Guest Column Archives

Like most things these days, the material costs related to generating and delivering power have gone up recently. Almost 70 percent of the energy produced

By William N. LaForge To ensure that our Delta neighbors are aware of some of Delta State’s key and signature academic programs, I am pleased

By Kelly Hardwick Forty years. Four decades. Consider how much has changed in forty years. The way we communicate, the way we travel, the way

By Jason Dean  For decades, Mississippi was behind in education. However, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted many advancements that are giving Mississippi hope and a promising

By Michael Watson Starting a business in Mississippi has always been a quick and easy process. However, many businesses still struggle to stay alive due

By Mark H. Stowers With 212 miles of levees and 360 miles of interior streams under his charge, Peter Nimrod stands tall as a Delta

By Haley Fisackerly With a pandemic, racial tension, political divisiveness and natural disasters, 2020 has been one of the more challenging years ever. While it

By Wyatt Emmerich I was okay with the idea of mail in voting until I learned what ballot harvesting was. Ballot harvesting is the practice

By chip pickering America’s tech giants are not the problem and antitrust is not the solution. As we enter into a new age of competition

By Phil Bryant There’s a $14 billion dollar industry that wants to sell their product in Mississippi. It’s backed by powerful and wealthy investment firms.

By Shad White “We certainly pay a lot in taxes, Shad, and I hope all that money is being spent well!” is something I hear

By Ronnie Agnew Mississippi Public Broad-casting’s 50th anniversary celebration, with events on the calendar through 2020, was well on its way toward paying tribute to

By Wyatt Emmerich As Our State, and many others, begins to open back up for business, it’s scary as COVID-19 cases begin to rise. But

By Carolyn McAdams I can assure you that when I was elected mayor of Green-wood in June, 2009, I never gave a thought to a

By Stephanie Patton As I write this column in mid-April, the Mississippi Delta is at the beginning of what we all hope is the downside

Millsaps College is providing a world-class education in Mississippi’s capital city.                            

By Pete Johnson In 1812 the then governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry signed into law legislation that revised voting districts in the state senate. In

By Lex Taylor There is nothing more critical to Mississippi’s economy than the development of a strong workforce. The first thing companies consider when determining

By Jon Levingston We have all heard the expression, “United we stand, divided we fall.” It has many attributions. The 6th Century B. C., Greek

By Haley Fisackerly March 4, 2019 was a big day for Entergy Mississippi customers—though few knew it. That’s the day the company installed the very

By Charles McClintock My brother and I farm in and around Holly Bluff in the South Delta. My dad farmed here before us. It’s a

By Rick Munroe It doesn’t take someone long to figure out that people living in the Delta region are a diverse and proud group, and

“Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.” – William James I know, I know. I’ve done a lot of

By NATHAN GREGORY Imagine a job in Mississippi (other than politician and football coach) where one big group of people loves you and another one,

By Wyatt Emmerich It’s been seven years since Obamacare passed. My how time flies. Time to dust off my thoughts on the American health care

In past 20 years the Mississippi Delta has become one of the premier cultural heritage destinations in the country.  For decades U.S. Highway 61 was

By Delbert Hosemann 2016 was a milestone election year for Mississippi. In 2011, 62 percent of Mississippians  approved a citizen-initiated State Constitutional Amendment requiring voters

By Trudy Lieberman The fight in California over a ballot initiative that would begin to control the price of pharmaceuticals paid by state programs shows

By Delbert Hosemann Our public and private lands are one of our most valuable assets.  They provide revenue for our public schools, income for Mississippi

By Mike Barkett Graduation season is a time to celebrate one of life’s most important milestones. The choices that students are making now will determine

Underneath the Bridge Issue By Walton Gresham Delta Council has never had a public discussion or a private visit with a public official about the