Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Jury duty is a way to serve our country

Two weeks ago the letter most of us dread arrived. I cringed as soon as I read the ...

Ben Hillyer

They knew how you were going to vote

If you didn’t get a phone call from the Obama campaign this year, chances are they already knew ...

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Seen any bull in the county lately?

A lot of bull has been roaming freely in our community lately.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Voting is flawed but still important

Your high school American civics teacher lied to you.

Ben Hillyer

Why are we voting like it’s 1845?

If you live just east of the Mississippi River, you might as well be living in the horse-drawn ...

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Our feud could lead to your fun

Our North Canal Street newspaper office was the site of a feud a few weeks ago and four ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Mississippi should rid itself of haters

I love Mississippi, deeply. We share blood. We are, as they say, “kin.”

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Is it over yet? Presidential show lingers

Thank goodness for the beginning of the end.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Gomer Pyle was on to something

Oh if there were only a law against being a jerk and the ability for citizens to enforce ...

Ben Hillyer

Don’t miss the magic this weekend

Magic happens. And when it does the memory of that moment is seared in the mind of all who ...

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Let’s inflate bigger, better together

In just two days the party starts in Natchez for the biggest single weekend of the year.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

I can hear them coming already

If you close your eyes, you can almost hear the unique sound of Natchez’s biggest weekend.

Ben Hillyer

Forget the party, can we recover?

On Dec. 31, 2016, Natchez residents better be ready for one super-sized hangover and a big clean-up bill. ...

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Classic treats tie community together

Sugar and grease have a powerful pull on a person in these parts.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Do candidates understand us at all?

With only one debate down, presidential campaign fatigue has already set in.

Ben Hillyer

Absence makes heart stronger

The son I left on Thursday afternoon wasn’t the son I came back to on Sunday evening.

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Voter ID fight must overcome history

Maybe it’s not a coincidence that on the same week the university bearing the state’s name commemorated the ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Did you enjoy fall while it was here?

That’s it. Fall is officially over. If you missed it, it’s your own fault. You should have enjoyed ...

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Print simply too powerful to be ignored

A nice, out-of-town salesman who puts bread on his table pitching the benefits of online marketing to small ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Can you help two of your neighbors?

At the end of the day, everything — from families to politics and from work to religion — ...

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