http://neshobademocrat.com en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:16:45 GMT Daily feed of articles http://neshobademocrat.com/Main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=302&ArticleID=29397 "And it was told King David, "The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing. And when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. And David danced before the Lord with all his might. . . . So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn. As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart." (2 Samuel 6: 12-16) EDITORIAL Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:00 GMT http://neshobademocrat.com/Main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=302&ArticleID=29414 In 2008, Representative Chip Pickering's decision to not seek reelection launched a competitive Republican Primary in Mississippi's conservative Third Congressional District. Candidates included businessman David Landrum, state Senator Charlie Ross, USDA Rural Development Director John Rounsaville and Rankin County Republican Party Chairman Gregg Harper. Following a run-off, Harper won. Other candidates included Greg Hatcher, James Broadwater and former police officer Bill Marcy. EDITORIAL Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:00 GMT http://neshobademocrat.com/Main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=302&ArticleID=29415 The Internal Revenue Service hadn't spoken four sentences about its targeting of conservative groups before it blamed "our line people in Cincinnati." EDITORIAL Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:00 GMT http://neshobademocrat.com/Main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=302&ArticleID=29416 On border security, it keeps making the same assurances. The Gang of Eight immigration bill, which could well be the signature legislative accomplishment of President Barack Obama's second term, travels in the well-worn ruts of past immigration promises. The Gang of Eight is offering this basic deal: "We will pretend to enforce the law, if you pretend to believe us." EDITORIAL Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:00 GMT http://neshobademocrat.com/Main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=302&ArticleID=29417 June 23, 1933 Splendid results are being shown by the Philadelphia Milk and Cheese Plant, under the new plan of management now in effect. EDITORIAL Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:00 GMT http://neshobademocrat.com/Main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=302&ArticleID=29418 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. - Ephesians 6:4 (KJV) EDITORIAL Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:00 GMT http://neshobademocrat.com/Main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=302&ArticleID=29419 Rich Lowry writing in the New York Post recently on the Lincoln cultural program: EDITORIAL Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:00 GMT http://neshobademocrat.com/Main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=302&ArticleID=29378 Medgar Evers is a figure I came to know through academic research at the University of Mississippi more than a few years ago. Submerging myself in that sad, turbulent era for two years, a question I've often since pondered is: How different would things be if Medgar Evers had lived? EDITORIAL Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:30:00 GMT