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Grisham puts fictional lawyer Jake Brigance back in criminal court

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On Fri, 12/18/2020 - 08:42 AM

Looking back over 31 years of a meteoric writing career that ranks him as one of the most successful writers on the planet, novelist John Grisham’s flawed hero from his very first novel might well be a forgotten figure among the hundreds the author has created.

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In the darkness of pandemic uncertainty, a baby boy’s arrival brings us hope and joy

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On Fri, 12/11/2020 - 10:56 AM

Our family, like most, is nearing the end of our collective ropes in COVID-19 fatigue and pandemic uncertainty. Enough, already.

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Efforts to abolish the Electoral College will dilute the influence of nation’s rural states

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On Wed, 12/02/2020 - 10:01 AM

The Electoral College, as confusing and messy as it often becomes in presidential politics, remains the only safeguard against having our national leadership chosen by the citizens of a few densely populated states on the east and west coasts of our country rather than the voters of all 50 states.

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Hyde-Smith gets re-elected despite negative ads

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On Fri, 11/13/2020 - 09:42 AM

Republican Mississippi U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is no stranger to getting her hands dirty. How else could a woman work her way from tending livestock and mucking stockyard stalls to earning a chairmanship in the Mississippi Legislature and later serving as the state’s first female Agriculture Commissioner to effective service in the U.S.

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Both parties kicked the Social Security can down the political road

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On Wed, 11/04/2020 - 11:35 AM

American voters occupied themselves during the 2020 presidential and congressional campaign cycle, talking about COVID-19, the Amy Coney Barrett nomination to the Supreme Court, national social justice strife, and an uncertain economy.

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Passions high in election

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On Wed, 10/21/2020 - 11:25 AM

Like everything else in 2020, the election cycle seems to have been going on for WAY too long. In less than two weeks, the never-ending campaign will have ended.

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‘Déjà vu all over again’: Mississippi voters saw the 2020 U.S. Senate race in 2018

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On Wed, 09/16/2020 - 09:21 AM

The late New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra would love this one.

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Federal immigration enforcement

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On Wed, 08/12/2020 - 10:07 AM

Whack-A-Mole was a popular arcade game back in the mid-1970s which required players to use a mallet to strike randomly appearing toy moles back into their holes. The game’s heyday has come and gone, but the game’s concept remains a part of the nation’s lexicon in problem-solving.

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Big win for Mississippi

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On Wed, 07/01/2020 - 08:49 AM

STARKVILLE — Mississippi’s tense and emotional public debate of removing the Confederate Battle Flag from the canton corner of the state flag evoked some of the more startling lessons of history regarding the evolution of racial views by individuals and by institutions.

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Our progeny deserve new flag

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On Wed, 06/24/2020 - 08:58 AM

STARKVILLE — It has been my experience over some 40 years of writing about public policy in Mississippi that we as a people are slow to change, even when embracing change would be to our certain benefit and obstinance about doing so is to our undeniable detriment.

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