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    • OPINION /

    State needs a false claims act, qui tam statute to reclaim funds

    Qui tam statutes empower the public to deter fraud against the government by authorizing individuals, known as relators, to bring lawsuits on behalf of the government against people or corporations who have committed the fraud.

    • May. 24, 2013
  1. Your own history doesn't make it so

    I have never responded to any response to a letter of mine which appeared in this newspaper, until now.

    • May. 24, 2013
  2. IRS case for a special counsel

    'If you refuse to answer, you will leave us no choice but to ask for a special counsel or the appointment of a special prosecutor to get to the bottom of this.

    • May. 24, 2013
  3. Marshall Ramsey Cartoon

    Saturday, May 25, 2013

    • May. 23, 2013
  4. Will we move Jackson forward in election?

    This week, Jacksonians voted in the Democratic primary for mayor. Following the results, the newly crowned Democratic nominee, Chokwe Lumumba, made statements about rewriting the history books concerning Christopher Columbus.

    • May. 24, 2013
  5. UMC gets the land, JSU gets a stadium

    The University of Mississippi Medical Center several years ago saw itself land locked with no real options and devised a brilliant plan to allow the existing stadium to be demolished and UMC would then build across the street.

    • May. 24, 2013
  6. Boycott movie due to Fonda's insults

    I have read a news article saying Hanoi Jane Fonda will play the part of Nancy Reagan in a movie titled 'The Butler.'

    • May. 24, 2013
  7. Talented writers inform public well

    Normally I would write an email to Charlie Mitchell for his column in the May 23 Clarion-Ledger, and that would be that.

    • May. 24, 2013
  8. Farm bill lavishes wealthy farmers who don't need it

    The deal in December to avert the so-called fiscal cliff had one welcome consequence: It derailed a new farm bill, the $100 billion annual spending package that’s renewed every five years and filled with subsidies for some of the U.S.’s most prosperous businesses.

    • May. 23, 2013
    • OPINION /

    Just a think tank, but what are they thinking?

    With all the hullabaloo about the IRS clamping down on federal tax exemptions for the tea party and kindred organizations, public attention has been diverted from a bigger threat: tax-exempt front groups for corporate giants who secretly warp state govern

    • May. 23, 2013
  9. Obama followers taking the falls

    Do any of you see the similarities between the Jonestown massacre perpetrated by Jim Jones decades ago and the actions of Obama's minions when the light of truth shines on the inner workings of his administration?

    • May. 23, 2013
  10. Marshall Ramsey Cartoon

    Friday, May 24, 2013

    • May. 23, 2013
    • OPINION /

    The sounds of our souls

    We've all heard that quote from Nobel Prize winning author William Faulkner: 'To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.' Well, I think Faulkner got it mostly right.

    • May. 23, 2013
  11. Ready to pitch in for a better Jackson

    Today, the dawn of a new day. And there is certainly change in the future. That is OK. That is the process. That is democracy.

    • May. 23, 2013
  12. Article on guns, children misleading

    A recent (article) reprinted from USA Today ('Guns in home No. 1 reason for deaths of children,' May, 21) was misleading to the point of being disingenuous.

    • May. 23, 2013
  13. Guns are not the No. 1 killer of kids

    The article you printed by Liz Szabo "Guns in home No. 1 for deaths by children".

    • May. 23, 2013
  14. Jimmy Smith serving 6 year sentence

    My wife and I lived in Jacksonville, Fl. for nearly ten years. Jimmy was playing for the Jaguars during some of our years there. He truly was one of the premier players in the league. We didn't keep track of the team a lot after returning home. Jimmy's father used to frequent my place of business in Ridgeland, a nicer more polite person you'll never meet. He got Jimmy to autograph a picture for me, that I hung in my business along side Floyd "Pork Chop" Womack's picture.

    • May. 23, 2013
  15. Medicaid by any other name...

    My name is Dr. Joe Campbell. I am the Chairman of Anesthesiology and a Chief Medical Officer at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg.

    • May. 23, 2013
  16. Thanks to CMMC

    I have lived in the Jackson are for a little over three years. During that time I have repeatedly heard horror stories about Central Mississippi Medical Center. Since my wife recently had surgery there, I only felt it fair to tip the scales in their favor.

    • May. 23, 2013
  17. "I don't know" is not acceptable

    Counting the "I don't knows" in the media this past week would be time consuming. Seemingly, "I do not know" is the new trendy catch phrase for this administration with a few, " I am not awares" and " I do not remembers."

    • May. 23, 2013
  18. Minority rule

    As many know, this country has become the "Nation of the One". The vast majority of government edicts in my lifetime have placed the desires of the few over the needs of the many. The judicial branch, that created to determine whether the legislative & executive branches are following the dictates of the Constitution,is guilty of more unconstitutional behavior legislating law. Our Congress failed when they didn't call the courts to task.

    • May. 23, 2013
  19. Treatment of Inmates

    Over three decades past, I had the honor of speaking with a gentlemen with first hand experience of the treatment of inmates in our state prison. It was a few decades before our talk when, due to his admitted failings, this man spent time at Parchman. In discussing his time there, he stressed to me that when he left the prison gates, he vowed to never make a decision that would put him back inside those gates.

    • May. 23, 2013
  20. Death of Jackson, just much sooner

    With the election results of the 2013 Mayor's race. it is clear that Jackson will die a much quicker death than the slow one we have witnessed for the past 20 years. Chokwe Lumumba ? are the voters in Jackson just plain dumb ? They must really want it to go down the drain quick. This new mayor will in 4 years gut this city of tax payers who will have moved on and out of the car -jacking capitol of the south. Even the Black buisness leaders will lose money under this train wreck.

    • May. 23, 2013
  21. The Exodus Re-visited

    Dear Editor,

    • May. 23, 2013
  22. Will we move forward?

    This week, Jacksonians to vote in the Democratic primary for mayor. Following the results, the newly crowned Democratic nominee Chowke Lamumba made statements about rewriting the history books concerning Christopher Columbus. My question is: Is this our biggest concern as a city right now? As a young person, I wonder if the policies the likely mayor would bring in to create economic growth and stability.

    • May. 23, 2013
  23. Having Your Own History Doesn't Make It So

    I have never responded to any response to a letter of mine which appeared in this news paper, until now.

    • May. 23, 2013
  24. Confederate Symbols Went To War

    Once again persons claiming to be learned historians write to this paper saying that confederate flags and other symbols had nothing to do with slavery. The flags are just unit designators, etc. I wonder what unit a 1956 Chevrolet with a confederate battle flag on its radio antenna was affiliated with.

    • May. 23, 2013
  25. The People Have Spoken

    "WE THE PEOPLE.." These are the first word of our Constitution reflect the power of the people who will governed by duly elected officials and as an American living in Mississippi, where whites officials operate only concerned about the whites in this State. Mississippians continue to emphasize to the world their love for God.

    • May. 23, 2013
  26. UMC GETS THE LAND JSU GETS A STADIUM

    UMC several years ago saw themselves land locked with no real options and they devise a brilliant plan to allow the existing stadium to be demolished and they would build across the street. JSU would first build its new stadium then the old stadium would then be demolish and UMC's new buildings would start being built. Currently our Legislature failed to issue the bond to allow this major construction of a stadium and several hundred million dollars in construction.

    • May. 23, 2013
  27. A new level of stupid quotes

    I awoke this morning to hear my grandmother listening to the local news as it covered a story about Chokwe Lumumba and his views on history.

    • May. 23, 2013
  28. London Beheading

    As much as I don't condone the actions of the Crusades, mainly due to the reason for them, I feel it is past time we have a Crusade of our own. these Muslim animals are attacking "Infidels", feeling justified by the tenets of their religion. They denigrate our way of life, calling us "Filthy whore-mongers", "Whores of Satan", and other terms. We need to give them a reason to hate us.

    • May. 23, 2013
  29. Children and Gun Safety

    To the editor-

    • May. 23, 2013
  30. Please read and help me get this story out to the publc... This lady needs help !!!!

    Hello, my name is Renee Scott and I live in Carthage, MS. We have a local business woman in Carthage that has been a beautician for many years. She recently got sick and needs to get her story out to the public so maybe she can get some help. She is in desperate need of for health care equipment and prosthesis for all 4 extremities. She has no insurance and does not qualify for Medicaid and Medicare will not be effective for 2 years.

    • May. 23, 2013
  31. Benghazi: No doubt there was a cover-up

    In the May 16 Clarion-Ledger, I saw Mr. Eugene Robinson's headline: 'Benghazi a tragedy, but political 'scandal' contrived.' Just below, was Mr. Cal Thomas' headline: 'Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate?'

    • May. 23, 2013
  32. Charter school funds coming from where?

    If Mississippi cannot adequately fund its current schools, how will it build, staff and maintain a separate charter school system?

    • May. 23, 2013
  33. Marshall Ramsey Cartoon

    Thursday, May 23, 2013

    • May. 22, 2013
    • OPINION /

    IRS, AP scandals indicate power can often lead to arrogance

    'What in the world are we doing? We look like Mississippi.'

    • May. 22, 2013
  34. Life and death in Tornado Alley

    As good news goes, this would have to do: First thing Tuesday, the medical examiner in Moore, Okla., announced that the death toll had gone down overnight.

    • May. 22, 2013
  35. BSA leaders deserve praise for new path

    As a past Boy Scouts of America scoutmaster, who is no longer affiliated with any Scout troop, I have no authority to speak for the BSA; however, Jessica Lowery's letter, as published on May 20, struck me as all wrong.

    • May. 22, 2013
    • OPINION /

    Don't get a journalist's work confused with espionage

    The Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists' phone records, perusing their emails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from gathering news. This heavy-handed business isn't chilling, it's just plain cold.

    • May. 22, 2013
  36. Past time to stop slaughtering babies

    One would think that the horrors of 3801 Lancaster Ave., and now the alleged atrocities in Texas, would be enough to demonstrate that abortion mills are repulsive, no matter the gestational age of the infant.

    • May. 22, 2013
  37. Public libraries well worth preserving

    A senior citizen's response to 'Library group to be quizzed about costs.'

    • May. 22, 2013
  38. Ignorance of flags suggests ignorance of history

    I am afraid that Mr. Joe Bush, re: 'The War didn't end with Gettysburg,' (C-L May 16), has been unduly influenced by the racially manipulative PC 'historians.'

    • May. 22, 2013
  39. Apple's Cook, Sen. Paul make good points on taxes

    We share in Sen. Rand Paul's frustration with the Senate hearing questioning Apple Inc. about the amount of taxes it has avoided on income that is held overseas.

    • May. 21, 2013
    • OPINION /

    UAW and friends offer crocodile tears for Nissan job incentives

    As the United Auto Workers continue to try to win a union organization vote at Canton's Nissan plant, they and their friends have begun public outpourings of crocodile tears over Mississippi's economic development incentives utilized to bring the global a

    • May. 21, 2013
  40. Not the time to start spending again

    Regarding her May 20 column, allow me to advise Ms. Evans of a basic definition she should know. Deficit is defined as 'the amount by which expenditures exceed income.'

    • May. 21, 2013
  41. Marshall Ramsey Cartoon

    Wednesday, May 22, 2013

    • May. 21, 2013
  42. Past quotes on current affairs

    One of the pleasures of reading widely is to recall quotations which accurately reflect on current national affairs. The connections to the following should be readily apparent.

    • May. 21, 2013
    • OPINION /

    Tyson makes comeback despite bad deeds, misfortune

    Mike Tyson, the former heavyweight champion whose life inside and outside of the boxing ring had all the trappings of a dark comedy, is now set to star in one.

    • May. 21, 2013
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