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Time goes by so quickly; enjoy it all

Feeling older as the days go by is just part of adulthood. As we top the middle hump ...

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Anonymous letter offers a surprise

Usually when I receive a letter addressed to the editor that does not contain a name or return ...

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We should judge who we are now, not what we did then

Smug self-righteousness may be the death of our society soon.

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Gather information from all sides

“Both sides.” I hear that term a lot lately — especially on national television news.

Opinion

What would groundhog say about Natchez?

Saturday morning’s bizarre Pennsylvania ritual in which a bunch of guys in top hats drag a groundhound out ...

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Breaking down barriers that divide us

In working on a story about Natchez’s community swimming pool, Natchez Ward 1 Alderwoman Joyce Arceneaux-Mathis made an ...

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Where only visionaries dare to tread

Most people look at the world around them pragmatically. A small few, however, look at the world through ...

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Prison system failing to protect us

The Mississippi Legislature is finally waking up to a problem that has plagued the state for years now.

Opinion

Another chapter for Dunleith

Within the next two weeks, one of Natchez’s most iconic and well-known mansions should have a new owner.

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Don’t let skepticism go to pessimism

An old journalism adage goes: “If your mother says she loves you, check it out.”

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Can’t we all just work together?

When Adams County voters head to the polls in November it will have been 10 years since voters ...

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Marketplace of ideas open for business

Every now and then my office telephone rings with a caller who is upset about something that appears ...

Opinion

Who knows who will win in November?

Where is Carnac the Magnificent when you need him? Remember him?

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Hopes for smoother new year in 2019

A popular meme making the social media rounds in 2018 showed the late Chris Farley rolling head over heels ...

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Wise words for leaders going into 2019

With a new year almost upon us, most of us look with optimism to the year ahead.

Opinion

Why ‘Second Reconstruction’ was needed

In 1855, the self-emancipated slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass said that “the slaveholders, by encouraging the enmity of ...

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Strive to live by Christ’s example

Christmas is a time of togetherness and love, a time to share our blessings with the ones we ...

Opinion

See Christmas through eyes of children

About this time, most of the adults are probably ready for Christmas to be over soon.

Opinion

Some of crime problem lies at state level

Too often, we hear reports of shots fired in the Natchez and Adams County.

Opinion

Technology is growing at rapid pace

Technological advances of our age are truly staggering, sometimes a little scary, but helpful nonetheless.

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