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Medicaid reform is truly an urgent need
Medicaid and Medicare are very different programs.

February 4, 2012
Numbers strongly suggest Mississippi’s true legislative priorities
As the new Republican majority controlling state government claimed victory by passing the Children’s Protection Act with ease in the House, it’s clear that even more fundamental – and more politically difficult – challenges loom down the public policy road.

February 4, 2012
Going Paperless — Priceless!
For months, a large retailer emailed me twice a day, begging me to switch from paper billing to online billing. If only I would go paperless, my hair would grow back rich and thick, my sciatica would go away, my plantar fasciitis would heal itself, my cats would stop shedding, and my chance of heavenly reward would rise. OK, fine. I’ll sign up, just please stop sending me your stupid emails.

February 2, 2012 1 Photo
Obama’s Racial Politics
There’s been a heap of criticism placed upon President Barack Obama’s domestic policies that have promoted government intrusion and prolonged our fiscal crisis and his foreign policies that have emboldened our enemies. Any criticism of Obama pales in comparison with what might be said about the American people who voted him in to the nation’s highest office.

February 2, 2012 1 Photo
What really happened to the Gingrich case?
The Romney campaign has been hitting Newt Gingrich hard over the 1990s ethics case that resulted in the former speaker being reprimanded and paying a $300,000 penalty. Romney mentions it often, and his campaign made the ethics case the focus of the most widely viewed attack ad of the Florida primary.

February 1, 2012 1 Photo
Outside counsel fight remains a political cold war
The ongoing legislative battle over the so-called “outside counsel” or contingency fee law remains a political cold war between the state’s trial lawyers and the state’s business and medical interests – and it’s a story that has two sides.

February 1, 2012 1 Photo
Jackpot justice issues remain
As the number of tort reform cases before the Mississippi Supreme Court keeps growing, state lawmakers don't seem quite as concerned about the court's rulings as are Mississippi's legal and corporate communities.

January 31, 2012
They pick and choose which ox to gore
He had a mistress who was pregnant and his wife had terminal cancer; he was running for president and the press knew all about it.

January 31, 2012 1 Photo
Whose side is he on?
January 29, 2012
Reform bills merit serious discussion
Week three of the 2012 legislative session witnessed proposals worthy of statewide discussion and consideration.

January 29, 2012 1 Photo
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