Clarion-Ledger Endorses Faye PetersonA hat tip to The Clarion-Ledger for endorsing Faye Peterson, and for substantive, real reasons. They were late on the D.A. race—not endorsing and barely covering it before the primaries—but they seemed to have spent the additional time doing research …
Lessons from VietnamThis week, President George W. Bush made one more attempt to shore up support for our continuing war in Iraq by comparing our experience there to the war in Vietnam, warning that withdrawing from Iraq might produce results similar to …
Adams To Start For RebsThe battle at quarterback at Ole Miss is over (for now). The school announced Friday that coach Ed Orgeron had named Seth Adams, a Hinds CC alumnus and former walk-on, the Rebels' starting quarterback for the season opener at Memphis.
The Art of ForgivenessA lot of people forgave the late former governor George Wallace for his segregationist stance, which he changed a couple of decades before his death. Now, the man who attempted to assassinate Wallace and severely wounded him in 1972 is …
Judge Sentences Seale to Three Life TermsThroughout his trial, James Ford Seale appeared in court wearing slacks and a dress shirt. This morning, as he walked in shackles into a U.S. District courtroom in Jackson, he wore an orange Madison County-issued jumpsuit. Neither his siblings nor …
State of the City: ‘Mistakes of the Heart'Lots of determination, but no details formed the substance of Mayor Frank Melton's State of the City Address at the Alamo Theatre this morning. An emotional Melton, who is under investigation by the FBI, took the stage after an introduction …
Reported H2B Kidnapping in PascagoulaIt seems like each of these immigration posts builds off another. The last time I blogged, I brought attention to inherent flaws in the guest worker program, a modern form of indentured servitude, and what served as a psuedo-alternative to …
Tune In WJSU at 4:30pAll...we just got word from Derrick Johnson that his appearance today on Eric Stringfellow's show got...well...<i>interesting</i> when the discussion turned to the media and its community journalism responsibilities, with Derrick and Eric's other guest going after him a little for …
Empowerment MississippiThis Saturday, Empowerment Mississippi, along with a handful of community sponsors, will explore economic issues for Mississippi's African American community, to "embrace strategies, goals and objectives" for solving problems and improving conditions.
BREAKING: James Ford Seale Receives Life in PrisonA former Klansman, who was thought to be dead until the brother a man he kidnapped and helped kill went to Franklin County with the CBC and the Jackson Free Press and found him living in a trailer, was sentenced …
BREAKING: City Budget $13 Million in the HoleThe city administration updated an earlier estimation of a $3.9 million budget deficit today at the 3 p.m. budget meeting. "The city is currently out of budget about $13.1 million," said city Director of Administration Rick Hill, who then recommended …
Crystal UtleyAdvising 450 out-of-state pro bono lawyers along with 30 Mississippi lawyers and 120 law students on how to help thousands of people recover from "the biggest natural disaster we've ever seen" is overwhelming, Crystal Utley says leaning forward, her pale …
Why Peterson Needs to Stay DAI didn't know Faye Peterson from Eve when she ran for re-election four years ago. I knew much was being made about the criminal "backlog" (that she inherited). I knew that her white Republican opponent, oddly endorsed by The Clarion-Ledger, …
Cooking the Way the 'Ladies' WouldRestaurant-goers and home chefs alike are becoming conscious of the beauty of a good food and wine pairing. A true gourmand should think of wine as an ingredient in the meal rather than just an accompaniment and, in doing so, …
The Best In Sports In 7 DaysPro football, New Orleans at Kansas City (7:30 p.m., Comcast 14): This is the game where the Saints play their starters for most of the first half. The future insurance salesmen play after that.