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Medicaid expansion still iffy
By Sid Salter/Syndicated columnist
Proponents of putting another 288,000 on Medicaid in Mississippi contend that Medicaid expansion would serve as long overdue relief to the state’s large number of uninsured and provide a boost to the state’s economy. -
Choose life, choose a family
By Kathryn Jean Lopez/Syndicated columnist
On the morning of the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling, I felt a chill, and it wasn’t the bitter cold. After Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, some 500 or so New Yorkers walked through the streets of Midtown Manhattan, in front of God, man and Grand Central Station, praying for life, love and mercy. Our prayers were not in judgment of others but that humanity may do better: that women and men may see better options than abortion and that God may forgive us for letting anyone think that she is alone and has no other choice than the death of her child. -
Court mulls Voting Rights Act
By Sid Salter/Syndicated columnist
The Supreme Court is said to be close to a decision on the future of one provision of the Voting Rights Act that could simplify elections, speed up the unreasonably long process of redistricting, and reduce government expense in nine state’s where the provision is applied — including Mississippi.
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Republicans refuse to face reality
By Gene Lyons/Syndicated columnist
Now here’s a worthy project: Speaking to the Republican National Committee recently, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared that it was time for the GOP to “stop being the stupid party. It’s time for a new Republican party that talks like adults ... We had a number of Republicans damage the brand this year with offensive and bizarre comments. We’ve had enough of that.”
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Some GOP reform efforts underway
By Byron York/Syndicated columnist
The Republican National Committee chose to hold its recent winter meeting in Charlotte because North Carolina was a rare bright spot in last year’s presidential election. Although it was the high-profile site of the Democratic National Convention, North Carolina became one of just two states won by Barack Obama in 2008 that went for Mitt Romney in 2012. (The other was Indiana.) So being in North Carolina made Republicans feel a little better.
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School consolidation increasing
By Sid Salter/Syndicated columnist
State Rep. Toby Barker’s House Bill 716 calling for creation of a new Starkville Consolidated School District from a merger of the existing Starkville School District and the Oktibbeha County School District is likely the first salvo in a more systematic battle to reduce the number of school districts in the state after decades of the issue of school consolidation being a political planet killer to politicians who dared mention it.
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Fed predictions often wrong
By Thomas Sowell/Syndicated columnist
Now that the federal government is playing an ever larger role in the economy, a look at Washington’s track record seems to be long overdue.
The recent release of the Federal Reserve Board’s transcripts of its deliberations back in 2007 shows that their economic prophecies were way off. How much faith should we put in their prophecies today -— or the policies based on those prophecies? -
Myrlie Evers-Williams’ message powerful
By Wyatt Emmerich/Southside Sun
Last week a thousand people gathered in the Jackson convention center to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Mission Mississippi, an organization founded by one of my dearest friends, Lee Paris.
The crowd — half white, half black — included hundreds of our state’s movers and shakers and just about every significant government official. -
Time to seize the moment
By Donna Brazile/Syndicated columnist
All the ideas and rhetoric in President Barack Obama’s second inaugural address emerge from a central theme: “It’s time to seize the moment.” Now is the time to come together as Americans.
Four years ago, in the midst of an economic collapse, two wars and so much uncertainty both here and abroad, Obama reached out for reconciliation only to find his political opponents had no interest in compromise. -
Whose welfare? Not child’s
By Thomas Sowell/Syndicated columnist
If there is ever a contest for the law with the most grossly misleading title, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 should be a prime candidate, because the last thing this Act protects is the welfare of Indian children. - More Columns Headlines
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