Thompson's Easy Win Shocks ManyU.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-2nd District, easily trounced his Democratic opponent Chuck Espy in the June 6 primary. Thompson, who has held his seat for more than a decade, won the election with more than 55,000 votes, or 65 percent, …
Why I Won't Vote in NovemberNovember 2006 is being described as a potential huge, watershed moment in American politics. But I won't be participating.
Ali wants in the NSAIn my ongoing quest to find gainful employment, I stumbled upon a listing on the "Career Builder" website which answers lots of questions regarding where the NSA gets their intelligence officers. Look at this
[Grayson] Save the Arts That Saved MeAs a Lanier High School graduate, I am proud (and aware) of the importance of my school's heritage as one of the most historic black public schools in the area—and know well how important support of the arts is to …
Clarion-Ledger Features Casey ParksThe Clarion-Ledger did right by JFP contributing editor Casey Parks today in a delightful feature written by Gary Pettus. (Cheers, Gary. You make our profession proud.) And they flag the story on Page 1 with Casey's photo (taken in our …
World Cup: Czechs Cool U.S. Soccer FeverThe United States has never won a World Cup game on European soil. This year's U.S. team has been hyped as the best American team ever. The Czech Republic team showed what that's worth by hammering the Americans 3-0 in …
Out-Of-Town Papers: Ole Miss Flames OutIt's all over for the Ole Miss baseball team, which lost to Miami 14-9 Monday night in Game 3 of the Oxford Super Regional. The Rebels gave up one grand slam too many. But the Rebels will still be in …
Show and Tell for Alleged R. Kelly Sex TapeCook County Judge Vince Gaughan ruled against both prosecutors and defense lawyers for R&B superstar R. Kelly Thursday, saying he will not prevent members of the public at Kelly's child pornography trial from viewing the videotape that appears to show …
[Lott] Security First, Amnesty Never<b>Editor's Note: This column was buried in e-mail until now, but it is still very timely. Meantime, we have established a special Lott blog to collect writings and stories and posts about Sen. Trent Lott.</b>
Asymmetrical Warfare"They are smart, they are creative, they are committed. They have no regard for life, neither ours nor their own. I believe this was not an act of desperation, but an act of asymmetrical warfare waged against us." - Rear …
Donna Needs Bloggers' HelpAll, today I've been preparing for a panel on "how blogging has changed my newspaper" that I'm sitting on at the AAN conference next week (right before the Bill Clinton keynote. Ha!). Anyway, it just dawned on me that I …
Why White People Are AfraidRobert Jensen, a UT journalism professor and the author of an intriguing new book, "The Heart of Whiteness," writes on Alternet about what he sees as white people's fears:
Out-Of-Town Papers: Oxford Super RegionalOle Miss meets Miami in Game 1 of the Oxford Super Regional on Saturday (6 p.m., ESPN2/97.3 FM). The winner of the best-of-3 series goes to the College World Series. Do mint juleps and baseball really go together?
A Female President, PleaseWhat a delicious post over on DailyKos by Georgia10 about Ann Kornblut's new book, "The Ascent of a Woman."