By: Sid Salter
William “Bill” Renick, Sr., of Ashland is a solid choice by President Joe Biden to represent Mississippi’s interests on the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors.
Like Richard Howorth and Glenn McCullough before him in that role, Renick brings a quick, analytical mind to gui
By: Sid Salter
In some circles in recent weeks, there seems to be some unease about the approach of a new law that authorizes Mississippi Department of Corrections employees to decline the method of execution for Death Row inmates sentenced to be executed for their crimes.
We’re not talking about
By: Sid Salter
Stop the presses: Democrats and Republicans disagree over the future of what used to be called “the third rail” of American politics – the Social Security program. Water is also wet…
But in assessing Social Security, there is a very short-term fiscal cliff approaching that does
By: Sid Salter
From the U.S. Capitol to rural polling places in Mississippi in midterm congressional primaries, it has been a week of surprises and political drama that revolved around both intense political division and at the same time political apathy.
As jarring and difficult to watch as the v
By: Sid Salter
After a recent column on the soaring retail cost of gasoline and the concomitant impact those prices have on related fuel taxes and the proliferation of electric vehicles, readers weighed in with their ideas and questions
Nick Gerteis of Brooksville, an electric vehicle commuter, re