Author Archives: Matthew Dean

In the midst of what have undoubtedly been a very dramatic few months, one major piece of news never quite broke out as it should have. California is winning...

This letter is in response to Kyle Brassell’s letter in the Sept. 1 issue of The Daily Mississippian. In case readers have forgotten the contents of...

Introductory language courses should have two main purposes: teaching the basics and developing the student’s interest in the language so he or she has...

There have been many protests in the news lately, and before this academic year is over, I fear there may be one here at the University of Mississippi....

Which is worse: hateful speech or censorship? This question is likely to resurface once again in the heated discussion of what to do with the Confederate...

Small governance is sung as virtue among Mississippi state leaders. Addressing supporters at the 2016 Neshoba County Fair, prospective gubernatorial candidate...

Machines are evolving – quickly. Remember the “old days” when you could directly tell a computer what to do, right down to lines of code? Well, that...

Yesterday, as I was sitting in class, the young lady sitting next to me was unable to focus on the lecturer for a solid minute – a mere 60 seconds –...

Boycotts work. Whether they’re abstaining from riding the city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, after a woman refused to give up her seat or declining...

Last week, Hurricane Harvey rocked the coast of east Texas, wrecking hundreds of thousands of homes, leaving tens of thousands of people with nowhere to...