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Investigation of drug sales at a residence led to a bust on Childs Street. Jeremy Jerome Walker, 25, of Childs Street, Corinth, was arrested last week by the Alcorn Narcotics Unit and charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. Narcotics officers went to 1202 Childs Street on April 18 and spoke to the renter of the property. The owner allowed officers to check a bedroom where they found 12 bags of marijuana, baggies and other items used to sell marijuana, said Narcotics Officer Darrell Hopkins. The investigation is ongoing with more charges expected. In other crime news: ■ The sheriff’s department arrested Ron Adam Sumler, 43, of County Road 323, Corinth, last Thursday and charged him with felony possession of methamphetamine and disorderly conduct. Bond was set at $3,000. Deputies responded to a disturbance call at 11 County Road 323 where they encountered Sumler, who was belligerent, according to Hopkins. A deputy used a Tazer, and the subject was arrested. Deputies observed methamphetamine on a coffee table in the residence and called the narcotics unit to the scene. ■ Crime Stoppers is seeking information on a man who stole money from a cash register at Sam’s and Walmart on North Gloster in Tupelo and is wanted for questioning for stealing money from cash registers from stores in Corinth and Booneville. Store surveillance cameras captured images of a man stealing money from a cash register at Sam’s and Walmart on April 11. The suspect possibly has a key and steals money from the register when no one is looking, according to Crime Stoppers. The suspect is described as being a heavyset white male with reddish blond hair and possibly a goatee. He wore a gray Alabama shirt, blue jeans and a cap and was possibly driving a gray or tan Nissan Maxima with an Alabama tag. Pictures of the suspect can be seen at crimestoppersnems. com.

A Glen man working in Arkansas was found dead of an apparent homicide over the weekend. A memorial service for Robert Wayne Hudson, 56, is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Corinthian Funeral Home. Hudson, who worked as a pipe fitter, was apparently shot to death. He had recently traveled to Blytheville, Ark., for work, and his body was found on Sunday. The Blytheville Courier News reported that the Blytheville Police Department responded after a motorist spotted a body near the road on Highway 239 in the area of the Interstate 55 service road. Police are investigating Hudson’s death as a homicide. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Watts Hudson of Glen, and five children.

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Alcorn Central High School will host Senior Sounds 2012 tonight, Friday and Saturday nights at 7 at the Corinth Coliseum. Tickets are available at the ACHS office or at the door on the night of the performance for the show, titled ‘Top of the World Tonight’. This year’s show is a tribute to favorite Mississippians and features 77 seniors performing. The show is directed and produced by Twila Bridges with musical direction provided by Tina Downs and Jim Pinkston, choreography by Amber Gray, Kim Lucas, Leanne Williams, Helen Isbell and Blake Marlar and design by Summer Short. Additional photos, Page 2.

NAACP hosting Freedom Fund Awards banquet BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

NAACP members will gather Friday to reflect on the past year and seek inspiration for positive times ahead. The Alcorn County branch’s annual Freedom Fund Awards Banquet is set for 7 p.m. at the Weaver Center on Thomas West Linden Street. Guest speaker for the event is artist Terrance Thomas of Huntingdon, Tenn. J.C. Hill, one of the planners of the event, has enjoyed getting to know Thomas and described him as an “excellent speaker.” “He has a lot of thoughts about current events and our economic situation,” said Hill. “I think people are going to be really inspired by his presentation.” Many have been inspired by the self-taught artist’s paintings, which often depict landscapes and still life images in

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Corinth Symphony presenting ‘The Power of History’ BY BOBBY J. SMITH bjsmith@dailycorinthian.com

The community is invited to experience “The Power of History” with the Corinth Symphony Orchestra’s Civil Warthemed concert at Oakland Baptist Church. Under the direction of Conductor Maurice Weatherall, the orchestra will close its 20112012 season with a powerful musical pairing — the music of Antonin Dvorak and the music of the Civil War era. “I think everyone — especial-

ly those who are enthusiastic about regional history — will find this concert to be emotionally as well as musically satisfying,” said Lee Ann Story Sikora, president of the orchestra’s board of directors. “I think Maurice has chosen some pieces that are so beautiful that they literally move you emotionally.” Musical selections for the show will include “Symphony Number 9 in E minor” and “From the New World” by Dvorak. The concert will close with selections inspired by the

Civil War including “American Salute” (based on “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”), and “Ashoken Farewell” (from the PBS television series “The Civil War), and many more. Sikora said the experience of hearing a live orchestra concert is like nothing else. “For those who have never attended a Corinth Symphony Orchestra concert, you really must come. This is one of the few times a year that you get to experience the full orchestra, and I hear the acoustics at

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Oakland are amazing,” she said. “Everyone that I know who has attended a CSO concert for the first time always tell me that they are impressed and they would never have thought that a city the size of Corinth could produce something like this.” Sikora said she is also happy with the new motto of the Corinth Symphony Orchestra — ”The Southern town with the BIG sound.” “Because that’s exactly right,” Sikora said. “And what a beautiful sound it is!”

Tickets are $15 regular and $10 for students and senior adults age 55 and up. Admission for active military is free. Tickets will be available in several locations: Regions Bank, CB&S Bank, the Tourism Office and The Alliance. Beginning at 5 p.m. on the day of the show, tickets will be available at the Daily Corinthian office, just down the street from the church. The show begins at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Oakland Baptist Church.

On this day in history 150 years ago April 26 — “No one must fall back unless compelled or ordered to do so; we are fighting for our homes and firesides. When necessary, one place is as good as another to die.” General P.G.T. Beauregard, Corinth.

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Alcorn Central High School will present Senior Sounds 2012 tonight, Friday and Saturday nights at 7 at the Corinth Coliseum.

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE “LOST”. The Lord revealed that most of the world will be lost. “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat” (Matt 7:13). Since this is true, do we know what it means to be “lost”? The “lost” are separated from God because of their sins. “But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear” (Isa 59:2). Paul described the Ephesians before they became Christians as being dead in trespasses and sins. “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins” (Eph 2:1). They were also described as being without God and Christ and without hope. “That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world” (Eph 2:12). The “lost” may not want to admit it, but they are serving Satan. It is not possible to serve the Lord and Satan at the same time. “He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad” (Matt 12:30). Paul revealed that we are servants of those to whom we obey. “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness” (Rom 6:16)? All who friendship the world become the enemies of God. “Ye adulterers and adultresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God” (James 4:4). The “lost” do not enjoy any spiritual blessings because all spiritual blessings are in Christ. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ” (Eph 1:3). The saved enjoy redemption that is located only in Christ. “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace” (Eph 1:7). The “lost” will never enjoy eternal life that is in Christ. “And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son” (1 John 5:11). Do we want to be among the “lost”? If not, we must obey the Lord and live for him (Matt 7:21).

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Coming Up ■ An Iuka group is working to drum up interest in a Battle of Iuka reenactment to be held later this year with the city’s annual festival. Watch for staff writer Jebb Johnston’s story coming this week. ■ The Alcorn County Sheriff’s Department and Corinth Police Department are taking part in a special “Drug Take Back Day” Saturday in an effort to safely dispose of leftover medications in households. Staff writer/ photographer Jebb Johnston tells us more in an upcoming story. ■ Kossuth High School Band Parents are putting on an upcoming fundraiser to help in the band’s efforts to purchase new uniforms. Watch for staff writer/ photographer Bobby J. Smith’s story coming this week. If you like fried catfish, save a spot on

the calendar. ■ The Corinth CocaCola Classic 10K race continues its rich tradition on Saturday, May 5. Staff writer/ photographer Steve Beavers interviews wheelchair participant Michael Mills, who will be returning to Corinth for this year’s race. Mills is a native of Amory who now lives in Covington, Georgia. He has a desire to set a new course record in the wheelchair division. See the story this week. ■ Excitement is running high as Ole Miss has a new football coach. Staff writer/ photographer Bobby J. Smith takes a ride on the Rebel Road Trip when it visits Corinth. Smith rubs elbows with Ole Miss faithful and we will present photos and a story on Sunday.

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the acrylic medium. He exhibited at Corinth’s art gallery last September, and some of his work will be displayed Friday evening. “The main mission in my painting is to touch the heart as well as to please the eye,” said Thomas. His remarks will tie to the overall theme of paving the way through tough economic times. Hill said the banquet is also a time to give thanks to those who have contributed to improvement of the community. The event will recognize the late Veroy Agnew, a businessman and dedicated supporter of the NAACP. Individuals to be rec-

ognized for their positive impact on youth include Christy Grice, Gary Caveness, Corinne Pierce and Markena Duff. Four students from the local high schools will be recognized for academic achievements in the 2011-2012 school year. The annual banquet serves as the branch’s only fund-raiser to cover the expenses of its activities. Tickets cost $25 in advance or $30 at the door and may be purchased from any NAACP member. Contact Dee Dee Brown at 286-2433 or Pauline Sorrell at 2862441 for more information.

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Contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-773-tips. Information can also be submitted at the website or by texting “tipinfo” with the information to “crime.” ■ The Prentiss County Sheriff’s Department charged James H. “Pip” Pippin of County Road 5051 with possession of precursor chemicals with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine following a search last week at 85 County Road 5051. Booneville police and North Mississippi

Narcotics assisted. ■ The Prentiss County Sheriff’s Department last Thursday arrested Billy Lee Angeloff, 43, following a search at a residence on County Road 5111 in the Casey Creek Community. He was charged with possession of firearms by a convicted felon and misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance. Investigators seized several firearms and a small quantity of marijuana. Bond was set at $150,000.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Janice Langston Cox

RIENZI — Funeral services for Janice Langston Cox, 71, are set for 2 p.m. today at Magnolia Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with burial at Sardis Cemetery in Rienzi. Mrs. Cox died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at her daughter’s home in Cherokee, Ala. Born June 26, 1940, she worked at Biggersville School as a cafeteria worker for many years. She was a member of Danville Baptist Church. She loved her family and friends. She loved being with her grandkids and playing with her greatgrandkids. Her family was her life. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Charles Burton Cox; a granddaughter, Olivia Huggins; her parents, Lesley and Mae Inman Langston; two brothers, Aaron Langston and Duley Langston; and a sister, Eva Bell Cartwright. Survivors include her daughters, Donna Huggins and husband Jeff of Cherokee, Ala., and Dale Cox Vuncannon of Rienzi; her granddaughters, Jessica Irons and husband Pat, Jamie Burnett, Casey Palmer and husband Brandon, Emily Carpenter, Lindsey Vuncannon and also Dexter Huggins and wife Lindsay, and Deidira Huggins; her great-grandchildren, Noah Burnett and Leah Burnett; her brothers, Jack Langston of Rienzi, and Ray Langston and wife Thelma Jean of Rienzi; her sisters, Irene Johnson, Ilene Cooksey and husband Charles, all of Corinth, Betty Brooks and husband Billy of Rienzi, and Sheila Hales of Walnut; her sisters-in-law, Edna Mae Langston of Portage, Ind., Janette Phillips and husband Eugene of Gibraltar, Mich., Frances Richardson of Jackson, and Ruby Richardson of Romilus, Mich.; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends. Bro. Charlie Cooper will officiate the service. Pallbearers will be Brad Brooks, Bill Brooks, Brian Hales, Joe Bishop, Jerry Cartwright and Chad Potts. Visitation is today from 11 a.m. to service time at Magnolia Funeral Home.

Maria Mascort

Maria Mascort, of Corinth, mother of Dr. Angel Rodriguez, died Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at Dogwood Plantation in Corinth. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by McPeters Funeral Directors.

Vera Case

GLEN — Vera Case died Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Born May 4, 1922, in Prentiss County, she retired as a sales person from the Electrolux Company. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fines and Dolly Maness Nunley of Prentiss County; and her husband, Cecil Case. Survivors include her daughter, Donna Rutherford (Harold); one granddaughter, Tracy Pittman; a goddaughter, Tammy Kitchens; and a host of friends. The family has requested a private ceremony. In lieu of customary remembrances, memorials can be made in her honor to a charity of one’s choosing.

Wilma Catherine Followell

Funeral services for Wilma Catherine Followell, 90, of Corinth, are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Jefferson Street Chapel of W.E. Pegues w i t h burial at Tupelo Followell Memorial Park. Mrs. Followell died Monday, April 23, 2012, in Corinth. Born July 9, 1921, in Indianapolis, Ind., she worked as a day care center owner and a flea market vendor. She was preceded in death by her parents, Emory and Ada Trowbridge Bocock; her husband of 66 years, Aubrey Followell; a grandson, Scott Henderson; a twin sister, Alma; and a brother, Charlie. Survivors include three daughters, Linda Taylor (Tommy) of Goodrich, Texas, Brenda Henderson (Gary Briggs) of Corinth, and Judith Koger of Tupelo; one son, Larry Fol-

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GLEN — Funeral services for Robert Wayne Hudson, 56, are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Corinthian Chapel. Mr. Hudson died Sunday, April 22, 2012, in Blytheville, Ark. Born Aug. 24, 1955, he was a pipe fitter. He was preceded in death by a son, Dusty Wiginton; and his parents, Woodrow and Pearl Hudson. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Watts Hudson of Glen; four sons, Elbert Wayne Hudson (Heidi) of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., William C. Hudson (Madison) of Iuka, Levi A. Hudson and Dustin E. Hudson, both of Glen; a daughter, Jessica Wiginton (Davon) of Glen; two brothers, Woody Hudson (Beth) of Pascagoula, and William Hudson

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JUMPERTOWN — Garry W. English passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at his home after a brief illness. He was born on May 4, 1947, to Ethel Brumley English and Woodrow English. He was an avid reader, a collector of Civil War memorabilia, and a “history buff,” including biblical. He enjoyed the success of his three sons and being a Granddaddy, Papaw, Pops, and Pa to Curt, Kelsey, Sam, Charlie, and Sara Kate. He was not only a loving husband, father, and grandfather, but a renowned educator for 36 years, serving as Guidance Counselor in the Prentiss and Booneville School Districts and Middle, Tenn.; Chapter 1 Coordinator, and Prentiss County Vo-Tech Director. Garry loved his church and church family and sat on the front pew nearly every Sunday and Wednesday night. He was not only a faithful member of Jumpertown United Methodist Church, but also served as Sunday School Teacher and Sunday School Superintendent. He is survived by his wife, Edith Wimberley English; three sons, Mark (Lisa) English of Walnut, Todd (Michelle) English of Booneville, and Brock (Emilie) English of Tupelo; five grandchildren, Curt, Kelsey, Sam, Charlie, and Sara Kate; and one sister, Sarah Lee of Jumpertown. He is preceded in death by his parents, Ethel and Woodrew English and a brother-inlaw, Weldon Lee. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, April 27, 2012, at Jumpertown United Methodist Church with Bro. Jason Franklin and Bro. Robert McCoy officiating. Burial will be in the Jumpertown Cemetery. Visitation is today from 5 until 9 p.m. at McMillan Funeral Home Chapel and Friday from noon to 2 p.m. at the church. Condolences may be left at www.mcmillanfuneralhome.com.

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Obama administration’s record versus excuses Only in America could voters believe all the stuff coming out of the mouths of politicians during an election year, particularly a presidential election year. Remember 2008? Remember all the promises? We’re going to bring our nation together again. We’re going solve this economic crisis. We’re going to make sure everybody has access to health care. We’re going to spread the wealth. These are just the tip of the iceberg. How have these promises panned out? America is more politically polarized than ever, and President Obama is orDanny chestrating a divide and conGardner quer campaign creating wars against women, the Supreme Columnist Court, Congress, rich people, corporations, oil companies, insurance companies, fat cats on Wall Street, and lazy dogs in the workplace. Why has this administration not only been unable to get us out of this economic mess, but has actually made the crisis worse? It’s George W. Bush’s fault! Still, after nearly three-and-a-half years at the helm, Mr. Obama says it’s Bush’s fault! Remember the good old days when gas averaged $1.89/gallon? How about when unemployment was below 8 percent? Remember those days when only 32-million of us depended on food stamps? Yes, there was a time when homes not only maintained their values, but also actually rose in value. We have lost so many jobs that our workforce is the same size it was 30 years ago! The Congressional Budget Office says real unemployment in America is 15 percent. Inflation is ravishing food and other commodity prices and paychecks are stagnant. When Democrats took over Congress after the 2006 elections, they passed a budget creating a deficit of $459 billion. The deficit under Republican control the previous year was $161 billion. Since then deficits have soared: FY ’09 $1.413 Trillion, FY ’10 $1.293 Trillion, FY ’11 $1.3 Trillion, and FY ’12 $1.327 Trillion. Interest alone on our ballooning debt will crush our children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. They will be born into an America that no longer knows the extravagant benefits we’ve shamefully wasted. Mr. Obama is not the first president to inherit a recession. George W. inherited Clinton’s recession. Bill Clinton inherited George H. W. Bush’s recession. I guess turnabout is fair play! And, Ronald Reagan inherited Jimmy Carter’s recession which was far worse in many ways than the recession Mr. Obama inherited. The difference is all three presidents got us out of recessions and into prosperous times before the ends of their first terms. Today we’re struggling with a sluggish Gross Domestic Product growth rate around 2 percent, record high unemployment and underemployment, high gas prices, and inflating food and commodity prices. Mr. Obama has patterned his economic policies after the Keynesian policies under FDR, and we’ve seen similar results. At the end of Mr. Roosevelt’s second term, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. said, “After eight years of this administration we have just as much unemployment as when we started.” But, FDR was popular and he won an unprecedented two more terms even though his policies depressed the economy for years. Mr. Obama is popular, too, but four more years of his policies will produce more of the same we’ve seen since he became president in spite of whomever he chooses to blame. (Daniel L. Gardner is a former resident of Corinth who now lives in Starkville. He may be contacted at Daniel@DanLGardner.com.)

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Social Security, Medicare continue slide toward insolvency STARKVILLE — The U.S. Social Security and Medicare programs are continuing their inexorable slide toward insolvency while Congress engages in partisan gamesmanship and posturing for advantage in the 2012 federal election cycle. This week, Americans learned that the $2.7 trillion Social Security Trust Fund will run out of money in 2033 – some four years earlier than forecast just a year ago. Medicare is slated to run out of money in 2024 despite a two percent cut in Medicare last year. But the pace of Medicare spending continued to increase sufficiently to make that cut a moot point. How utterly convenient that Americans learn one week after the health care reform package is approved in Congress that Social Security is worse off than we were told just 12 months ago. Those numbers resound

as retirees and the 78 million Baby Boomers who aspire to be retirees find out that their retirement nest egg has been compromised by years of congressional mismanagement. There are currently some 56 million Americans drawing Sid Salter Social SecuColumnist rity with average benefits of $1,232 per month Over the next decade, the Obama administration proposes some $45.8 trillion of spending with some $20 trillion of that to be spent on Social Security (retirement pensions), Medicaid (health care for the poor, the blind, disabled and children), and Medicare (health care for senior citizens). Not only is Social Security upside down in terms of benefits paid versus payroll deductions received ,

but the Social Security trust fund has been reduced by $2.5 trillion worth of congressional borrowing. What retirees and Baby Boomers really have in terms of that “nest egg” they thought they had when FICA was being deducted from their payroll checks is in reality a pile of IOUs in a filing cabinet in Parkersburg, W. Va. The 2.5 trillion owed to Social Security is part of the $15.56 trillion national debt. And, oh, by the way, Social Security has a total unfunded liability of well over $8 trillion. There are no more relevant issues for the future of this country than how to deal with the implications of the slide toward insolvency of Social Security and Medicare. Over the next 75 years, the projected unfunded liabilities of the programs are estimated at $35.5 trillion. Yes as the President Obama and likely Republican challenger Mitt Rom-

ney prepare to square off in earnest, the topic of the day in politics has been whether Romney once transported his dog on the roof of the car during a vacation trip or whether Obama’s childhood diet once included dog meat. The good news from the recent forecasts involving Social Security and Medicare -- the good news -- was that the ongoing collection of payroll taxes would allow Social Security to pay 75 percent of full benefits and Medicare to pay about 87 percent of medical costs. Perhaps a dog might be a useful prop in explaining this mess. When retirees look to Congress for an explanation of what happened to Social Security and Medicare, Congress can simply tell them the dog ate their benefits. (Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at 601507-8004 or sidsalter@ sidsalter.com.)

The freedom to fear Supreme Court’s majority Serious commentators are telling us not to assume the Supreme Court is going to find “Obamacare” unconstitutional just because the conservative justices gave the government lawyer a hard time when the case came before the Court last month. Somehow that doesn’t make me sleep better at night. This is the same Court that gave us the Citizens United decision, which opened the sluice gates of special-interest money that flooded a political system that was already awash in it. The ruling was the Court’s worst decision since Dred Scott in 1857, which ruled no Americans of African descent, whether enslaved or free, were U.S. citizens. You think the Court is going to find mandatory health insurance constitutional? Nah. In the first place, you had four votes against the plan right out of the gate. Justices John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito are old-fashioned conservatives. The only change they believe in is change that takes us back to the 18th century. In the second place, the high court’s lone swing judge,

Donald Kaul Other Words

Justice Anthony Kennedy, was one of the more hostile questioners. “You are changing the relationship of the individual to the government,” he told the govern-

ment’s lawyer. So forget about it, you health care fans, the vote is going to be 5-4 against the Affordable Care Act. The only real question is whether the justices will strike down the entire plan or just the compulsory mandate. That’s the part that requires people to buy insurance or pay a fine. I say it doesn’t make much difference. The only way you can pay for the other provisions of the bill -- providing coverage regardless of preexisting conditions, extending coverage to the poor --- is by making everyone pay for it. Without the mandate, the bill for uninsured people who show up at the emergency room after an auto accident or a heart attack, or with severe diabetes or cancer, will be paid -- as it is now -- by the

rest of us. Those of us with insurance will continue to pay higher insurance premiums and hospital bills than we should. Apparently, that’s the way a near-majority of American people want it. According to polls, nearly half of American oppose the mandate. Oddly enough, however, 85 percent favored requiring insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions. In other words, the American people want health care, they just don’t want to pay for it. There’s a lot of that going around. Let’s review. According to the Supreme Court majority, we can’t prevent anyone from carrying a gun into a school, church, or Fourth of July picnic. And we can’t stop billionaires from buying up our system of democracy by the board foot, shoveling unlimited amounts of money into Super PACs, which then buy vicious ads aimed at their favorite candidate’s opponent. And now it looks like we can’t provide health care insurance to people in our society who need but can’t afford it. That apparently is the New

Freedom. Instead of those freedoms from want and fear that FDR articulated in 1941, we’ve got the freedom to want and fear. The Republican revolution is complete. There was a time when I thought this radical conservatism we’re seeing was a temporary fad. I thought it was something we’d grow out of, like a teenager with bad hair. I mean, after all, the Republican agenda is mainly about low taxes for the rich, paid for by cutting services for the not-rich. How can you win an election with a platform like that in a country where the services for the poor aren’t that great in the first place and the rich are getting richer all the time? But a lot of people seem to be buying it. And even if it doesn’t happen this time, even if President Barack Obama is re-elected, it won’t be over. The Grover Norquists and Koch brothers of the world will still be there with their bags of money and a Supreme Court willing to let them spend it. (OtherWords columnist Donald Kaul lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. otherwords.org)

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Redistricting plan targets four seats JACKSON — A proposed redistricting plan unveiled Wednesday would increase the number of black-majority districts by one, and could target as many as four white Democrats for extinction. That could increase the House Republican majority from today’s 64-58 margin, before considering changes that could weaken other Democrats. The number of districts with secure black majorities would grow to 42 from 41 now. That’s 34.4 percent of the House, close to the 35 percent black voting-age population of the state. The number of districts entirely within fast-growing DeSoto County would rise from three to six. Five sets of incumbents would be paired under the plan, including three districts matching two white Democrats. Republican Rep. Bill

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Three bodies found in Saucier home SAUCIER — Harrison County authorities have taken into custody a man sought the deaths of three people at a home in Saucier. Sheriff Melvin Brisolara says the man was caught on the property where the bodies of the three were found. He says a man and a woman were found inside the home while the body of another man was found in a shed. The victims’ names have not been released. Brisolara says the victims were a woman, her husband and their son. The suspect’s name has not been released.

bring more physicians to the state. House Bill 317 was signed into law by Gov. Phil Bryant on Tuesday. The law creates the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce within the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The legislation also creates an advisory board to oversee the new office. The office will evaluate the attributes of physicians currently working in the state, how many and what type of doctors are

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