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Wyatt Emmerich

Lignite plant exceeds budget while only 22 percent finished
06/27/2012 - 11:56am

The $2.8 billion lignite gassification plant in Kemper County is in trouble. It’s $366 million over budget but only 22 percent completed.

Public pressure is increasing. Last week the Mississippi Public Service Commission (PSC)...

C-Spire battles AT&T to preserve cellular compatibility
06/20/2012 - 12:44pm

Protecting free and competitive markets is a legitimate role of the government. Banks that are “too big to fail” are too big.

Back in the old days, this country had an active anti-trust division. Its role was to prevent...

U.S. manufacturing becomes competitive with China again
06/12/2012 - 12:16pm

the economic story of our generation has been greatly affected by the rise of China as a great industrial power.

With more than a billion educated people desperate for work, China has devastated American manufacturing. For the first...

As the kids grow up, the beach vacations aren't quite the same
06/11/2012 - 6:47am

As a fairly typical middle-aged family man, I occasionally gripe about the pressures and hassles of family life. Sometimes it seems like the members of my family view me as an ATM, but more annoying than the bank kind because I complain when...

Move over law is an easy way to get a ticket
05/29/2012 - 12:55pm

I fought the law and the law won. Alas, my 37-year perfect driving streak has come to an end.

I didn’t go down without a fight. My “move over” violation had a gray area, but in the end, the judge sided with the police...

Enjoy the holiday! It comes to you at a high price
05/22/2012 - 9:26am

THE PHOTO of Billy Elmore has always haunted me. It pops up every now and then as my computer screen rotates through thousands of stored photos.

He is a handsome lad, far younger than I am today. His appearance reminds me of my oldest...

Reddix should serve on the Mississippi Board of Health
05/15/2012 - 3:14pm

Our lieutenant governor, Tate Reeves, and governor, Phil Bryant, are doing a disservice to Northsider Dr. Carl Reddix. Reeves and Bryant are holding up the appointment of Reddix to the state Board of Health because of an insignificant link to a...

What's the point of benching the best judge
05/10/2012 - 7:00am

Relieving the best criminal judge of all his criminal cases is not the way to exercise responsibility as senior circuit judge. What on earth is Hinds County Senior Circuit Judge Tomie Green doing?

Green has averaged one criminal trial...

Dads can wake up to various kinds of unique challenges
05/08/2012 - 3:22pm

Saturday morning is my only day to sleep late, so I was somewhat annoyed to notice three cute little nine-year-old girls creeping slowly into my bedroom early one Saturday morning. I pretended to be asleep.

They slowly but surely crept...

From the publisher - Downtown growth is crucial to entice young singles
04/24/2012 - 2:59pm

I appreciate House Speaker Phil Gunn’s attempt to pinch pennies, but he’s wrong about banishing the state Department of Revenue to a cramped warehouse in-between Raymond and Clinton.

The Department of Revenue needs to move...