Mississippi Business Journal » Social Issues http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Taking a dive over the social issues cliff http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/14/taking-a-dive-over-the-social-issues-cliff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=taking-a-dive-over-the-social-issues-cliff http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/14/taking-a-dive-over-the-social-issues-cliff/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:55:11 +0000 Marty Wiseman http://msbusiness.com/?p=66773 Who would have guessed at the turn of this century — a mere 12 years ago — that, today, we as a nation would have arrived at a point where a majority of citizens would favor the legalization of marijuana and the acceptance of same-sex marriage as legitimate? What are we to make of this [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/11/housing-directors-trial-to-get-underway-next-month/feed/ 1 Ball State University report: Mississippi is fat and stupid http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/17/ball-state-university-report-mississippi-is-fat-and-stupid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ball-state-university-report-mississippi-is-fat-and-stupid http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/17/ball-state-university-report-mississippi-is-fat-and-stupid/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:34:02 +0000 Ross Reily http://msbusiness.com/?p=42616 Mississippians are fat, stupid and doomed to low-wage, menial careers, according to a Ball State University report. However, officials at the Mississippi Economic Council scoff at the findings, leading MEC president Blake Wilson to say, “I’m glad (they are) very safe behind (their) internet research perch.” >>> SEE REPORT<<< >>>SEE COMPLETE STORY<<<

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