Not that the subject has ever been easy. No, as has often been noted in this space, this country has been positively Herculean in its effort t…
Signs have been a part of Middle East lore dating back to biblical times. People in the region take them seriously, which is why the signs ema…
By now, you’ve likely seen the famous photograph of Tupelo native son Elvis Presley, arm raised and big grin, as he took a hypodermic in the a…
“Eat what’s on your plate. There are starving children in India,” is what I and every other American child from the years 1620-2021 heard in s…
A staggering 87,000 people died of a drug overdose in America in the 12 months ending September 2020. I’m a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces. …
My late father once confided his belief in “universal knowledge.”
The retired science teacher jumped up from his hiding spot in his garden and grabbed my arm before I could escape.
“Our country is in the throes of a most painful and unpredictable transition,” contended Maria Kefalas and the late Patrick Carr in Hollowing …
STARKVILLE • In his “interim” national security document issued in March, President Joe Biden sounded sharp concerns about China, and he rampe…
Tupelo is extremely fortunate to still have a locally owned print newspaper, and I have the utmost respect for everyone at the Daily Journal. …
The city of Oxford is excited to announce the establishment of the Oxford Animal Resource Center. My administration and the Board of Aldermen …
America is home to some of the finest shipbuilders in the world. This industry is becoming increasingly vital to our national security as we s…
The Central Intelligence Agency is always looking to recruit new agents and advertising is one way it has done so in the past. The difference …
Minister Zell Long is one of the teachers of our adult Sunday school class at our church. I made it to Sunday school on time and heard her beg…
In 2001, House Speaker Tim Ford of Baldwyn supported the plan of fellow Democrats to place much of suburban Jackson in a congressional distric…
We keep hitting new lows.
Decades ago my sister Maureen often used to call the Republican Party “The Stupid Party.”
Whether you’re on the Right or the Left, I bet you’ll agree: politics has changed a lot recently – and not for the better.
Last week as we opened the Oren Dunn City Museum to the public for the first time, many people asked, “Where did you get all this information?”
Recently, a local woman alerted me to a lot of ibises nesting in some trees in our county. And by a lot, I mean thousands. She called it a “rookery.”
Scientific American describes my mother to a T.
The comprehensive response to the pandemic in Mississippi led to emergency orders from both the governor and the state health officer that gui…
Taking an ironic cue from the “sanctuary” movement used by mostly liberal communities that decided to take stands against enforcement and impl…
The South rose again, but not Mississippi.
Every day, approximately 100 children are born in Mississippi. Over the course of a year that is 36,500 children born. Over the next 20 years …
On Sunday night, Tupelo was positioned in the path of a powerful storm. Though it was a storm that developed quickly, it was soon inevitable t…
A very important piece of legislation flew under the radar this session and was signed into law just as quietly.