A Mad Insurrection
Fifty years ago this week, James Meredith integrated Ole Miss, causing violent upheaval. Here are three books from men in the thick of the uprising.
Remembering Linda
I met Linda Dendy Watts three years ago at Hal & Mal's when friends gathered there to host a benefit for her.
Question O' The Week: Who is your favorite Jackson chef and why?
This one's dedicated to the food lovers in Jacktown. Tell us which chef is your favorite.
Raising and Spending
The way Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker is raising campaign cash, you would think his opponent was former Vice President Al Gore, not retired preacher Albert N. Gore Jr.
Who Are the 47 Percent?
Last week, a videographer caught Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in an unguarded moment during a political fundraiser.
ADP Tight-Lipped on Office Closing
After promising to employ more than 1,000 workers, Automatic Data Processing announced it will close its office in Clinton in February 2013.
Deacon Mechanics for Defense
Because of negative sentiments and inflammatory statements toward the middle class, poor, elderly, unemployed, etc., the Ghetto Science Team Political Action Committee will apply some of the political organizing methods used during the Civil Rights era.
Stinker Quote Of The Week: "Chickification"
“I think it’s feminism. If it’s tied to the last 50 years—the average size of (a man’s) member is 10 percent smaller than 50 years (ago)—it has to be the feminazis, the chickification and everything else.” –Rush Limbaugh
Scanners More Useless Regulation?
With little notice, the Mississippi Department of Human Services rolled out a program that requires poor parents and guardians to scan an appendage before they can drop off or leave with their little one.
Come Out as an Ally
Human beings, not just LGBT individuals, should never face such unfathomable discrimination.
Coast-to-Coast Collaboration
The culinary field is one of the oldest on earth—after all, since mankind has existed, we have been eating—yet it is still ever-evolving.
Early Influences
Growing up as I did in the culinary wasteland that was Jackson in the mid to late 1970s, I was just plain lucky to have watched with great interest the early old-school cooking shows broadcast on MPB/PBS television.
Rice Country Classic
Alex Eaton of Table 100 (100 Ridge Way, Flowood, 601-420-4202) has spent his whole culinary career in the South.
Sewage Woes Hit Home
The issue on Sheffield Drive is only one of several prominent issues with the city's sewage and wastewater system, and the city has to find room in the budget for all of them.
Finger Scanners Spark Concerns
Parents and child-care providers have concerns about a new state program that requires a finger scan when picking up or dropping off kids at day care.
Walking with Mr. Meredith
F*ck you, n*gger!" It was Oct. 1, 1962, and James Meredith was finally a student at the University of Mississippi.