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Clarksdale raises bad for PERS, too
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On Mon, 07/26/2021 - 10:12 PM
The audacity of the city leaders in Clarksdale to give themselves unprecedentedly large raises has received attention across Mississippi.
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Editorial: Hard truths about Amtrak
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On Sat, 07/24/2021 - 10:00 AM
Maybe it’s time for all Americans — even those who cringe at the trillion-dollar budget deficits of recent years — to admit that there really is no political or popular will to do anything substantial about our runaway spending.
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Editorial: Delta variant - Heed the warning
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On Sat, 07/24/2021 - 09:24 AM
We have been warned. Health officials in Mississippi, around the country and even around the world are telling residents in the state the delta variant of COVID-19 is here. It’s more contagious than any strain of the coronavirus this country has experienced to date.
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Rental assistance not getting out
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On Thu, 07/22/2021 - 09:12 PM
The oodles of money thrown by the federal government over the past year and a half at virtually every enterprise and adult in this country has avoided an economic meltdown, although what all this borrowing means for the future is still to be determined.
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Dr. Dobbs: Cut him some slack
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On Wed, 07/21/2021 - 09:36 PM
Dr. Thomas Dobbs sometimes lets his frustration with those who are making it harder to beat the COVID-19 pandemic get the best of him.
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Editorial: Americans and alcohol
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On Wed, 07/21/2021 - 05:54 PM
In recent years there have been plenty of reports about the rising use — to addictive and even fatal overdose levels — of legal medication like opioids. So it’s no surprise that the same trend holds true for alcoholic products.
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Parker doesn’t buy into groupthink
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On Mon, 07/19/2021 - 09:48 PM
Star Parker is an anomaly as syndicated columnists go. She is Black, she is female and she is unapologetically conservative.
Not many of those around.
But Parker regularly makes thought-provoking arguments that undoubtedly rile the Black base of the Democratic Party.
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Delta variant: Heed the warning
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On Tue, 07/13/2021 - 10:05 PM
We have been warned. Health officials in Mississippi, around the country and even around the world are telling residents in this state, if they would just bother to listen, what is coming in the next phase of the pandemic.
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FDA opens purse to unproven drug
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On Wed, 07/07/2021 - 09:25 PM
Prescription drug costs in the United States are high. They are one of the leading factors that keep health care costs routinely rising faster than the general inflation rate.
As a result, Americans spend more on prescription drugs annually than those who live in other developed nations. The reasons are varied.
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College kids are COVID risks
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On Tue, 07/06/2021 - 09:01 PM
It’s not surprising that a letter is circulating asking Mississippi’s College Board to require students at all of the state’s eight public universities to be vaccinated before the fall semester begins.
What’s surprising is how few have signed the letter.
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