Opinion

We live in a theocracy, and Freedom is our God. The nation’s most famous port, New York Harbor, houses a statue dedicated to this principle. A replica of the Liberty Bell serves as a similar reminder on the Mississippi Capitol grounds, and on our own campus, a new center designated...

On Sept. 10, The Daily Mississippian published an opinion column titled, “Rewriting our past only endangers our future.” This piece argued against teaching subjects like Critical Race Theory and in favor of teaching history in a way that reinforces America’s “sacrifice, humility, integrity.”  This argument makes no sense. It...

The first Monday in May arrived on Sept. 13 this year. Rescheduled due to COVID-19, the Met Gala was finally livestreamed to the public last week amidst mixed reviews. The Met Gala serves as an opportunity for celebrities to reach new levels of stardom and designers to showcase their boldest...

With the rise of COVID-19 cases from the Delta variant and other new strains, the policies Ole Miss Athletics have implemented should be held under scrutiny. For instance, at football games fans are not required to wear masks no matter how packed the stands are. This has undoubtedly helped contribute...

In the modern age of widespread environmentalism and focus on sustainability, it’s easy to overlook the most basic ways to protect the environment: reduce, reuse, recycle. It is a phrase that’s been ingrained into everyone’s mind since grade school, yet they still remain difficult to implement within the Oxford community....

Popular with college students, tech-savvy libertarians and dark web drug smugglers, with undoubtedly some of these groups overlapping, Bitcoin’s storied history as the first and foremost cryptocurrency started a new chapter when El Salvador recently adopted it as the official currency alongside the U.S. dollar. The first country to do...

“That’s a problem for future generations.” I have heard this line from many of my peers every time climate change is brought up. Claims that the “sea level will rise 1-8 feet by 2100,” or the Arctic is “likely to become ice-free,”  which are likely not going to be a...

Rewriting the history being taught in our schools is not only a personal attack on America’s identity but also a precarious game that will only bring harm for generations to come. When history is not learned, it is repeated. Already, our nation is seeing the negative impacts of our students'...

On Labor Day, Americans take a break and enjoy the surplus goods of the American Dream in honor of the contributions of the American workforce towards the betterment of the nation. Labor Day, a holiday created from the passionate cries of the 19th century’s labor movement, is intrinsically tied to...

Welcome back to the Velvet Ditch, Rebs. For those of us who have attended the Flagship long enough to remember a pre-COVID-19 campus, this fall is the closest to a “normal” semester we’ve experienced in what feels like forever. Classes are in-person, the bars are fully open and football is...