Editorials

Carter at peace

When he was in office, Jimmy Carter was considered an ineffectual president, in part because he had such a distaste for war.

Missing school is a bad habit

Students who miss a lot of school are probably students who aren’t doing very well academically. Students who are frequently not in class get behind and don’t learn as much as they could or should.

How to avoid deer collisions

The thermometer isn’t showing it yet — Monday, which marked the end of September, was yet another hot, summer-like day — but the weather is going to cool off soon and the sun will be setting earlier as the calendar moves toward winter.

Missing school is a bad habit

Students who miss a lot of school are probably students who aren’t doing very well academically. Students who are frequently not in class get behind and don’t learn as much as they could or should.

Can beekeeping help veterans?

Here’s a fascinating headline from a story by The Associated Press: “A small but growing number of veterans around the country are turning to beekeeping as a potential treatment for anxiety, PTSD and other conditions.”

Too hot for games 

The college football world tends to listen to Alabama’s six-time national championship coach Nick Saban.

Let’s hope it heeds his complaint about playing early-season games in the daytime in the South, where temperatures can be in the 90s through most of September.

Can beekeeping help veterans?

Here’s a fascinating headline from a story by The Associated Press: “A small but growing number of veterans around the country are turning to beekeeping as a potential treatment for anxiety, PTSD and other conditions.”

Two large issues

for charter schools

The Mississippi Supreme Court this week cleared the way for charter schools to continue operating in the state, ruling that using local property taxes to pay for the schools is constitutional.