March 30, 2012
Here’s your weekly quick look at a few developing stories in the political arena: In 2012 news, Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican primary held last Saturday. Mitt Romney, who is still the front-runner, still has a more than 2-1 lead in delegates versus Mr. Santorum for the right to be the 2012 GOP presidential [...]
November 17, 2011
Does that look like a healthy school lunch to you? Do you think pizza sauce counts as a vegetable? Well, according to Congress, pizza sauce still counts as a vegetable. It seems that Congress wants to keep pizza and french fries on school lunches across the country. Now I’m not against kids having pizza and [...]
November 8, 2011
Today, Mississippians casting their votes at the polls will face a controversial and convoluted question: “Should the term ‘person’ be defined to include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the functional equivalent thereof?” Sounds rather vague, but if the majority votes “yes” on Ballot Initiative 26, the “Personhood Amendment,” the consequences [...]
October 27, 2011
Time was of the essence for suffragists who did not believe that the Constitution had literal meaning with the line “All men are created equal.” With only eight months to harmonize a campaign, after state legislatures put the question on the ballot, women sacrificed facing what some believed was a less feminine look as they [...]
October 20, 2011
Cancer has been around forever and has not shown any signs of leaving any time soon. It has killed so many. How much more will it take? How much more can we take? Personally, I would rather be doing other things right now than to have to watch my grandmother on the frontlines battling cancer… [...]
