Phillip Martin, who led the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians for nearly 50 years, was one of the great Mississippians of the 20th century. He died Thursday at the age of 83, but his legacy will endure for generations.
“What experience and history teach is this — that people and governments never have learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.” — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, “The Philosophy of History,” 1837
How many Mississippis are there, one or two?
We share the anxiety which lurks in the hearts of thousands of Mississippians faced with budget cuts, potential job losses, reduced services and, yes, even fear of seeing loved ones cast out of state mental facilities and early release of convicts. The leadership of the House of Representatives sincerely disagrees with Gov. Barbour’s approach.
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Home Improvement: Window King |
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Construction Services: Blanchard Construction |
| OB/GYN: Dr. Donna Alexander |
Heating and Air Conditioning: Barnes Heating and Air |
The birds flying above the oaks by the beach road this afternoon look a bit like meadowlarks. However, through binoculars one can see that they are starlings. Later in winter, flocks of a thousand or more will be seen. Their presence in this country began, we read, in 1890 when a hundred starlings, natives of Europe, were released in New York’s Central Park. During the past century, they have become one of America’s most numerous species.
Dateline 1984 — For newspapers, the danger goes on
