Opinion

Anna’s Advise: Prioritize your mental health

By Anna Belson HottyToddy Intern Prioritizing your mental health in college is something that most people don’t take into account at first. Coming in from high...

Letter to the Editor: Using Term “Concentration Camps” Disgraces Jewish Community

By George Johnston Leader of Confederate 901 george42844284@gmail.com Below is my response to your article Close the Camps: Community Gathers for Vigil to End Human Detention Camps...

Column: We’ve Come a Long Way, Rebels

By Bettye Galloway Contributor to Hottytoddy.com bhg568667@gmail.com History is a compilation of provable facts, figures, dates, and times.  Memories can be random thoughts that are stored in...

Column: Growth, Expansion of LOU Community Depends on Commitment and Giving Back

By Gray Duncan Oxford Intermediate School Assistant Principal It’s sometimes hard to pinpoint what exactly makes a thriving community. Some would say numerous entrepreneurship opportunities, some...

On Religion: Rugby, Religion, Race and Free Speech Wars — Down Under

Rugby fans in Australia were getting used to superstar Israel Folau talking about his evangelical faith. For Rugby Australia officials, the problem was that Folau...

On Religion: American Catholics May Not Know the Latest Statistics, but They’ve Been Talking About Altar-Level Realities for Decades

Half a century ago, there were nearly 60,000 U.S. priests and about 90 percent of them were in active ministry -- serving about 54...

On Religion: Reflections on Books, Patience and Suffering — After Being Hit by a Bus

While finishing her book, "On Reading Well," Karen Swallow Prior wrote a reflection on patience, suffering and the virtues of one of literature's less...

Column: How My Father Defied Racial Negativity to Excel at Ole Miss Football, in the NFL

By Tavia Moore Hottytoddy.com intern “Control what you can control,” is what my father, Stevon Moore mumbled under his breath as his eyes fixated on the...

Emmerich: Just like Telemarketing Spoofers, No One Knows How to Stop Spread of Fake News

I have been working on just the right words to say to the four or five people who call me every day and who...

Charlie Adams: The Shack Up Inn in Clarksdale

Long before he was in the news for things other than comedy, I had a chance to interview Bill Cosby back in my TV...

Emmerich: Mississippi Prison System Should Expect Same DOJ Report Alabama Did

The federal Department of Justice (DOJ) just released a scathing report on Alabama’s prisons. The same could be said of Mississippi’s prisons. The Alabama governor...