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By Allen Martinson, READ MORE > 979 Reads
On Thu, 08/06/2020 - 01:55 PM

The last time I wrote about my adventure in northern India I had gone as far north as I could get by bus. I acclimatized for eight days at the Buddhist monastery in Leh at 11,500 feet. The altitude was not affecting me. Altitude sickness can make you feel cumbersome and headachy. I felt great this time.

SEC’s announced 10-game, league-only schedule is simply a best case scenario

By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 704 Reads
On Thu, 08/06/2020 - 01:09 PM

So the news of the day is that the Southeastern Conference has decided to play a 10-game, conference games-only football schedule this fall. Opening day is scheduled for Sept. 26. The SEC Championship game is moved back two weeks to Dec. 19.
We’ll see…

Aerosol droplets penetrates masks

By Tim Kalich, READ MORE > 442 Reads
On Thu, 08/06/2020 - 12:59 PM

With face masks a major focus these days in the fight against — and about — the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve been trying to educate myself about them.

Evers brothers’ predictions true

By Charlie Dunagin, READ MORE > 722 Reads
On Thu, 08/06/2020 - 12:58 PM

Three civil rights icons — Charles Evers, John Lewis and C.T. Vivian — all died recently, and of the three, Evers’ passing received the least national publicity.
Or, at least, that’s the way it seemed to me.

COVID causing homeschooling to boom

By Brett Kittredge, READ MORE > 942 Reads
On Thu, 08/06/2020 - 12:56 PM

Over the past two decades, the number of homeschoolers in Mississippi – and in America – has more than doubled as this education choice has moved from the fringes of society to a practice that is legal in every state.

Attacks on police reduce safety

By Ashby Foote, READ MORE > 472 Reads
On Thu, 08/06/2020 - 12:50 PM

The War on Cops - How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe by Heather Mac Donald

Ribbon Bullies, McCarthy, and Thinkists

By Kelley Williams Jr., READ MORE > 18,245 Reads
On Thu, 08/06/2020 - 12:48 PM

There is a classic Seinfeld episode (is that redundant?) in which Kramer marches in an aids walk for charity. Idiosyncratic individual that he is, Kramer declines to wear the aids ribbon which gets him in hot water with his fellow marchers. “Who!

Another year, another birthday. This year’s a doozy.

By Wyatt Emmerich, READ MORE > 732 Reads
On Thu, 08/06/2020 - 12:21 PM

Yet another birthday. If I keep this up a few more years, I’ll outlive my father. We always were a bit competitive.
Sixty-two years old may not seem like a lot to some folks, but it seems like a lot to me. Like rings on an old tree, each year marks a tale of infinite complexity.

A play for the ages

By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 1,512 Reads
On Thu, 07/30/2020 - 11:53 AM

This was Nov. 3, 1963, a Saturday. Ole Miss was playing a rare afternoon football game against LSU in Baton Rouge. CBS was broadcasting. I was 11 years old, watching on a black and white TV in Hattiesburg.

Long way to go on the renaming

By Jay Wiener, READ MORE > 2,588 Reads
On Thu, 07/30/2020 - 11:38 AM

The renaming of Gillespie Hall at Belhaven University reminds us that names come and go. The choice of one over another imperceptibly impacts one’s quality of life. Accepting change is advantageous.

The Bard of Avon allowed,

“What's in a name? that which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet...”

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