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MARTY RUSSELL: Is Santorum the Democrats’ secret weapon?
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is heaven-sent – for Democrats.
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BOBBY HARRISON: Charters are removed from all taxpayers’ reach
We heard the phrase no taxation without representation in eighth grade American history.
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SID SALTER: Charter schools offer alternative to mediocrity or failure
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and legislative Republicans are taking heat this week for trying to give the charter school concept an honest try in Mississippi.
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YOUR OPINION: Letters to the Daily Journal
Letters to the NEMS Daily Journal
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Eddy Alexander of Blairsville, Ga., looks around the Brazil Furniture booth as Von Fitts answers questions for him during the Tupelo Furniture Market on Friday. (Deste Lee)
OUR OPINION: Market’s ‘attitude’ cited among positive factors
Cleveland said the weekend kept a steady pace.
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CHARLIE MITCHELL: Revisiting Sugar Ditch: Price of poverty is higher
Twenty-seven years ago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson went to Tunica County, specifically to a neighborhood called Sugar Ditch. By census figures, Tunica was the poorest county in the nation. On “60 Minut...
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CHRISTIE MCNEAL: Patience: It’s still a virtue
Recently, when leaving the doctor’s office, I overheard a conversation that at first really bothered me and then really got me thinking.
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OUR OPINION: Public support should move state on smoking
The result when asked about a law to prohibit smoking in indoor public in the state: 68 percent said yes, 29 percent no.
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CLAIBORNE BARKSDALE: Two elements of concern in charter schools bill
On Tuesday, the Senate Education Committee will take up Senate Bill 2401 that, if passed, will expand significantly charter schools in the state.
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SID SALTER: Book sheds light on ‘dark side’ of modern politics
Much of modern politics reminds me of my childhood barber, who taught me the value of paying attention to small details.
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BILL CRAWFORD: Social norms must change on teen births
Gov. Bryant told his health and welfare agency heads to provide him an “aggressive plan” to curb teen pregnancy by the end of this week.
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OUR OPINION: City acts on neighborhood commitment
Older neighborhoods have been revived, even transformed, in cities of all sizes. Tupelo is joining the movement with creativity and intentionality.
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DOYLE MCMANUS: Santorum’s surge requires serious consideration
When this year’s presidential campaign began, Rick Santorum looked like a fringe candidate, consigned permanently to the outside edge of an overcrowded debate stage.
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LLOYD GRAY: Charter anxiety
It’s now widely acknowledged in Mississippi that strong public schools are essential to a healthy community.
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DANA MILBANK: The real game on the 2013 Obama budget is dodgeball
Gene Sperling’s sports metaphors collided so often during the White House budget rollout that it’s a wonder the man didn’t pull a hamstring.
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LENA MITCHELL: African-Americans and the Civil War: ‘From Civil War to Civil Rights’
Why does the Civil War matter today?” is the leading and provocative question on an information brochure from the U.S. National Park Service.
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CLAIBORNE BARKSDALE: Two elements of concern in charter schools bill
by Claiborne Barksdale
2 days 15 hrs ago | 5 5 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
On Tuesday, the Senate Education Committee will take up Senate Bill 2401 that, if passed, will expand significantly charter schools in the state.
SID SALTER: Book sheds light on ‘dark side’ of modern politics
by Sid Salter
2 days 16 hrs ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Much of modern politics reminds me of my childhood barber, who taught me the value of paying attention to small details.
BILL CRAWFORD: Social norms must change on teen births
by Bill Crawford
2 days 17 hrs ago | 2 2 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Gov. Bryant told his health and welfare agency heads to provide him an “aggressive plan” to curb teen pregnancy by the end of this week.
OUR OPINION: City acts on neighborhood commitment
by NEMS Daily Journal
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Older neighborhoods have been revived, even transformed, in cities of all sizes. Tupelo is joining the movement with creativity and intentionality.
DOYLE MCMANUS: Santorum’s surge requires serious consideration
by Doyle McManus
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When this year’s presidential campaign began, Rick Santorum looked like a fringe candidate, consigned permanently to the outside edge of an overcrowded debate stage.
LLOYD GRAY: Charter anxiety
by Lloyd Gray/NEMS Daily Journal
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It’s now widely acknowledged in Mississippi that strong public schools are essential to a healthy community.
world news
Assad forces renew barrage on Syria's Homs (Reuters)
Reuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than 80 people, including two Western journalists.
Wed Feb 22 18:01:14 UTC 2012
Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail (Reuters)

Herman Nackaerts (R), head of a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), arrives from Iran next to delegates Raphael Grossi (L) and Laura Rockwook at the airport in Vienna February 22, 2012. The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday it had failed to secure an agreement with Iran during talks over disputed atomic activities and that the Islamic Republic had rejected a request to visit a military site. The team from the IAEA had hoped to inspect a site at Parchin, southeast of the capital Tehran, where the agency believes there is a containment chamber to test explosives, suggesting possible weapon development. Iran has denied the charge that it is developing nuclear weapons. REUTERS/Herwig PrammerReuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.


Wed Feb 22 14:25:04 UTC 2012
U.S., European security officials discount Iran-Al Qaeda links (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. and European officials are downplaying allegations that Iran and al Qaeda have recently stepped up cooperation in preparation for possible attacks on U.S. and other Western targets.
Wed Feb 22 15:55:13 UTC 2012
Karzai urges calm as six die in Afghan Koran protests (Reuters)
Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm Wednesday after officials said six people were shot dead and dozens wounded in protests over the burning of copies of the Koran, Islam's holy book, at NATO's main base in the country.
Wed Feb 22 16:40:14 UTC 2012