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By Keith Ball, READ MORE > 696 Reads
On Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:50 PM

The year 2020 was the craziest and saddest year in memory. If you are reading this, congratulations, you made it through.

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Consider Thanksgiving more than just a ‘speed bump on the highway to Christmas’

By Keith Ball, READ MORE > 882 Reads
On Wed, 11/25/2020 - 12:00 AM

Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays, but it is America’s forgotten holiday. Thanksgiving is usually treated like a speed bump on the highway to Christmas.

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Upcoming election includes measure to change statewide elections process

By Keith Ball, READ MORE > 1,179 Reads
On Thu, 10/29/2020 - 12:20 AM

Mississippians will go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 (unless they have already voted early by absentee ballot) to vote for a number of political offices and three ballot referendums. Measure 1 is the legalization of medical marijuana. Measure 2 changes the elections process for statewide elected officials.

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October: Beauty and fun traditions

By Keith Ball, READ MORE > 967 Reads
On Wed, 10/07/2020 - 05:46 PM

Author L.M. Montgomery famously wrote, “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
October is one of the best months of the year. For me, the month conjures up memories of old fall traditions. It is the month of leaves, football and pumpkins.

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Search high and low to find things to be thankful about

By Keith Ball, READ MORE > 1,446 Reads
On Wed, 09/02/2020 - 03:43 PM

Gratitude is important in life, especially in the midst of a global pandemic.
These are troubling times for people around the world. The COVID-19 virus has cost many lives, and the collateral damage of the virus is unmeasurable.

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2020 grads have enjoyed ‘memorable’ experience

By Keith Ball, READ MORE > 1,662 Reads
On Thu, 05/28/2020 - 01:14 AM

May and the early part of June are graduation season. Time to celebrate a major milestone for high school and college graduates, but for the class of 2020, the spring semester has been anything but normal.
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic caused most schools to move to online classes since about mid-March.

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Let’s make these 20’s roar...

By Keith Ball, READ MORE > 1,584 Reads
On Wed, 02/26/2020 - 05:19 PM

Nearly one hundred years ago our world entered the decade fondly known as the “Roaring Twenties.”

The decade was a period of dramatic social and cultural change that shaped our modern world. It was the age of radio, flappers, prohibition, and baseball.

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Loneliness at Christmas

By Keith Ball, READ MORE > 1,180 Reads
On Wed, 12/04/2019 - 04:29 PM

For many people the holiday season is a time for peace, joy, and happiness.

This time of year often brings cheery songs, gifts, lights, parties, family gatherings, and the celebration of a New Year, but for many people the holiday season means loneliness and the feeling of “being left out the celebration.”

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Remembering Cliff Fitch’s forgettable ‘80 campaign

By Keith Ball, READ MORE > 1,763 Reads
On Thu, 05/23/2019 - 10:40 AM

The 2020 campaign for president is getting started and a record number of candidates have qualified, but predictability none are from Mississippi.

Forty years ago the presidential election had something remarkable and yet forgettable – a presidential candidate from Mississippi.

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Choctaw artifacts part of lost culture

By Keith Ball, READ MORE > 2,888 Reads
On Wed, 03/27/2019 - 06:01 PM

The history of the Pine Belt before the arrival of explorers and colonists from Europe is mysterious and largely unknown.

Most of what we know comes in the form of arrowheads and spearheads, and less commonly, axes and pottery.

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