Opinion

MDA: New leader has right attitude

When Brent Christensen spoke to a crowd of business leaders after the announcement of his appointment to lead the Mississippi Development Authority, he hit the right note immediately.

• May. 17, 2012

America needs real solutions

In his May 14 letter (Rankin Dems have Strength) responding to my May 5 letter, James H. Parker feels that I was deriding the Rankin County Democratic Party, its chairman, and vice chairman.

• May. 17, 2012

Ballot initiative seeks to disenfranchise minorities

Since when did Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann become the state's chief legal officer? Last time I checked, Atty. Gen. Jim Hood was, under the 1890 state constitution, and judicially defined, as the state's chief legal officer.

• May. 17, 2012

Marriage is for procreation

It has become more and more apparent that in our present world of political correctness, and the choice by some to ignore the good Lord's will in everything, that we are swiftly and blindly moving toward great tragedy in our lives.

• May. 17, 2012

Coulter's claims are erroneous

It was the "democratic Ku Klux Klan" who used gun control laws "to keep guns out of the hands of blacks," conjures Ann Coulter in attacking gun law proponents during a recent Bill O'Reilly interview. The astoundingly context-challenged Coulter says "the Republicans in the south weren't discriminatory."

• May. 17, 2012

Republicans are 'selling the rope'

The fact of the matter is that both political parties favor illegal immigration and the situation with the porous border just as it is. It is in the best self-interest of the politicians.

• May. 16, 2012

Texting: Miss. needs ban for drivers

From The Commercial Dispatch:

• May. 16, 2012

Marshall Ramsey cartoon

• May. 16, 2012

USM presidents misrepresented

To Bill Crawford, Clarion-Ledger columnist:

• May. 16, 2012

Nurse's letter is contradictory

After reading the letter from nurse Mary Seale to Gov. Bryant, I felt compelled to write this letter. It seems that nurse Seale is a bit confused about what abortion is all about. She proudly says that she's a conservative and is pro-abortion, but that it doesn't mean she is for killing babies in the womb. She also says that she's been insulted by Gov. Bryant.

• May. 16, 2012

local teams play for MSA Soccer DIII title

I really don't want this printed as a letter to the editor, I'd love for yall to do a story on 2 teams that placed 1st and 2nd in the DIII State games that do not even has a soccer field. Tell me that isn't talent.

• May. 16, 2012

Corporations are People

I am not a student of politics. I chose instead to study a more factual path; history and economics. The subtle art of political distortion of facts eludes me. I try to think in terms of problems that need to be solved, not political power posturing and theater. I am not enamored by political journalistic soap operatic sensationalism as presented by cable news; CNN, MSNBC, and FOX?s 3B?s (Babbling Blonde Bimbos).

• May. 16, 2012

Spay/neuter saves lives of God's creatures

The story about the cats at the Agricultural Museum who were destroyed because they were considered to be too many highlights our state?s tragic overpopulation of pets, and the lack of compassion and accountability with which we as a society treat God?s creatures.

• May. 16, 2012

Governor Perdue not Purdue

Perhaps the reason Governor Perdue thinks Mississippi is backward is that the editorial writer at the state's top newspaper can't be bothered to check for the correct spelling of the individual he's writing about. Just saying.

• May. 16, 2012

NC apologizes for our Governor

We are ashamed that Gov Purdue would make such a statement about Mississippi. Maybe Purdue should be aware of how NC really ranks vs Miss:

• May. 16, 2012

Mormonism Is Contradictory To Christianity!!

Mormons were founded by Joseph Smith not Jesus Christ. Joseph Smith asserted publicly that he discovered gold plates written in Egyptian Hieroglyphics in up State New York.He taught that Jesus came to bring the gospel to the Indians in America.This allowed the doctrine of plurality of wives,which allowed the men to have multiple wives simultaneously.

• May. 16, 2012

Forgiveness

Please pray for North Carolina?s Christians, priests, and pastors. In Leviticus 19:18 God instructs us to love our neighbors as ourselves. We are saved if we truly believe Jesus is the son of God. We need not remove our tattoos before entering heaven. We need not pray the gay away. We need not shed our polyester clothes. We?re ALL saved with God?s unconditional love.

• May. 16, 2012

"Cop Slaying"

It seems you could give more respect to a policeman who gave his life in the line of duty and call him a "Policeman" instead of a "cop" very disrespectful.

• May. 16, 2012

Road Conditions

I am a former Mississippian who grew up in Jackson my entire life until my teens. I recently have visited Jackson for a Mother's Day surprise weekend and had the opportunity to travel all over the city, reminiscing with my children over things we remembered and places we used to love. During our trip to Belhaven on Saturday, discussing the book "The Help", it was painfully apparent to me just how awful the roads in Jackson are today.

• May. 16, 2012

Have a heart to get a heart

Lavaree Jones, a long-time community activist, Democratic Party leader, realtor and friend to so many is in desperate need of a life-saving heart procedure. ("Fundraiser held for real estate pioneer" - May 13)

• May. 16, 2012

Texting should be banned

I suppose it's the age group I belong to, but I just don't get it. Why would someone want to text another person rather than call them? My son and one of my daughters are hooked on texting. I'm the safety manager for a large construction company and we have banned the use of cell phones(period)while driving and on our jobsites. Our insurance carrier claims texting while driving is three times more dangerous than driving while intoxicated.

• May. 16, 2012

Tragedy of Feral Cats

The issue of feral cats on the grounds of the Ag Museum (or anywhere) is emotional and painful. Our domestic animals require love, food, water, companionship, regular veterinary care including inoculations, and protection. Feral dogs and cats do not have and cannot be provided these essentials.

• May. 16, 2012

Cyclists Rolling For Safety Not Enough

Yesterdays article (Ride of Silence: Cyclists Roll For Safety) May 17, was a good article to bring attention to motorists that bicycles are traveling the same roads as them, and many are being run over resulting in injury or death. This is not because motorists don't like cyclists or are not courteous, but often they simply can't see them.

• May. 16, 2012

Hosemann intends to bully

Mississippi's Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is complaining about a Justice Department official who was critical of an inhospitable racist taunt hurled by some University of Southern Mississippi students at a basketball tournament earlier this year.

• May. 16, 2012

Higher education and agribusiness are interrelated

At his speech here to the movers and shakers in the Mississippi Delta's business, agricultural, educational and political circles, Gov. Phil Bryant's remarks were met with more than polite applause. Bryant, the mechanic's son from Moorhead, understands the Delta region's challenges as lessons from his boyhood.

• May. 15, 2012

Free press: AP decisions made sense

Journalists are in the business of telling the news, not hiding it.

• May. 15, 2012

Marshall Ramsey cartoon

• May. 15, 2012

'New law' claim is not accurate

A recent letter writer's claim that the U.S. Supreme Court in the Citizens United decision created "new law" regarding how rich individuals can support political candidates is simply wrong, ("Citizens United ruining America," May 8). The ruling affects only corporate donations and does not rule that "corporations are people."

• May. 15, 2012

'Support the state or leave'

Gov. Perdue of North Carolina was not happy that the people of her state did not vote the way she wanted them to for gay marriage.

• May. 15, 2012

Obama choices hurting country

Mr. President, I can't give you chapter and verse, but I know that during your 2008 campaign, you criticized the notion of reparations for slavery which did not demand free health care and college education for all blacks. Sorry, Mr. President, but "Obamacare" will enhance bureaucracy, not health, and "No-black-left-behind" will federalize dumbed-down standards, not student competence or industry.

• May. 15, 2012

Keep gov't. out of marital laws

Let's take marriage and divorce into the private sector to shrink the expense burden on the government. The government has again exceeded its designed authority by making marriage, and more importantly divorce, government ordained.

• May. 15, 2012

Keynesian Economics

I found that Keynesian economics, by John Maynard Keynes, a British economist who lived from 1883 to 1946 was quite interesting. Listed in part; are a few points of his economic theory and my comments on its effect on America.

• Apr. 17, 2012

Miss. needs health care law

Gene Barton’s letter (“Health care law needed in Miss.,” April 20) is precisely correct.

• May. 14, 2012

Smeared: Remarks raise questions

North Carolina's governor took a shot at Mississippi last week on the heels of what she saw as an embarrassing victory at the polls of a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman in her state.

• May. 14, 2012

Marshall Ramsey cartoon

• May. 14, 2012

Spotlight aimed at wrong issues

Weary and threadbare blue collar.

• May. 14, 2012

DOJ worker reveals bias

Why have Texas, South Carolina, and other states that have passed common-sense voter ID laws run into such dogged opposition from the Justice Department? One huge factor is the radical ideology and bias of the staff who work in the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division, as revealed in a new report from Christian Adams, a former Voting Section lawyer.

• May. 14, 2012

Families Call for an Equal Voice on Policies that Impact their Lives

Mississippi families are refusing to be ignored any longer. They are part of the nearly 49 million people in the U.S. who struggle every day to meet their basic needs, yet routinely don’t have a say in the policies that affect their lives.

• May. 14, 2012

Gov. Perdue & NC

Many feel Gov. Perdue of NC has denigrated our state by her comment after NC voted against same-sex marriage.I am proud to live in a state where God matters, & His word is still held dear by the majority. Many have posted comments saying the christian church used to condone same-sex marriage. I personally know many of these people & can testify that they will say anything to support their own agenda. As to the remark about Miss.

• May. 14, 2012

Our North Carolina Governor

I would like to apologize to all the good citizens of Mississippi for the idiotic remarks made by our Governor Bev Perdue about your state. Just let me say that she is so unpopular here that a second term for her was out of the question and you (and we) will be spared any further embarassment from this empty headed woman.

• May. 14, 2012

Ignorance of belief

Sir/Madam

• May. 14, 2012

Immigration Solution

Immigration Solution

• May. 14, 2012

Wrong reasons

Gov. Beverly Perdue is correct in her comparison to the state of Mississippi, but for all the wrong reasons. The comparison is correct because she and our governor have made the same arrogant mistake. In both state the voters have decided a ballot question by c60%: in MS it was ?personhood? in NC is was same sex marriage. In both states the two governors think they know better than 60% of the voters in their respective states.

• May. 14, 2012

Arresting the Obesity Epidemic

Dear Editor:

• May. 14, 2012

Enlightenment?

According to the comments I have seen & heard about same sex marriage & abortion, if you support these issues you are "Enlightened". If you oppose them, you are, at best, an uneducated buffoon lacking the vision to get out of the rain. Further, if you are a Bible believing Christian, seeking a higher level of morality than that currently accepted, you are considered to be on a par with cavemen.

• May. 14, 2012

Information

I filed charges with the EEOC concerning age and race discrimination from the Jackson Police Department concerning my attempts to be rehired as a police officer. Commander Gardner stalled one year the first attempt and I was denied the second time after many references about was I sure I could handle the job. I am a caucasion in case you were wondering and have been told once you leave you don't come back.

• May. 14, 2012

Intolerance

Saturday night my husband and I were watching "Guess who's coming for dinner". A wonderful classic with Sydney Poitier and Spencer Tracy. Talking about the upcoming biracial marriage of an affluent white family to a "colored" man. I remeber the sixties maybe all too well. Biracial marriages were not recognized in all states and those who were married had all too many problems with those who were intolerate.

• May. 14, 2012

Governor Perdue comments

Recently the people of North Carolina had a vote on an ammendment that passed overwhelmingly in her state. The "nice" Governor decided to act childish and started insulting her people and the people of Mississippi. While we all can agree to disagree on issues, when you hold any kind of leadership position, you must be above the fray.

• May. 14, 2012

Same-sex marriages

It has become more and more apparant that in our present world of political correctness, and the choice by some to ignore the Good Lord's will in EVERYTHING,that we are swiftly and blindly moving toward great tragedy in our lives!

• May. 14, 2012