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“Entitled” makes strong case for Republicanism
By JAY WIENER - Guest Columnist
Fri,10/24/25-4:00PM , 900 Reads 8,623 Statewide
News that Prince Andrew has relinquished the title Duke of York and membership of the Order of the Garter might surprise the uninformed — providing greater reason to read “Entitled:”
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Hiroshima and its aftermath
By JAY WIENER - Guest Columnist
Fri,10/17/25-12:00PM , 517 Reads 5,409 Statewide
Gelett Burgess’ 1895 poem “Purple Cow” allows
“I never saw a Purple Cow,
I never hope to see one,
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I’d rather see than be one!”
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Shutting down Eudora library was a mistake
By JAY WIENER - Guest Columnist
Fri,09/12/25-3:00PM , 886 Reads 9,178 Statewide
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) is reminiscent of Lyndon Johnson’s assessment of Richard Nixon, “He’s like a Spanish horse, who runs faster than anyone for the first nine lengths and then turns around and runs backwards.”
Or Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem,
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Don’t destroy our floodplains
By JAY WIENER - Guest Columnist
Fri,08/29/25-9:00AM , 1,132 Reads 6,264 Statewide
I attended both public hearings conducted by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, to consider the Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pearl River Basin Mississippi Federal Flood Risk Management Project, on Tuesday July 29, 2025 — the first at 2 p.m. at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church and the second at 6 p.m.
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