The debt-ceiling bill that just passed does almost nothing to cut spending or to change the unsustainability of the federal budget. The Biden - McCarthy deal leaves us with two clear conclusions.
It was interesting reading Mr. Keuter’s letter in the May 20 edition. Having read earlier offerings from him, I am not surprised at his current outlook. I tend to agree that much of the Republican investigative festivities in recent years appear futile, however, there may be more information…
Shopping the other day in Walmart/Laurel. What’s that I see in the aisle close to the Electronics Section?
The results of the big GOP Congressional investigations have arrived, and the constant complainers couldn’t come through with any evidence. Rep. Comer (R-Kentucky) released a 63 page document detailing his committee’s findings in their much-hyped investigation of President Biden’s wrong doin…
I would like to express my appreciation to the Laurel Dept. of Parks and Recreation for their renovation of Mason Park. It was overdue and is now as beautiful as any park for a town our size.
It was interesting reading the letter to the editor from the visitor to America’s Hometown from Nebraska. It’s a shame that she and her traveling companions didn’t have quite the overall experience they were expecting while in our neighborhood. It is, of course, good to be made aware of all …
Ask yourself these questions: Does a black man have to or need to be punished for requesting a trial? If Brandon Barnett had pleaded guilty, would he then have a much, much lighter sentence? We all have a right to a trial.
(Speaker of the House Kevin) McCarthy’s budget plan inflicts devastating cuts that will hurt millions of Americans, including veterans, poor children, and seniors. His budget sets 2024 spending levels at the same level as 2022, meaning the topline number would be $1.471 trillion.
I have a 74 -year-old mother that was diagnosed with rectal cancer in August 2022. It’s come to my attention that the SCRMC Wellness Center has decided to shut down. There is a group of senior citizens that my mom is a part of that uses the pool. They love going to exercise and be out among …
Two weeks ago, four if us on a sister’s trip landed in Laurel ready to experience the charm of this small town that Hometown and the city of Laurel portray. Laurel did not disappoint the city oozed southern charm and smiles and warm felt greetings were everywhere. Here I put a pause on this …
The Soso Garden Club is so thankful to all of you who made a second visit to our plant-swap along with the ones who came for the first time. The weather was trying really hard to ruin it for us, but we all would have none of that.
Mr. Cegielski flatters himself by assuming my March 30th letter had anything to do with him, his show, or his comrades. What y’all are saying is not unique or special or even new. My statement was a blanket that’s true of almost every single piece of cowardly Reagan simping “Conservative” co…
Prosecuting politicians who break the law is not unusual or an earth-shattering event in America. Since 2000, nine state governors have been convicted of crimes ranging from bribery to extortion, and twenty sitting members of Congress were also tried and convicted. In 2016, former Speaker of…
I feel compelled to point out at least one of the benefits of taking the advice of Editor-In-Chief Mark Thornton. His unwavering position that one should read before reacting, while I occasionally fail to follow as closely as I would like, is something I put considerable effort into practici…
Amidst the rancorous debate about matters as huge as democracy, racism, poverty, inequality, and the economy, there comes a dash of hope, a brief moment, when hope soars that somehow humanity will become unified in respecting all others and go the extra block, so to speak, and show it.
You may not be aware, but on the morning of March 27th, war was declared in Nashville, TN. A deranged young woman, twisted by drugs and social media peer pressure shot up a school, killing 3 young White Christian children. This isn’t about drag queen story hours and sexualized books in libra…
As soon as Superintendent Watts took her position, she told the Teachers Assistances and Cafeteria workers that they were making $50.00 too much. Watts and the Board went into payroll and took back the $50.00 added to their salaries. What did they do with these hourly workers’ money? Give ba…
Mr. Torske is just plain wrong about the superiority of Republican economic policies. First, use Google to find job numbers per president. In my lifetime, since JFK in 1960, we’ve had 30 years during which we had a Democratic president and 32 years for a Republican president — we saw more t…
Biden used the State of the Union address to accentuate the positive. He promoted record employment, 800,000 new manufacturing jobs, a cap on the cost of insulin, new investment in infrastructure, semiconductors, and energy development, and the fact that he paid down the deficit $1.7 trillio…
Dear LLC and readers, I’m an environmentally-conscious person, who’s not known for having “drill, baby, drill” politics, but even I am impressed with the clean work done, mostly by RAPAD, and possibly other drilling companies, and various local oil wells. One well is near a department store,…
Government budgets are similar to family budgets in that sometimes you have unexpected expenses. Your children get sick? You spend whatever is necessary. Same with government. Terrorist attacks, national banking crisis, and an unexpected virus are all reasons we have to spend more than was o…
Everyone seems to have a big problem trying to figure out how the documents got over to the Penn Biden Center and also to Joe’s house. We all know that Joe being the President surly wouldn’t lie about a thing like that. But for some reason he don’t know how they got there and his press secre…
Keeping in mind that while I am by no means the most intelligent individual the Good Lord ever pumped breath into, I am not nearly as stupid as I often get credit for being. With that concept in mind, I feel compelled to pose a question that, in my most humble opinion, more people (particula…
The current procedure to elect a Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has been referred to by so-called experts as a “clown show” (along with another type of show which, out of respect for the reading public I will refrain from including herein.) For much of my adult Life I have cons…
So members of the U.S. Congress are calling for newly elected New York Congressman George Santos to resign even before being sworn in? All he did was make up a life story with apparently no direct connection to reality.
Disillusioned is the only respectable term I can think of to describe it. In another spurt of responsible adult behavior, I attended my second-ever Jones County School Board meeting. Having no children, school age or otherwise, it was primarily a showing of support for Buck Torske and the Fr…
This is from notes I used when I preached this sermon in 1970:
I would like to inform everyone of the problem with Jones county Adult Dentition center. As of today 237 people are in a 130 person jail, with no mats sleeping on concrete floors, in a 8 man cell they’re putting 16-20 in there. Now cause of overpopulation the flu is hitting them. Telling the…
What can we do about violence so prevalent in our nation today? I believe the answer that would help the most is simple. “PUT BIBLE READING and PRAYER” back in our schools and allow the “TEN COMMANDMENTS” to be exhibited in public places.
As a kid I loved “Bear Bryant” and into a young man. I lived in “Camden Alabama” and “Fairhope” for a while. I love Alabama. My Dad subscribed for “Sports Illustrated” many years for me. I remember reading an article that the “Late Great Frank DeFord” wrote, he said, “You can’t mention but t…
A lot of people are scratching their heads wondering what happened to the Red Wave which was supposed to sweep the nation. Well, now we know. We aren’t exactly who we thought we were.
Had a good little chuckle to myself in the wee morning hours of Wednesday as the Red Wave evaporated before my eyes. Seems like not too long ago the LLC saw fit to label me as a, and I quote, “legitimate right-wing extremist” for DARING to imply that our insistence on exercising our biyearly…
I know the Laurel Leader Call has a problem with me because of my comments and my concerns that they are not dealing with black concerns in a proper manner in their newspaper but I have been to the City Council meeting with concerns that Northfolk Southern is putting one side of this city in…
I have had a bad feeling for the last few weeks that the republicans were making a big mistake when they kept braging about the tsunami and the big red tide coming. I was hoping they would calm down on all this braging.
On the fox news sunday show they were giving a new reason for global warming. Now they are blaming it on dogs. I happen to have two dogs and now they have got my dander up. I didn’t want to have to do this but now I’m going to have to let the cat out of the bag.
COVID Amnesty. Expect to hear this term thrown about as we shift from Midterms to the 2024 Election cycle.
First, jobs: Since Reagan, America has seen four decades of decline as manufacturing jobs have been shipped offshore, or south of the border. Biden and the Democrats have created nearly 700,000 manufacturing jobs in two years and the Infrastructure Bill, the CHIPS Act, and the Inflation Redu…
The U.S. Postal Service has been hard at work preparing for the holiday season since January. Rest assured, we’re holiday ready and well prepared to deliver fast and reliable service to every address in Laurel, MS and across America.
Being the responsible adult citizen that few, if any, responsible adults during my formative years would ever have predicted, I attended the October 3 meeting of the Jones County School Board as a member of the Free State Citizens Action Union. Buck Torske was on the agenda to make a present…
From 1982-91 I lived in Laurel, where I worked in marketing for Howard Industries and was a loyal subscriber of the local newspaper, which of course was the Laurel Leader-Call.
Last March, 2021, I wrote a letter to the editor about how city government “should be” customer service. HOWEVER, the same non-response to my calls, texts, and emails are never answered by city administration – from the mayor, department heads, assistants, council members. Are they all that …
Jim must be REAL desperate to sell papers trying to bring in “opposing voices,” but what’s the reality of this? Conservative Americans are routinely silenced, censored, persecuted, and imprisoned for trying to speak the truth, something that cannot be said of the Left in any capacity, even i…
After yet another unpleasant extended wait to make a purchase during what was originally planned to be a quick stop at the store, I have to wonder: Am I the only one who wishes that the individual(s) who decided that placing lottery and scratch-off cards in what used to be considered “conven…
The tragedy that took place in Smith County this week when a Raleigh high school football player lost his life hit so close to home for me (and those in the West Jones community) that it brought me to tears for several hours on Wednesday and while writing this, I still am shaken up.
Please do something to make Central Avenue look better. Are we going to have to look at these orange barrils the rest of our life I think Central Avenue should be opened back up. Get rid of that Turn around Central Avenue is a sight for sore eyes. I have nothing against the American flag but…
I do not believe there are four men in the United States writing for a small town newspaper (or) might I say, local men, who can match Mr. Jim, Mr. Thornton, “The Murph” and “Buck” on conservative views.
I don’t think Americans have stopped to think about how corrupt our 21st century institutions have become. Let me outline a few for you.
It seems as though about half of the people want to be able to abort a baby right up to the time for it to be born. I’m in the half that believes there should be no abortions except in the case of rape, incest, or to protect the mother. On the other hand about half of the people want to le…
Sir, you just hit the nail on the head. Great opinion piece (Jim Cegielski column of Sept. 10). Biden’s Independence Hall speech looked like it came straight from hell, and it probably did just that. Shame on this would-be dictator. Judas Joe Biden, and his Democrat denizens, are now operati…
To the kind people of Laurel,
Every day, millions of Americans get behind the wheel and head out on the highways. Many of them are off to the grocery store, some to their place of work and others on road trips, but 3.6 million are professional truck drivers. These are the hard-working professional men and women that deli…