Editorials
The November 28, 2012 Jackson Free Press carried an article by Ronnie Mott arguing that allowing the Bush-era tax cuts to expire for the wealthy would not increase unemployment. She wrote “… businesses don't expand or contract...
The more authority Mississippi surrenders to the federal government, the more our citizens pay.
Jackson has entered into a federally-mandated consent decree to make $400 million in upgrades to its dilapidated sewer system. You can...
As Mississippi lawmakers and Gov. Phil Bryant deliberate over what form merit pay for teachers might take, it’s certain that standardized test scores will be a significant part of the proposal.
They should be. The tests are the...
Assault weapons
Whenever there is a mass shooting in this country, the reaction from both extremes of the gun debate is predictable.
Gun-control advocates use the carnage as an excuse to argue for stricter...
There is a great irony in a Mississippi lawsuit that’s still trying to block Obamacare from taking effect.
The lawsuit, to which Gov. Phil Bryant added his name as a private citizen after it was filed in 2010, claims that...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week that limits what states can do about immigration control vindicates Mississippi Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves.
Reeves, to his credit, bucked Gov. Phil Bryant and the tea party folks who wanted...
The sad case of the Madison couple now facing 30 years in prison for growing marijuana highlights the schizophrenia of our nation’s marijuana laws. Seventeen states now allow medical marijuana to be grown in the home. In Mississippi and...
Building a brand new Hinds County jail just because some locks don’t work has got to be the worst idea we’ve heard in a long time. Has anybody told the Hinds County Board of Supervisors there’s a Great Recession going on? Has...
Mississippi may be making some progress in addressing its obesity epidemic — at least among children, according to figures released this week.
Unfortunately, the improvement is not across the board. Younger kids are slimming up...
Admittedly many of the current laws regulating personal choices serve a good purpose and, as a general rule, are worth supporting.
Wearing seatbelts, for example, has been shown to save lives. So does wearing a helmet while riding a...
The Sierra Club, which once supported the use of natural gas as a bridge to its hope for total reliance on “green energy,” has now come out against it.
Apparently the powerful environmental group is worried the glut of...
If there’s one thing the nation’s politicians have been good at, it is jawboning about the deficit. When it comes to action, that’s another thing.
Last week, government leaders past and present gathered in Washington...
When Mississippi Power Company unveiled its plans in 2009 for a coal gasification plant in Kemper County, it sounded like an exciting, forward-looking idea.
The plant would use an abundant natural resource in this state — low-...
Mike Sturdivant’s funeral Saturday drew two former governors and one former gubernatorial hopeful.
Besides reflecting the stature and respect with which the late Glendora planter and businessman was held, the presence of William...
If the National Football League truly is a bellwether of American culture, a subtle attitude shift among some of its teams may be a signal of what lies ahead for society as a whole.
The CBSsports.com Web site included a column on...
We don’t buy Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds’ assertion that Mississippi’s universities have cut all they can from their operations without sacrificing quality.
Every university in this country is heavy on...
Attorney General Jim Hood and the Republican majorities in the Mississippi Legislature have been at odds from the beginning of this legislative session.
It’s no secret that the Republicans would like to clip the wings of the lone...
The Mississippi Senate did the sensible thing by not falling into the same trap as some other Southern states that passed immigration reform only to rue it later.
It was a bipartisan effort to derail an initiative on which Gov. Phil Bryant...
