Sound Off

Sound Off: February 20, 2026

By Sun Herald

February 20, 2026 3:00 AM

Crowds of people gather outside City Hall during the Gulf Coast Carnival Association’s Fat Tuesday parade in Biloxi on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. Jackson Ranger jranger@sunherald.com

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

DEI

The majority of the floats Tuesday blasted Black music. I was expecting more country and heavy metal music.

Over too soon

We need to order up a few more weeks of king cake and parades. Mardi Gras season sure was fun.

Climate change jobs

There are many industries, such as CO2 capture/storage, battery manufacture, and wind power, that are associated with climate change. By regressing to only “Drill Baby Drill” policies, Trump unnecessarily quit promoting them and has set the USA back in many job-providing industries. We need power production and should be developing all sources. In the coming decades, as the world undeniably heats up, we will come to regret the Trump years that delayed the development of all these industries.

More day games

Having the Olympics on during the day sure has been nice. How can we get more sports on during work hours?

Religion

So I guess now instead of math, a student can pull out a Bible and read it, and can’t be stopped because it’s against religious freedom. Read your religious book at your place of worship, that’s not the purpose of school.

Another one

Would you look at that? Another trans adult has gone on a rampage. And we’re supposed to believe allegedly trans children are equipped to handle the drugs they are being given?

Second Amendment

Now that President Trump and the Republicans have shown a willingness to take your guns, maybe we can start with the trans community?

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DEI