Sound Off: March 6, 2026

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

Poorest counties

Don’t these perpetually poor counties belong to the long-serving and career politician Rep. Bennie Thompson?

Ain’t seen nothin’ yet

If you think the traffic pattern is bad at the 7 Brew in the Rouse’s lot now, just wait until the Chick-fil-A opens. It was bad enough getting in an out of that lot even before.

Not at war

It’s sickening when the executive branch of the U S. administration says we are at war. It’s even worse when the most disgraceful Republican Congress in history says we’re not at war, including the Speaker of the House, because they refuse to do their responsibility under the Constitution to declare war. The elections can’t come soon enough. We need new representatives in Congress now.

Ol’ Kristi

Poor Kristi Noem. Taken out back by President Trump like so many puppies she has ... been associated with.

War plan anxiety

Americans nearly universally applaud the demise of the USA-hating Iranian theocracy. People’s anxiety stems from its unconstitutionality and uncertainty about the plans’ thoroughness in bringing it down. Remember, this is a large country of 90 million with religious zealots who see martyrdom as a desired way to die, spent 40 years preparing for war with the “Great Satan”, and who have manufactured a whole bunch of cheap drones. Success will depend on the quality of our knowledge of their assets and their ongoing ability to threaten oil transport and the world economy.

I did that

Looking forward to seeing more “I did that” stickers on gas pumps as our action in Iran has consequences back home.

America First

So the America First candidate has spent an awful lot of time on Greenland, Venezuela and Iran, huh?

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