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Nash is a liberal Democrat and Taggart a conservative Republican, so this should be fun.We also will have various citizen bloggers from all walks of life and of all political persuasions who will be offering their commentary on state and local affairs.Most important, we are bringing more young people's voices to the mix.Students from Mississippi's universities and colleges will be bringing fresh voices that too often have been missing from our traditional printed pages.The Web provides endless opportunity for more and better commentary, but also faster, more timely commentary.TIMELY COMMENTARY
We will begin featuring online letters to the editor and online only columns, which will allow immediate commentary on issues.
We receive many more letters than we can publish and there often is a lag time for getting them into the paper, so this will provide a timely outlet for people to get it off their chests when they want to speak out.Our StoryChat forums also provide an ongoing immediate conversation on the top stories of the day.With all of this new commentary, our printed pages also will be updated to feature more letters and local commentary.As one newspaper publisher said recently, the first editors looked at a blank sheet with endless possibilities.
That sheet just got a whole lot bigger and the possibilities are beyond endless.Our Web site - clarionledger.
com - has been growing phenomenally since it first went up in 199...
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