Editor's Notebook

Gov. Phil Bryant said a lot of things Tuesday night in his first State of the State address.
He’s for more jobs. …
He’s against obesity. …
And he’s for education and energy. …
But there was one quote that stood out as Bryant proclaimed that he is also for economic development.
“Economic development is the sun in our universe [...]

Allen Pepper had a genuine love of people.
It came across every time you ever saw him.
Tall and slim, with a chiseled faced that seemed to never show the burden of the decisions he made daily as a federal judge, Pepper had a way that eased folks in trying times, delighted them in good times and [...]

Spirit of the Marathon is the best documentary I have ever seen, and I have seen it so many times I can’t count. Plus, I have listened to all or part of it on every run of more than an hour for more than 18 months. So, to learn in the last couple of days [...]

What great timing.
According to news outlets across the globe, the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin may have finally been proven.
A new study by Italian scientists may not be definitive on its origins, but it does refute the popular notion that it was faked during the Middle Ages.
According to ABC. experts at Italy’s National Agency [...]

Have you ever noticed that just about every neighborhood has a “trash dog”?
You know, the dog that wanders through every few days and picks out one house to hit, knocking over a trash can and dragging away all the good stuff it can and leaving a giant mess in its wake.
Or maybe it’s just the [...]

When we first dreamed up the idea of having an MBJ Businessperson of the Year, we had no idea that the inaugural award would turn out like it did.
We generally thought the award would end up going to someone like a Hu Meena at C Spire, who led his Ridgeland-based companies to new heights in [...]

The press release just came down …
Here it is …
JACKSON – According to Public Policy Polling, Mississippi’s Haley Barbour is the most popular Governor in America. Mississippians approved of Governor Barbour more so than voters of any other state approved of their respective governors.

“Haley Barbour’s conservative Republican policies like opposing tax increases and fostering job [...]

Headlines in every newspaper across the country seem to give conflicting information on the current status and the future of the world economy.
We are left to wonder when, if ever, we will ever come out of this — what seems to be never-ending — economic slowdown.
One day you read that the governments of [...]

Here at the Editor’s Notebook, we are Delta State football fans.
So, don’t forget that Delta State’s Fighting Okra or, if you prefer, Statesmen (or, as one of my 5-year-old son’s best friends says — FLYING YOKRA) will be playing in the national semifinals.
DSU will be on the road this week against a team with my [...]

As we are trying to put the finishing touches on the MBJ’s printed edition for Dec. 12 (Monday), I am also preparing to travel to West Point tomorrow (Thursday) for a visit with its local Rotary Club.
I am looking forward to going and talking with the group. I have a lot of family and friends [...]