When Philip Gunn explained his support for Gov. Tate Reeves’ decision to implement a statewide shelter-in-place order for Mississippi, the speaker of the House said something curious.
Most churches in Columbia and throughout the United States have closed their doors temporarily, following the advice of public health officials who are asking for no gatherings of more than 10 people to prevent spread of the coronavirus.
As late as Tuesday, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves and Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the state health officer, were saying that ordering people to stay at home statewide was not necessary.
The $2.2 trillion stimulus package just enacted to soften the huge economic blow to the United States from the coronavirus has no precedent as far as magnitude.
Even the most ardent critics of Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves must admit that he’s had a rough patch through little fault of his own during his first three months in office.
First, a statewide prison crisis, which had been building for years, broke early in 2020, leading to scores of deaths and gang riots.
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Whatever economic toll Mississippi and the United States suffer from shutting down businesses to prevent spread of the coronavirus, Iran’s example shows that it’s better than the alternative of letting the disease ride roughshod over an untreated population.
While the public waits for the number of coronavirus cases to peak and eventually start decreasing, it is clear that many of us will have more time on their hands than usual. Here’s a gentle suggestion to fill a bit of that empty space.
In the past three months, Marion County has been hit by a tornado that destroyed several businesses and has battled flood waters from the Pearl River that inundated many homes. Yet there was no panic, but rather a calm, prepared response to overcome those obstacles and return to normal life as soon as possible.
In what has quickly and somewhat unexpectedly boiled down to a two-man race for the Democratic presidential nomination, the convenient characterization is to say Joe Biden is the moderate while Bernie Sanders is the leftward extremist.
That depiction is true for Sanders, but maybe not so true — or at least not so far — for Biden.
