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Opinion  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 1, 2018

Perry Parker: A Different Kind of Leader for a New Era

A message from Perry Parker, Republican candidate for 3rd District Congressional seat It’s become clear the last few years that we’ve entered a new era, both for Mississippi and America. The career politicians have put us in a bad place, so we need some new thinking and new energy to take us to a brighter…
Opinion  |  Editor  • 
May 31, 2018

Present!  We ain’t talking about Christmas gifts – it’s the art of not taking a stand

by Alan Lange The late Alan Nunnelee was notorious in both the Mississippi Senate and in the US House for saying, “let your yeas be a yea and your nays be a nay.” Voting “present” for legislation, as opposed to voting yes or no or just not voting, is known euphemistically in the chamber as…