Civil AnarchyMonica Baldwin, a member of Pro-Life Mississippi, an anti-abortion organization, sued the city on July 15 for its anti-noise ordinance that was stopping her organization from using a keyboard to play music at an anti-abortion rally at 2903 N. State …
Merit Pay: A Wise Idea?Pros: Merit pay raises the professionalism bar because teachers are evaluated based on the effectiveness of other teachers. CONS: Research regularly shows that merit pay doesn't improve teachers' classroom work, and can divide, and add negativity and distrust, to a …
Taking the Long ViewOnce again, determined legislators beat the Medicaid drum at the Capitol on Monday, Aug. 9, when about a dozen of them gathered to demand that Gov. Haley Barbour reconsider his plan to shrink the Medicaid rolls in Mississippi.
Mrs. Hodges and Mrs. SalterBack in the '70s when I was at Neshoba Central, a gawky girl from a trailer park bursting with ideas that I didn't know where to put, two women saved my life. Mrs. Oneida Hodges and Mrs. Alline Salter gave …
[Stiggers] Meet Ghetto-Economist Pookie PetersWelcome to "Ghetto-nomics 101": The common people's show! I'm yo' ghetto-economist Pookie "Hustler International" Peters. My guest is grandma Peterz, affectionately known as Grandma Pookie. She will share on surviving in a struggling economy.
Target: Labor (Day)Assistant Police Chief Edna Drake took a seat next to Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. at a recent City Council meeting in full uniform, her black gun bridled by its shiny leather holster on her hip. The Council was deciding whether …
JFP Index: It's About Jobs, Silly Goose• Number, in thousands, of jobs added in May: 208<br />• Number, in millions, of U.S. jobs lost since Bush took his oath of office: 1.1<br />• Number of years since a U.S. president has faced re-election with a net …
(Film/Performance) The American AstronautScattered across the desolate solar system exist the bleary-eyed mining men of Jupiter who know nothing of women, and the sexually frustrated, all-female (Southern Belle no less) population of Venus. The surrealist noir B-movie landscape of a 1950s-style, campy black-and-white …
[Lott] Eliminating Bad, Brown WaterRecently I was pleased to join our Congressional delegation in announcing almost $6 million in federal assistance for water system upgrades throughout Mississippi. Every year I vigorously support water and waste water projects because they sustain and improve public health, …
T.O. Calls Garcia OutNFL teams are preparing for the first full weekend of exhibition games. So naturally it's time to start talking about players' sex lives. In an interview in the next issue of Playboy, Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens suggests that quarterback …
Annual Gospel FestCade Chapel Missionary Baptist Church "Voices of Love" Annual Gospel Fest - Aug. 14, 2:30 p.m. 1000 W. Ridgeway St. All choirs and soloists welcomed to participate. 366-5463, 573-1099.
Mississippi OpryMississippi Gospel and Bluegrass Opry Sat., Aug. 14, Sept. 11, 6:30 p.m. The Born Again Quartet, Murray Stewart & friends, The McCobes, Matt & Laurie Jones, Hardeman Duet, Harmony & Grits. Pearl Community Room, next to Pearl City Hall, Old …
The ConcretesThe Concretes - Creation-era Brit-pop [a la The Pastels and Jesus and Mary Chain] immediately comes to mind upon first listen. More subtle undertones bring a Mazzy Star and even Velvet Underground sort of feel into this wonderful Smorgasbord. Tak!! …
The FutureheadsThe Futureheads - Like a lightening bolt out of the not so distant past, this [post] post-punk 4 piece from Northern England deliver the goods in the same vein as Wire, The Stooges, The Jam and The Lemondrops. Produced by …
[Rev] Veggie Car Road Trip, Part III: South America!We left off last week wondering how DM&E (David, Mali and Emilio )would get across the Darien gap, the 54-mile impassable portion of the Pan-American Highway. The answer turned out to be to put the car on a ship, then …