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Joe Rogers: The rites and blights of spring
The days are getting longer, the thermometer is creeping up, green is oozing into the landscape. Which means disaster is probably on the way. If ...
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Joe Rogers: The problem(s) with liberals
It’s a question I’d pondered: If, as liberals believe, progressive policies are better for America, why do Republicans hold the presidency, both houses of Congress ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, April 3, 2017 5:37 am
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Joe Rogers: You can’t handle the truth
A Mississippi legislator, stung by a newspaper column, has taken it upon himself to bring “objective truth” to the people of the state. Well, good ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, March 27, 2017 6:26 am
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90 in the shade, but done in by snow
My friend Ed and I were wrapping up our annual baseball spring training trip the other day, in typical fashion: game, watering hole, cheeseburgers, hotel. ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, March 20, 2017 5:59 am
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The Oreos-God connection
Can abstaining from Oreos produce a closer communion with God? I’ll get to that in a bit. As you may know, we are in the ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, March 13, 2017 5:40 am
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Joe Rogers: Should Mississippi go blue?
Every year I wade through the measures introduced by Mississippi legislators, sometimes in horror, but mostly to get a chuckle. Sure, there’s usually some important ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, March 6, 2017 6:34 am
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The Trump-free zone
Early in this new presidential administration, and earlier still in my latest writing venture, I’m considering making my columns a Trump-free zone. Starting, obviously, not ...
by Joe Rogers, Monday, February 27, 2017 12:40 pm
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Sweet Home Mississippi
A Mississippi native, I’m currently on Long Island, outside New York City. It’s an experiment in culture shock and snow shoveling that has been going ...