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Is that all there is to a pandemic?
By Kelley Williams, 2,249 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, 606 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: 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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Opinion: Bat coming home to roost
By Kelley Williams, 1,961 Reads
Tue, 06/08/2021 - 03:39 PM
The Bat Lady is a researcher at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China. Her name is Dr. Shi Zheng-li. She goes on virus-hunting expeditions in bat caves and does “gain of function” genetic manipulations on coronaviruses to make them more infectious and more deadly to humans.
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Words will either lift up or knock down
By Susan Amundson, 688 Reads
Fri, 06/04/2021 - 09:46 AM
There are many perks to this job. Probably one of the best is meeting people. Some I’ve met have been the absolute best people, and some may not have left the best impression. But still, it is great to get out and meet people.
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Memorial Day is even more special now
By Danny O'Fallon, 360 Reads
Fri, 06/04/2021 - 09:42 AM
For many, it’s just another national holiday that offers a paid day off from work. Others observe it as an extra day to enjoy relaxing, recreation or visiting with friends and family. But for some, a precious few, Memorial Day symbolizes much more, and it hits much closer to home. I’m proud to say that I’m among that latter group.
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SALTER: Voter initiative process has been a hard right to win and an even harder one to keep
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, 649 Reads
Wed, 06/02/2021 - 10:57 AM
Below is a political opinion column by Sid Salter:

Mississippians have been fighting over what would seem the very straightforward power of state voters to bypass the Mississippi Legislature and directly propose state constitutional changes for the better part of a century.
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Why local, initial news is best
By Joshua Campbell, 2,883 Reads
Fri, 05/28/2021 - 12:49 PM
It’s both absolutely hilarious and infuriating that now, all of a sudden, the national media, the World Health Organization and Dr. Anthony Fauci are finally conceding there is a decent likelihood that Covid-19 was leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China after denying it as even a remote possibility for more than a year.
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