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Barbour to Speak at Health Care Symposium

Tuesday, Oct. 27, Mississippi College will host "The Business of Healthcare" symposium at the Jackson Convention Complex. Gov. Haley Barbour will present the keynote address, and other speakers include political columnists Andy Taggart and Jere Nash, and Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant.

JFP Election Party at Hal & Mal's Tonight 7 p.m.

The Democrats are at the Jackson Convention Complex, 105 E. Pascagoula St. Anyone know where the Republicans will be?

Mississippi Mourns Two Journalists

In recent days, two outstanding Mississippi women journalists have died.

Mildred Dearborn was the long-time editor of The Carthaginian until two years ago, when she suffered a stroke. Dearborn died on Feb. 11.

Freedom Riders Honored Tuesday

The Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University hosts four Freedom Riders in a panel discussion Tuesday night during the Robert Clark Symposium "50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides.".

Cheney throws back out while moving

He'll be in a wheelchair during the inauguration. From CNN:

JFP Chick Ball: Only $5 Cover Charge - Saturday, July 24, Hal & Mal's, 6 p.m.-1 a.m.

Pass it on! The cover charge for the JFP Chick Ball is only $5, as always. (You can also purchase $5 door-prize tickets.) The $5 includes food from local restaurants and all the Chick Ball events. Enter through the Red Room entrance.

Meet ‘Culture,' Clarion-Ledger Style

Just clicked into The Clarion-Ledger's new "culture" blog. This is what I found as the top post, I sh!t you not:

ARTICLE: Fetuses Don't Count For Carpools, Court Says

I will no longer use the phrase "Now I've seen everything" ever again.

PHOENIX -- A judge says an Arizona woman's

Let me ask you one question…

What are we NOT paying attention to, right now?

Ward 6 Candidate Joe Lewis @ Wednesday Lunch at Peaches

Wednesday Lunch at Peaches: Soul Food Forums. This week our guest speaker will be Ward 6 City Council Candidate Joe Lewis. Remember these are perhaps the most important elections in our city's history. Whether you live in a speaker's ward or not, its paramount that you come out and vet your candidates. They are here to serve all of you. Be there 11:30am. Great Soul Food and Good Political Discussions. Sponsored by Jackson Progressives

Got An Idea for GOOD?

The JFP's fall GOOD issue is right around the corner, and the success of the our next issue depends on residents on Jackson. We are focusing on neighborhoods and wards and how to improve them.

Wonkette Disses Mississippi's ‘Racist' Easter Egg

So, why is our Easter Egg racist you might ask? Well, head over to the JFP's StateDesk site for the rest of the story (and talk about it over there should you wish. No registration required, yet.).

Barbour and the CofCC story taking off

Note that a number of national political blogs are talking about the Council of Conservative Citizens' endorsement of Barbour, and his picture on the racist group's site that first surfaced on the JFP Web site. Go see the links to the national blog chat, as well as the original posting on Haley Barbour's page on our site at:

MoveOn.Org Irritates the Right

Michelle Goldberg writes in Salon: "Bill O'Reilly wants its nonprofit status revoked. Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie sees it as part of the 'Democrat plan to subvert campaign finance laws.' House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's office plays phone pranks on its staffers. ... Clearly, MoveOn.org has arrived."

Emmett Till

I don't think I'll ever forget the horrific photo of Emmett Till's open casket.

Auditor's MBN Probe Supports Few Charges

The Clarion-Ledger reports:

Doth the State GOP Protest Too Much?

It strikes me that the state GOP is getting pretty bent out of shape over Edwards, considering that the state is supposedly so locked up for George Bush. Over on their Web site, they're playing the Pickering and Kennedy cards left and right (pardon the pun). Are they really as confident as they let on over this election, or are they worried that voters in the state that given up so many of its children in the Iraqi War might not be so predictable this time around?

I Made Up My Mind

Last time, I mentioned that I was going to focus on one goal for a while so I wouldn't fail miserably at all of them. Well, I decided to focus on the goal of spending some time outside for 15 minutes. I need the vitamin D and the serotonin, which should help boost my energy and my mood. Maybe if I stick to this goal for a couple of weeks, I'll be motivated enough to start on another goal.

Paul Burch and the WPA Ballclub at Martin's 7/16

Come out to Martin's, 214 South State St, 354-9712, for Paul Burch and the WPA Ballclub's alt-country show. Time Out, London's magazine-for-what's-happening, had this to say about Burch: "With a voice like crushed country velvet and a heart the size of Earl Scrugg's hat, Burch's songs chill, tuck, nag, snag, tickle and haunt."

The Under-Horse

Slate's Tommy Clegg funnels his exasperation with TV coverage of last week's Breeders' Cup into a piece on the myth of the working-class racehorse. Excerpt:

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