Since the November elections, when Republicans swept all eight statewide seats and added to their supermajorities in the Legislature, some prominent Mississippi Democrats have been musing aloud about what the party can or should do to become more competitive in the state.

There is a valuable lesson for every business operator — along with every employee and every customer — in a listing of 2018 restaurant sales in America.

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Confirmation of a noticeable decline in the American birth rate — across all races and even across rural and urban women — is interesting by itself. What makes the topic fascinating is the reasons some people are coming up with to explain why fewer babies being born.