State Ready To Begin BouncingMississippi State finally released its men's basketball schedule this week. Good news for Dog fans: At least 18 regular-season games will be on TV. Better news for Jackson fans: The Bulldogs are returning to Mississippi Coliseum on Dec. 22 to …
FactCheck.org: New and Recycled Distortions in Debate #3Bush said most of his tax cuts went to "low- and middle-income Americans" when independent calculations show most went to the richest 10 percent. Kerry claims Bush "cut the Pell Grants" when they've actually increased. Both men repeated misstatements made …
Barbour Postpones Medicaid Transition<i>(Jackson, Miss.) -- Saying that a litigation (sic) had confused 50,000 Mississippi Medicaid recipients beyond repair, Governor Haley Barbour said today he would postpone the state's efforts to transition those recipients to Medicare and look to Medicaid reform opponents to …
"The Romance of Plants," Jonathan McLeranAt our best we sometimes find ourselves and our opposite joined, at eternal odds, in stalemated singularity. Our most solid completeness and best art often come from this constant and synchronous pulling in all directions from our innermost core. This …
The Convention Center QuandaryAlthough the JFP did its own feature story on the convention center a few weeks ago (Sept. 23-29, 2004), and I've talked to many of the players personally, I was still hoping that The Clarion-Ledger's recent package of stories and …
Best In Sports In The Next 7 DaysBig night for high school football with Callaway vs. Lanier at Hughes Field, 7 p.m.: You will get a lot of bang for your sports entertainment dollar with this classic JPS matchup. And that's not counting halftime.
College Football At The HalfThe college football season has reached the halfway point (roughly). So it's time for Doctor S to pass out the mid-term grades for Mississippi's college football teams. Doctor S grades on the curve … Dead Man's Curve, that is. Wins …
Paper Clips and Short SkirtsTake a look at the glossy, full-color brochure. Even if there were no words on the cover, you'd still get the gist from the graphics—a Menorrah, a film projector reel and a glass of iced tea with lemon and mint. …
Playing The Draft CardOn the evening of Oct. 5—after the Red Sox beat the Angels in the first game of the playoffs, and before the evening debate between Vice President Richard Cheney and Sen. John Edwards—the full U.S. House of Representatives met on …
[The JFP Interview] Jim Giles Wants a ‘White Nation'In 1964 Jim Giles would have fit perfectly into Mississippi society. His public appearances would have brought cheers and applause from people who would publicly and proudly call him a friend and a great leader. Unfortunately for Giles, though, the …
"Church of the Ghetto P.C.," o9Like digitized sonic spray paint splattering against a pulsing wall, o9's newest is an amalgam of various sub-styles in the Intelligent Dance Music [IDM] sub-universe; blip-core, laptop electronica, glitch-funk. Obvious influences are post "LP5" Autechre, Jega and Hrvatski, but o9 …
[Stiggers] It Is Winter in America, BabyYour presidential candidate for 2004, Mo'tel Williams: "Ladies and gentlemen! I know it's late. But since Jessie and Al are past tense, I think I have a chance. I'm not here to lie to yawl, even though everybody else has. …
"Automagic," Worm is GreenBeginning in the bedroom of Arni Asgeirrson as little more than ideas created on his laptop, Worm is Green has evolved into the newest entry on the Icelandic electronispheric music scene. Along with his collaborators, Asgeirrson and Co. flesh out …
[Lynch] It's Hard Being GreenPresident Bush may have stammered the most during the second debate when he was asked to defend his environmental record. Indeed, when I put the words "Bush, bad and environment," into my Internet search engine, a bloody 404,000 hits popped …