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A Tiger in the family
By CHARLES CORDER - Contributing Columnist
Thu,08/08/19-1:38AM , 305 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. — James Williams, an attorney and the chairman of the Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors, told the 609 graduates at LSU’s summer commencement last Friday that there are three kinds of graduates: magna cum laude, cum laude and “Thank you, Lawdy.”
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Reeves is the wrong choice
By CHARLES CORDER - Contributing Columnist
Thu,08/01/19-1:30AM , 316 Reads
MADISON — Normally, I don’t like to be wrong. But I wouldn’t mind being wrong about next Tuesday’s Republican gubernatorial primary.

Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves is probably going to win the primary and the general election in November. That’s too bad.
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If you don’t snooze, you lose
By CHARLES CORDER - Contributing Columnist
Sat,07/27/19-12:36AM , 256 Reads
MADISON – We don’t live in America the Beautiful anymore. Now we live in dwell in America the Sleepless.

Americans report getting an average of 6.8 hours of sleep per night, according to a 2013 Gallup survey. In 1942, the average was 7.9 hours, and World War II was raging. On the other hand, there was no television in 1942.
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Sexism and cynicism
By CHARLES CORDER - Contributing Columnist
Thu,07/18/19-1:34AM , 302 Reads
MADISON — Before Robert Foster announced he was going to run for governor, most Mississippians had never heard of him

With less than a month to go until the August Republican Party gubernatorial primary, he’s still a virtual unknown. To call Foster an underdog would be to vastly overrate his chances.
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Chance of Rain: 60%
Max Temp: 81°F
Min Temp: 50°F
Feels Like: 72°F
Dew Point: 63°F
Humidity: 58%
Sunrise: 6:32 AM
Sunset: 5:54 PM

Wind Speed: 0 to 5 mph
Wind Direction: NNE
Wind Gust: 17 mph
Sky Cover: 89%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 63°F
Moon Rise: 12:49 PM
Moon Set: 3:08 AM

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. North northeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

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