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Found your Christmas cheer yet?

We’ve thrown out our old Santa tracking equipment here at the newspaper. It’s simply not needed anymore.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Dear Santa, I have only one request

Standing in the checkout line last week at a local retailer I figured out what could be a ...

Ben Hillyer

Have wise men taught us nothing?

If Christ were born today, I am not sure the three wise men would be caught waiting in ...

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Here is some expert relationship advice

Come in, Natchez. Have a seat on the couch. Lie down if you’d like. Tissue is on the ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Why can’t we use a little ingenuity?

Last week’s announcement that the congressional “super committee” failed to actually do anything, let alone anything super, before ...

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Grant a wish this holiday season

Hundreds of local residents hope you’ll cut into the turkey and crack open the checkbook this week.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Who gets your thanks this season?

In a few days, our country will pause to give thanks for the many blessings that we have. ...

Ben Hillyer

Does local politics count for much?

Maybe it is time to retire the expression, “All politics is local.” The former House Speaker Tip O’Neil ...

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Send cheer around the world this year

Sears doesn’t bother sending its annual Christmas wish book to most of the world.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Newspaper readers are smarter, sexier

Hey you! Yes, you, Mr. or Ms. Reader. In case you were wondering this Sunday morning, you look ...

Ben Hillyer

Give your child chicken pox on a stick

Nothing says love like a chicken pox lolliop. At least that is what a few parents think when ...

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Are initiatives an indicator of future government?

Up until recently, most everyone agreed that people are most influenced, energized and attracted to other people, not ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Party system, dirty ads only hurt our state

Over the last couple of weeks, normally mundane trips to the mailbox became something of a daily adventure.

Ben Hillyer

Maybe I’m worried that he won’t worry

My 2-year old son climbed Mount Everest Thursday morning. Although the pile of boxes in the back of ...

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We’ve got what you need to know

It’s time we were up front with each other. All of you need information to make life run ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Don’t edit out the facts this election cycle

Pressure and heat can squeeze normally good people into doing some pretty bad things. That’s particularly true in ...

Ben Hillyer

Mystery overshadows public hearing

Anyone who believes an effective government requires open communication and a vigorous public debate of ideas should be ...

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Can we prove perception wrong?

It only took two meetings for a newly formed group of community members to stumble upon a key ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Where is the respect in government?

What’s happened to our government? Collectively, nearly all levels of government seem to have lost the respect of ...

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Redistricting is a smelly process

At some point during adulthood most of us realize just how interwoven into our lives politics truly are. ...

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