James Jones

Easter remains one of my favorite holidays

One of my favorite holidays take place on Sunday. I always get excited about Easter.  This year is ...

Opinion

‘That’s the way that the world goes ‘round’

You can gaze out the window get mad and get madder, Throw your hands in the air, say ...

Opinion

April 4 is an important historical landmark for Civil Rights

I circle the date April 4 on my calendar every year. Fifty-two years ago today, civil cights icon ...

Opinion

A little boy walked into the newsroom…

A little boy walked into the newsroom Monday, his father being dragged behind him by the boy’s tiny-yet-mighty ...

Opinion

Kids at the ballot box

A light rain was falling Tuesday morning as the kids and I made our way to the nearby ...

Opinion

And still we wait for city vaults to open to the light

As I rose from the bed Tuesday morning, I knew I was going to have to have a ...

Opinion

Stillman College homecoming brought back wonderful memories

Stillman College’s homecoming provided the perfect break from the wet sports scene in Dallas County. The torrential rainstorm ...

Opinion

Valentine’s Day should become a national holiday

Valentine’s Day usually falls under my radar. For some, February 14th is one of the most special days ...

Opinion

Kobe Bryant should be remembered for basketball, not off the court

I didn’t plan on writing another column about the death of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. I thought ...

James Jones

Intelligence, integrity, intensity made Bryant a legend

The NBA lost one of its greatest basketball players Sunday. Guard Kobe Bryant, who spent his entire 20 ...

Opinion

The reporter, the columnist and the man

I pulled up to the radio station on Lauderdale, WHBB 1490 AM, around 8:30 a.m. Friday morning and ...

Opinion

To properly honor King, we must recall his radical views

In the decades following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, ...

Opinion

Bowline’s plan to overhaul city information request form good for citizens, city

Over the past several months, perhaps longer than that, this newspaper has both railed against the city’s public ...

Opinion

Dispatch from a ‘bum reporter’

During my time as a journalist, I’ve been called many things, most of which are unfit for publication, ...

Opinion

Makers, lend me your ears

With Feb. 18, I’ll have been at The Selma Times-Journal for one year. Sometimes, when I try to ...

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