Judge Orders White House to Release Spying Info<i>A federal judge ordered the Bush administration on Thursday to release documents about its warrantless surveillance program or spell out what it is withholding, a setback to efforts to keep the program under wraps.</i>
The Anti-Feminist LeftJust ask Lakshmi Chaudhry. The editor-in-chief of <i>In These Times</i>, Chaudhry wrote a
Barbour Won't Be Prez in 2009. No Kidding.So, Gov. Haley Barbour has made it official: He's not running for president in 2008. What tickles me about is that Haley Barbour doesn't have snowball's chance in hell of getting the presidential nomination, or even to be the vice …
One of Mississippi's Best-Kept Secrets for ArtistsI had to buckle down and do it this week. It was time-consuming and a bit intimidating, but I finally got it done. What? The application for the MS Arts Commission Artist Roster.
Is Jackson ready for the emergence of "Homo-Hop"?"Heterosexuals are very comfortable with the idea of gay boys parodying hiphop, and alot less comfortable with us doing it. And particularly if we do it well" Tim'm West in interview with Reporter Lynne Johnson (2001).<i></i>
Does Mississippi have BLACK UNITY?Wih so much talk this month about race relations and how far society has come with dealing with the issue of race, I am reminded of a quote I heard some time ago: "In order for blacks to be involved …
What's in a Blog?Winter colds can really cramp your blogging style. They can also make you stop and think about what you're blogging about in the first place.
Episode 3: Revenge of the… Combine?In a recent talk with Gamespot, Valve marketing director Doug Lombardi unveiled an interesting tidbit- The expansion pack for the newest entry into the Half-Life series has been renamed 'Half-Life: Episode 1'. Lombardi confirmed that this meant regular content being …
C.A. Webb Launches New JFP BlogPoet, author and all-around Jackson creative personality C.A. Webb has launched his new JFP blog. C.A. has been posting provocative forum threads, including the currently hot thread on Spike Lee's appearance at Ole Miss. We welcome C.A. to the JFP …
Lalee: No Better Off TodayGary Pettus has a good follow-up today on the story of Lalee Wallace, a Delta grandmother who was the subject of an HBO documentary. The JFP did a story about Lalee and the film way back in our first issue. …
Is the JFP Helping Loosen the Buckle on MS' Bible Belt ?I think this question is one to be discussed since I have not seen a magazine or any periodical out since I relocated to MS in 1996 that so forwardly addresses the issues of pro-choice and various degrees of sexuality. …
Thoughts on Spike Lee's Comments in OxfordThought you all would find this interesting: Spike Lee visited University of MS today (something I had heard nothing about here locally) and made national news.