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Albert Einstein wrote on May 23, 1946 that “The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking...”
One can say the same of the torching of Temple Beth Israel, three months ago, on January 10, 2026.
Memories are short. People’s minds move to other stories in the course of 24 hour news cycles at their peril.
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2 days 21 hours ago
What does the holy-warrior culture Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is cultivating in our military have in common with the holy-militant culture Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers cultivated in his White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan?
I fell into this question after reading Hegseth’s latest militant prayer and then about the trove of Klan artifacts uncovered at the Mississippi Department of Public Safety as it prepared to relocate. Among the items recovered were a Klan charter and a March 1, 1964, Bowers lecture. (See all items at Jackson Jambalaya.)
By Bill Crawford on
2 days 21 hours ago
Why is a multistory photo of Donald John Trump hanging from the rafters of the Justice Department? The Founder John Adams wrote in the months before the Declaration of Independence ours was to be a nation “of laws, and not of men” (Letter of John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 1776).
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2 days 22 hours ago
Blessed Holy Week. This is the week in which the Christian world remembers the ultimate sacrifice: when Jesus gave up all he had, endured more suffering than any of us could ever imagine, and sacrificed his very life in order to save us from our sins. Before offering himself up as the final sacrifice, Jesus taught his disciples many things, including how to pray. In what has become known as “The Lord’s Prayer” or the “Our Father,” Jesus includes the petition, “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors” (Matthew 6:12).
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2 days 22 hours ago
“Imagine if you will…” is how Rod Serling introduced each surreal episode of the popular Twilight Zone TV series years ago. It seems a good way to frame the recent data dump on the Jackson City Council by JXN Water’s “CEO” Judge.
The data were detailed compilations of the problems, mismanagement, customer abuses, and costs the CEO Judge and his Water Czar Chief Operating Officer have observed during their three year tenures — but have not fixed. The dump was the Judge’s way of saying: “No Mas. I’ve had enough. I’m giving the ball to the City Council.”
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2 days 23 hours ago
The bonding company acting as guarantor for three former Indianola aldermen has agreed to pay nearly $44,000 owed to the city for a 2023 improper payout to a local contractor.
State Auditor Shad White’s office confirmed to The Enterprise-Tocsin this week that it has received a check from Western Surety Bonding Co. in the amount of $43,600. This payment will make the city whole and will likely end a two-and-a-half-year saga that dominated the final two years of the last board’s term.
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3 days 17 hours ago
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MSU Reflector named Mississippi Press Foundation’s top student media publication
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s student-run newspaper, The Reflector, received top honors during the O.C. McDavid Journalism Summit in March.
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The Men’s Final Four is set for this Saturday. UConn will meet Illinois in the early game while Arizona and Michigan will dance in the nightcap. Michigan rolled over Tennessee to advance to the Final Four for the first time since 2018. UConn overcame a 19-point deficit to edge the top overall seed in Duke. Braylon Mills, last year’s Indiana’s Mr. Basketball hit a 35-foot last second shot to send UConn to their third Final Four in four years. Arizona returns to the Final Four for the first time since 2001, as they defeated Purdue.
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OUTDOOR TRUTHS
If one has been hunting or fishing long enough, he has a few stories that fit into the category of either questionable or unbelievable. In fact, those tales are so unbelievable that without a witness to confirm the event, most would not only question their veracity but would deny the outcome. I can quickly think about three such stories; all of which involve fishing.
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MDWFP Proposes Habitat Enhancement Projects to Support Wild Turkey Populations Statewide
JACKSON, MS - The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) announced at the March Commission meeting a series of proposed habitat enhancement projects aimed at improving conditions for wild turkey populations across the state. The recommendations, developed by MDWFP staff outline 11 targeted projects funded through Wild Turkey Stamp revenues.
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Extension forester receives
national award for outreach
By Susan Collins-Smith
MSU Extension Service
PURVIS, Miss. -- A Mississippi State University Extension Service forester has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to private forest landowners in Mississippi and nationally.
Butch Bailey was selected to receive the Extension Forester of the Year Award from the Forest Landowners Association, or FLA. He will be presented with the award during the association’s annual conference in July.
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MSU’s Stennis Institute celebrates 50th anniversary, legacy of service
STARKVILLE, Miss.––Mississippi State University’s John C. Stennis Institute of Government and Community Development celebrates its 50th anniversary April 16, 4:30-7:30 p.m. with a special event at The Mill honoring five decades of service to Mississippi and beyond.
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MSU physicist recreates neutron star reaction, reveals how explosive stars forge elements
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State physicist has achieved a significant scientific advancement, producing a direct laboratory measurement of a key nuclear reaction believed to occur during explosive bursts on neutron stars. These bursts forge heavier elements—the building blocks of planets and life on Earth.
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3 days 18 hours ago
Iris blooms in March
show spring’s arrival
By Eddie Smith
MSU Extension Service
One of the first signs that spring has truly arrived in my garden comes at the end of March when irises begin to bloom.
Their elegant flowers rise above sword-like foliage, bringing color and renewal to the landscape. Each bloom feels like a celebration of spring returning to the South. Irises have long been favorites in Southern gardens, and several different types thrive particularly well in our warm, often wet conditions.
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The pace of modern life is so packed and structured, sometimes it’s great to have an open afternoon with nothing planned.
That’s how it was last Friday when, out of the blue, I got a text from my long-time friend Scott Coopwood from Cleveland.
“Headed to Jackson for Morgan Freeman’s Blues symphonic deal tonight. Do you have any interest in joining us? I’ve got two extra VIP tickets.” A quick call to Ginny and we were in.
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3 days 20 hours ago
Chrissi Papworth set working with wind tunnels as a career goal while still a student at Mississippi State University. She now works for NASA on the Artemis mission with the Space Launch System. Here she is standing outside the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnels at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.
Editor's Note: This story appeared in the Fall 2022 edition of Leflore Illustrated. It is being republished on our website today, as Carroll Academy graduate Chrissi Papworth was on the crew that helped build the Artemis that will launch Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. central time.
Chrissi Papworth says she didn’t follow the usual path to her current job working with NASA as an aerothermodynamics analyst, but she’s pleased with how things turned out.
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3 days 22 hours ago
Lawmakers also look to provide funding for income verification contracts to help keep SNAP error rates low as higher rates will cost the state millions.
The budget for the Mississippi Department of Human Services was set this week, with legislators agreeing on roughly $94.6 million in state funding for the state agency.
The total budget for the department under the conference report filed for HB 1909, including federal and other funding, totals $1.6 billion.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
