Opinion

Why Reconstruction failed

The Antebellum South was, as we have seen, really “two Souths.” Not only the South divided between the ...

Opinion

If we’re really serious about consolidation…

I like the idea recently offered up by Natchez Mayor Darryl Grennell calling for a series of public forums ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Christ is at front of Christmas

Christmas season is upon us which means we’re deep in the throes of the capitalistic side of the ...

Opinion

Christmas is season of giving

Christmas is season of giving

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Experiment in growing facial hair

Our son James turned 2 last week, an occasion that once again proved a truism that was shared ...

Opinion

Sources: Who you gonna call?

Maybe you’ve seen some of the alarming historical accounts proliferating across the internet. Over a hundred thousand “contrabands” ...

Opinion

Campaigns finally coming to an end

Today Mississippians will seal the deal in a couple of important runoff elections.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Thankfulness through eyes of creative child

Our adult eyes can sometimes cloud the impact in simple, common, everyday things.

Opinion

Count our blessings for Thanksgiving

As Thanksgiving approaches, we, as a community, have much for which to be thankful.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

A little stern discipline could be answer

A young Natchez man is headed to state prison after a local judge revoked his probation last week.

Opinion

Election rhetoric has consequences

In the presidential election of November 1860 — the most important in American history — the stakes could ...

Opinion

Government takes work, maintenance

I believe in government.

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Veterans sacrifice for greater good

Today, as we celebrate Veterans Day, I will never forget someone who wasn’t a veteran, but who understood ...

Opinion

Exercise your civic duty and vote today

Have you voted yet? Polls open at 7 a.m. today in the general election for mid-term congressional races and ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Tuesday’s election is like saying ‘I do’

For most of us, even in the wildest of our younger days, we would never think of getting ...

Opinion

American politics is Southernized

While Alabama governor George Wallace briefly campaigned for the Democratic nomination for president in 1964, he ventured into ...

Opinion

Happy Halloween; be safe, have fun

As the witching hour of Halloween approaches, I am reminded that trick-or-treating is one of the best times ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

When life feeds you crayons …

The lady of the house is getting gray and a little grousey. From her hair to her attitude, ...

Columnist: Kevin Cooper

Remember: ‘It’s a sin to Kill a Mockingbird’

For probably thousands of passersby, Dale Brooks was just a vagrant, a guy wandering the streets of Natchez.

Opinion

Republicans devise Southern strategy

“Maintenance of Negro voting rights is essential to the GOP,” said Kevin Phillips, advisor to Richard Nixon in ...

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