Opinion
The One Percent slaveholders
For 49 of the first 72 years of our constitutional system, 1789-1861, the President was a Southern slaveholder. ...
Opinion
Help those who help least among us
How a community deals with the least among us tells a lot about that community.
Columnist: Kevin Cooper
Start piling on positive attitude for community
Have you noticed how piling onto another’s misfortune has become almost an American pastime?
Ben Hillyer
Who is right person to pilot commission?
Even though I love my neighbor, I am not sure I would want her to help run the ...
Opinion
Some things are worth expenditure
The results of a couple of recent polls on The Natchez Democrat website are perplexing to me.
Columnist: Kevin Cooper
Downtown Natchez needs some stone soup
Downtown Natchez could use another good pot of stone soup, and it appears one is being cooked up, ...
Opinion
A tale of two presidents of warring states
In June 1808, Samuel and Jane Davis’ son Jefferson was born near Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
Opinion
Call out falsehoods posing as news
There, in my Facebook feed was a great example of a growing problem that can take a hold ...
Columnist: Kevin Cooper
Does bridge predicament offer opportunity?
Scarred by cancer and slowed by strokes, the fire in Butch Brown’s belly still burns for Natchez, particularly ...
Opinion
How I’m keeping cool this summer
Summer is here! Well, not officially. Technically the first day of summer is not until June 21.
Columnist: Kevin Cooper
Farmers Market is a great outing
Saturday morning, the Downtown Natchez Farmers Market opened for its summer run, but if you think the market ...
Ben Hillyer
Bridge lights: Once stimulus, now just pork
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act from the Obama Administration was meant to create jobs and stimulate the ...
Opinion
Natchez was Abu Dhabi of its day
“Without slaves there could be no planters,” observed Joseph Holt Ingraham of Natchez in 1835. “Without planters there ...
Columnist: Kevin Cooper
Time to pause, remember our veterans
Tomorrow our nation pauses to honor our nation’s fallen heroes, and we have a bunch of them, approximately ...
Opinion
We already knew Natchez was best
Friday afternoon USA Today announced Natchez made the list of its Top 10 Best Historic Small Towns.
Columnist: Kevin Cooper
AAA’s will turn Natchez around
A collective sense of dread looms about the direction in which the Natchez area is headed.
Opinion
Mississippi was a slave-majority state
In Mississippi, in the year of the Confederacy’s founding, 55 percent of its people lived in bondage.
Columnist: Kevin Cooper
Today is unique compared to other holidays
If mere mortals ever deserved a day set aside in their honor, mothers are certainly amongst the most ...
Ben Hillyer
Rational discussion would help
If you knew chemical pathogens were being dispersed into your town on a daily basis, what would you ...
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How to Watch the Pelicans vs. Jazz Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for January 17
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