiative process?
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, 398 Reads
Thu, 06/10/2021 - 10:37 AM
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

In the 2020 election cycle, Mississippi voters overwhelmingly voted in favor of authorizing a medical marijuana voter initiative as outlined in Initiative 65 over the express objections of the majority of legislative leaders.
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SALTER: Infrastructure woes: After ice storms come potholes, road and bridge deteriorations
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, 329 Reads
Thu, 06/10/2021 - 10:34 AM
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

No matter where you drive in most of Mississippi in the next few weeks, you will encounter new and challenging potholes thanks to the Great Ice Strom of 2021.
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SALTER: After two years of political unrest and pandemic, is anyone shocked over UFO reports?
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, 279 Reads
Wed, 06/09/2021 - 03:45 PM
Below is a political opinion column written by Sid Salter:

Over the last two years, a global pandemic rocked the international economy and the civilized world withdrew and in great measure shut down for a time.
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