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January 23, 2012

Cultural change needed to improve education in Mississippi

Cultural change needed to improve education in Mississippi Philosophical reflection is a foundation from which enterprising solutions often sprout. But, notwithstanding the inviting nature and relative safety of abstract thought, it is often necessary to concede weaknesses from an objective standpoint, understanding that brutal honesty can produce positive results. Last Tuesday evening, while enjoying dinner,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 23, 2012

SH – From babies to beer, new bills in hopper

From babies to beer, new bills in hopper State Rep. Richard Bennett is drafting a bill that would eliminate conjugal visits for state prison inmates, a practice more or less invented at the State Penitentiary at Parchman back in the early 1900s. “We are, I understand, about to build new rooms and buildings for this,”…