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3 months 1 week ago
Douglas Holtz-Eakin probably isn’t sitting at the popular table of today’s Washington Republicans because he worked for President George W. Bush two decades ago.
In 2001-02 he was the chief economist of Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers, and from 2003-05 he was director of the Congressional Budget Office. He also was the chief economic policy adviser for Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, which further excludes him from influence with President Trump’s people.
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Tameshia Shelton listens to proceedings in Clay County Circuit Court on her quest for anew trial with one of her attorneys, Tucker Carrington of the Mississippi Innocence Project Credit: Jerry Mitchell/Mississippi Today
The Mississippi Court of Appeals has ordered a new murder trial for Tameshia Shelton, a 47-year-old mother of four who has long insisted on her innocence.
Judges vacated her conviction and ordered the new trial. The state attorney general’s office has not said whether it plans to appeal the ruling to the Mississippi Supreme Court.
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3 months 1 week ago
As health insurance premiums for next year rise and threaten to push hundreds of thousands of Mississippians off plans, a “perfect storm” is brewing that could steer people towards riskier coverage options, experts warn.
By Gwen Dilworth - Mississippi Today on
3 months 1 week ago
One of the boxes of food that is distributed at the Tutwiler Community Center. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today
Below is an opinion column by Cathy Grace:
Editor’s note: This essay is part of Mississippi Today Ideas, a platform for thoughtful Mississippians to share fact-based ideas about our state’s past, present and future. You can read more about the section here.
By Cathy Grace - Mississippi Today on
3 months 1 week ago
Calls for Thompson to resign have come from within Mississippi and across the nation.
Congressman Bennie Thompson (D) was in damage control mode Friday after referring to the ambush-style attack in Washington, D.C. in November on two West Virginia National Guardsmen as an “unfortunate accident” during a hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday.
The attack left Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom dead and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe in critical condition.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months 1 week ago
China has over 230 times the shipbuilding capacity than the U.S. The Navy wants U.S. shipbuilders to improve schedules, increase capacity, and reduce costs.
As China continues to rapidly build out its naval shipbuilding operations, expanding its fleet at a faster pace than the U.S., Navy Secretary John Phelan is encouraging American shipyards to “act like we’re at war” in terms of production and readiness.
The Office of Naval Intelligence reports that China currently has over 230 times the shipbuilding capacity than the U.S.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months 1 week ago
Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:
The weeks leading up to Christmas, known in the Church as Advent, has traditionally been a time of fasting and repentance, an opportunity to take seriously the sin – the Goliaths – of our personal and corporate lives.
By Matt Friedeman - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months 1 week ago
Robert St. John writes that Christmas doesn’t need snow, or pricy ornaments, or even working lights. It just needs a place like Bellewood Drive.
Some families grow up with postcard Christmases—crackling fires, golden retrievers by the hearth, snowflakes on the St. Augustine. Then there was us. Our holidays were about as “Hallmark” as a ham sandwich on white bread.
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3 months 1 week ago
The total request by the Mississippi Community College Board is anticipated to be $213.5 million this coming session which starts in January.
Kell Smith, Executive Director of the Mississippi Community College Board, gave the Senate Universities and Colleges Committee an update on the state system last week, requesting $28 million for a 6 percent salary increase.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months 1 week ago
Below is an opinion column by Kimberly Ross:
The normalization of violence against those one simply does not like continues apace. It is high-profile and deeply political. The solution is not easy because the disease has metastasized.
By Kimberly Ross - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months 2 weeks ago
For decades, leisurely drives through western Madison County would take you through rolling hills rich in farmland, pastures, and timber. Row crops could be found growing in the mellow, brown loam soils along rivers and creek bottoms. Prime cattle would be grazing in knee-deep Bermuda grass, loafing under mammoth oaks. During spring, blooming Dogwoods would explode resembling that of a new-fallen snow through the moist soil basins. During winter, Possumhaw would line the fencerows revealing their vibrant red berries offering food and cover for cardinals, cedar waxwings, and quail.
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3 months 2 weeks ago
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3 months 2 weeks ago
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Grenada Police Department Chief George Douglas works to call in K-9 units to assist the department after a bomb threat forced evacuation of the Grenada Medical Complex Wednesday morning.
Grenada law enforcement officers responded to a bomb threat Wednesday morning at the Grenada Medical Complex, prompting a full evacuation and multi-agency investigation.
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3 months 2 weeks ago
This morning, driving to work, I listened to Mississippi Public Radio airing a current interview with a senior official in the national Democratic Party. Asked what he recommended to his colleagues and candidates in next year’s elections, the gentleman offered a scripted, rehearsed reply: “Well, we could litigate…recommend Congressional tax relief…..they asked me to make a speech at……”
By Linda Berry on
3 months 2 weeks ago
For decades, Mississippi has been the punchline in national discussions about economic performance - often ranked at the bottom in income, education, and opportunity.
But something remarkable has happened in recent years: the Magnolia State is undergoing a genuine resurgence, driven not by federal handouts or gimmicks, but by principled free-market reforms.
By Douglas Carswell - Mississippi Center for Public Policy on
3 months 2 weeks ago
Hold my ampere and read this! The next three years are going to be electrifying! Why? Turn on the financial news today and all you hear is AI (artificial intelligence) this and AI that. AI must be the next BIG THING! Some think it will be the BIGGEST THING ever. It’s the elephant in the room that nobody can stop talking about. What could go wrong?
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3 months 2 weeks ago
“Many a wintry hour did I hear the church clock strike, when I was sitting in my cheerless bedroom, wrapped in my little great-coat, poring over a book.”
By Johnathan Kettler on
3 months 2 weeks ago
An Advent story entitled “An Unexpected Lesson” led to a captivating lesson from ChatGPT.
Requested to write a story on an unexpected consequence in Matthew 2, on a lark, I asked ChatGPT for help: “Please write me a 250 to 300 word Advent story that focuses on the Bible story of the three wise men following the star to Bethlehem. The plot should highlight the unexpected consequence of their tarrying with Herod which allows Herod to order the death of newborn boys.”
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3 months 2 weeks ago
Fentanyl is a highly potent synthetic opioid drug that has a legitimate use in painkilling--such as in advanced cancer--as well as other illegitimate uses in pleasurable situations. This addicting drug is 30 to 50 times more potent than heroine, and 100 times more than morphine. Analogues of fentanyl often cannot be detected in urine samplings. Most of the precursors of the drug come from China. who ship them to cartels in central American countries. The cartels arrange for the production of the final drug.
By Peter Gilderson on
3 months 2 weeks ago
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It’s that time of year when we contemplate the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ. After thousands of years struggling in the darkness, man gets to come face to face with his maker, who takes on flesh. You know the rest of the story. Unspeakable tragedy followed by unspeakable joy.
Before I decide to write my Christmas column, I like to review some of the ones from the past. Usually, I decide to write something new. But this time, this column from 2008 — 17 years ago — caught my eye. It is as follows:
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