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Do we have a representative form of government in Mississippi? On paper, we do.

From January to April each year when the Mississippi Legislature is in session, legislators wake up each morning with a single thought on their minds: Which powerless minority group can we punish today?

Tuesday was the last day of Black History Month or, as Tate Reeves likes to call it, “February.”

I finally got around to looking at the long-overdue audit for the city of Columbus this week.

Tuesday has come and gone and with it Valentine’s Day, probably the biggest commercial holiday that isn’t actually a holiday, at least not on the state or federal level. Data from the National Retail Federation shows Americans spend an average of $20 billion each year on Valentine’s Day-related purchases, $6 billion alone on jewelry. That’s a lot of bling.