Kaze and Ladd Host Radio JFP Today at NoonKamikaze and Donna Ladd will host Radio JFP today (Friday, Feb. 29) today at noon for a special "Leap" edition. Adam Lynch will join us with a legislative update. And Jacksonian Bruce Golden, a teacher and jazz musician, is a …
ARTICLE: I Refuse to Buy into the Obama HypeDailyKos blogger GrassrootsMom goes into painstaking detail, with links to government Web sites. I've never seen the likes of this since I started paying attention to this campaign. It's a must-read.
Watch ‘Former' Lobbyist Barbour Pander for Big Energy... and you wonder why Mississippi ratepayers are being asked to pay for a risky Entergy plant venture in advance, and whether it comes to fruition or not! Robert Novak writes in the Washington Post about vice presidential hopeful Pawlenty …
Scruggs Paid Lawyer to Convince Hood in State Farm CaseIt has emerged in court documents that attorney Dickie Scruggs paid attorney Steve Patterson $500,000 to lobby Jim Hood to try to get him not to indict State Farm. The informant says that Patterson talked to Hood, but it is …
Describe Your Life in Six WordsOn The Early Show on CBS, there was a segment about the book, "Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure." The book is a collection of six-word statements people made to sum up their …
Yerger Orders Investigation of Ed PetersWhoever thought you'd hear those words!?! It does seem like a long, long time ago when Ed Peters was the driving force behind Robert Smith's campaign for district attorney, appearing in Smith's ads to help oust a D.A. who had …
Americans Change Faiths at Rising RateThe New York Times has a story today about a new report surveying how loyal people remain to the church they were raised in:
Why Not Answer the Question, Mr. Agnew?Clarion-Ledger Executive Editor Ronnie Agnew has a truly absurd column out today. Once he gets through the crap in the beginning about Jim Hood bothering to talk to them on President's Day (who cares?), Agnew reveals that Hood asked him …
Trouble Running a Campaign, Much Less a CountryFrank Rich has an excellent column in the New York Times today about the Clinton ineptness at organizing good campaign, and how that speaks to her specious claim that she has the "experience" needed to run the country:
Immigration Myths on Radio JFPJoin Todd Stauffer, Donna Ladd, Adam Lynch and Erik Fleming of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance today on WLEZ 103.7 FM at noon for a discussion of immigration myths and realities. You can also listen to a live stream here.
ARTICLE: First Female African American City Council Member Dies<i>One of the first African Americans to serve on the Jackson City Council died of natural causes Wednesday morning. Doris Smith was 79-years-old. Smith was a civil rights activist and pioneer before she won the Ward Three City Council seat. …
WSJ Law Blog on the Growing Evidence Against LottThe Wall Street Journal is talking about the explosive news that is coming out of the federal investigation of Dickie Scruggs—including Tim Balducci's testimony that Scruggs promised a judge that Lott would help him get a judgeship. That judge is …
McCain's Relationship With Lobbyist ScrutinizedThe New York Times created a national firestorm today when it published a story about a close relationship McCain had in the past with a female telecommunications lobbyist. Apparently, his aides were worried enough about the way it looked to …