Sid Salter - Mississippi State University

SALTER: Biden’s choice of Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture bodes well for Mississippi

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On Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:15 AM

By: Sid Salter

President-elect Joe Biden’s choice of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as his U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary should bode well for Mississippi farmers whose agriculture production value was $7.35 billion in 2020.

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SALTER: Infrastructure woes: After ice storms come potholes, road and bridge deteriorations

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On Wed, 02/24/2021 - 09:40 AM

Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

No matter where you drive in most of Mississippi in the next few weeks, you will encounter new and challenging potholes thanks to the Great Ice Strom of 2021.

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SALTER: The future of U.S. Navy shipbuilding will substantially impact state’s Ingalls shipyard

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On Wed, 02/10/2021 - 09:55 AM

Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

The numbers are full of contradictions when one considers the future of U.S. Navy shipbuilding and the impact that industry has on our nation and state.

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SALTER: Jewish legal scholar’s memoir recalls 1970s sojourn from the Bronx to Mississippi

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On Wed, 02/03/2021 - 01:30 PM

Below is an OPINION column by Sid Salter:

Professor Howard Ball, the distinguished political science scholar, first came into my orbit on Friday, Sept. 10, 1976, when he was 39 and I was 17 during my senior year of high school.

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SALTER: Remembering Sylvia Howell Krebs: A woman of talent, substance and curiosity

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On Wed, 01/27/2021 - 11:25 AM

OPINION column by: Sid Salter

Earlier this month, a gentle, intellectual giant died and it’s likely that few among her university colleagues and friends in Douglasville, Georgia knew they were in the presence of a Hall of Fame athlete.

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SALTER: With Democrat trifecta in Washington, Republicans stand at an uneasy crossroads

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On Wed, 01/20/2021 - 10:45 AM

OPINION column by: Sid Salter

At noon today with the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, Democrats will control the White House, the U.S. House of Representatives and narrowly the U.S. Senate.

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SALTER: Winter’s political career was complex, but he inarguably moved Mississippi forward

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On Wed, 12/30/2020 - 12:01 PM

By: Sid Salter

It is certainly no stretch of the truth to suggest that at the time of his death last week at the age of 97, former Mississippi Gov. William Winter was by and large beloved by the people of Mississippi.

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SALTER: As a nation, as human beings, it’s time to turn the page on 2020’s hurt and strife

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On Wed, 12/23/2020 - 10:02 AM

By: Sid Salter

The pandemic, the presidential election, the constant discord and meanness of social media and the endless blame game for all facets of the aforementioned troubles – aren’t you tired of it?

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