Archived, searchable submissions of opinion on topics related to the North MS area, as well as political commentary and state, national, and worldwide current events, etc. Includes Editorial Opinion, Guest Authors, Letters to the Editor, even occasional fiction pieces.
November 3, 2021
Guest Author, Steve Patterson, facing the coming loss of his mother, considers the connection between grief and fear, and their... (Read more)
October 31, 2021
Mass hysteria may be a delusion but its consequences are dangerously real. The "Havana Syndrome" shows we haven't learned much... (Read more)
October 6, 2021
Mississippi Bankers Association President and CEO Gordon Fellows writes opposing proposed reporting of customer data to the IRS. Broad new... (Read more)
August 31, 2021
The US media never exacts a price for starting a war; but they will punish you for ending one, as... (Read more)
August 30, 2021
Contrary to Shands' assumptions, black Mississippians may actually be MORE vaccinated than white Mississippians. Get the facts... (Read more)
August 30, 2021
Rodney Shands writes to refute Steve Patterson's stance regarding stupidity vs malice, and to offer his view of the Democrat... (Read more)
August 24, 2021
Stupid is as stupid does. Guest author Steve Patterson contemplates the role of stupidity in the three greatest existential crises... (Read more)
August 22, 2021
According to the New York Times, Mississippi is now the world's top hotspot for positive COVID cases per unit of... (Read more)
August 20, 2021
Pro-vaxxers- Feeling fed up? Unheard? Cowed? Drowned out? Overwhelmed? We see you and hear you! And, dammit, we need you!... (Read more)
August 19, 2021
Local school boards and school superintendents, having agreed earlier to have the same COVID policies for all area public schools,... (Read more)
August 18, 2021
Mississippi's available health care resources and the resulting poor health of its citizens is largely due to poor political leadership.... (Read more)
July 6, 2021
On the 20th anniversary of his death, former Lee County Sheriff Harold Ray Presley, is remembered by his nephew, Brandon... (Read more)