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Dunagin: Politics go national these days
By CHARLIE DUNAGIN COLUMNIST
Thu,08/06/20-10:00AM , 1,264 Reads
The phrase “all politics are local” is most commonly attributed to former U.S. House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, D-Massachusetts.

It’s a catchy saying, but it isn’t necessarily so, especially in this day of instant communication through social media and out-of-state political action groups helping fund state candidates.
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Dunagin: “A house divided” cannot stand
By CHARLIE DUNAGIN COLUMNIST
Tue,12/24/19-9:44AM , 3,177 Reads
Reading aloud the newspaper headline, “House votes to impeach Trump,” my wife said, “a house divided against itself cannot stand.”

“That’s in the Bible,” she added. “I thought it was what Abraham Lincoln said,” I replied.

Of course we were both right.
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The next best thing to a house call
By CHARLIE DUNAGIN COLUMNIST
Thu,12/19/19-9:26AM , 2,269 Reads
A telecommunications company’s venture into home health care brings to mind a day when physicians made house calls and there was no Medicare or Medicaid to pay for it.

It also is a reminder that too many working poor people in Mississippi are without the means to pay for adequate medical care.
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Dunagin: Let’s quit changing the time
By CHARLIE DUNAGIN COLUMNIST
Thu,10/31/19-1:04PM , 911 Reads
Well, it’s that time of year again, time to fall back with the clock.

Sunday at 2 a.m., most of the nation and part of the rest of the world reverts to standard time. Some folks are looking forward to an extra hour of sleep. Since I usually wake up before sunup, it doesn’t make that much difference to me.
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