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  Anika Page · [email protected]
August 23, 2023 at 3:06 PM

The Atlantic Magazine takes a look at Mississippi

The Atlantic Magazine takes a look at Mississippi View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   It is not every day that liberal magazines have good things to say about our state.  I wrote this article in The Atlantic to highlight how Missis…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
August 19, 2023 at 11:46 AM

Please help us protect women’s sports!

Please help us protect women’s sports! View this email in your browser Dear Jack, Top athlete, Riley Gaines, recently came to Mississippi to highlight the risks to women’s sports.  Speaking at an event we hosted, Riley shared her ex…
  Anika Page · [email protected]
August 16, 2023 at 7:31 PM

The Mississippi Leadership Academy - Year Two

The Mississippi Leadership Academy - Year Two View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   The Mississippi Center for Public Policy is committed to training and equipping future leaders for our state.    The Mississippi Leadership Academy i…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
August 12, 2023 at 11:46 AM

Six things every American needs to know about their country

Six things every American needs to know about their country View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   “Woke” extremists are undermining America at every opportunity. Cultural Marxists on campus are teaching young Americans that their cou…
  Tyler B. Jones · [email protected]
August 9, 2023 at 3:09 PM

Lunch with Jim Herring!

Lunch with Jim Herring! View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Join Jim Herring for lunch to discuss two-party politics in Mississippi! Click on the image above for more information! "The Switcher"…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
August 5, 2023 at 11:47 AM

The Times takes a look at Mississippi – update from your favorite conservative think tank

The Times takes a look at Mississippi – update from your favorite conservative think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Having moved from London to Mississippi, I feel that I've taken a step up.  But I am often surprised at w…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
August 2, 2023 at 3:08 PM

How we are winning hearts & minds for the conservative cause

How we are winning hearts & minds for the conservative cause View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   The Mississippi Center for Public Policy started life thirty years ago.  In that time, we have had some notable victories.    Las…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
July 29, 2023 at 11:47 AM

Thirty years advancing the conservative cause - update from Mississippi’s favorite think tank

Thirty years advancing the conservative cause - update from Mississippi’s favorite think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   What were you doing thirty years ago?    In August 1993, a younger looking Bill Clinton had recently…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
July 26, 2023 at 3:06 PM

Ben & Jerry’s History of America – update from Mississippi’s conservative advocacy organization

Ben & Jerry’s History of America – update from Mississippi’s conservative advocacy organization View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   July 4th is a big deal in America. Folk don’t merely celebrate the day that thirteen former Bri…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
July 22, 2023 at 11:47 AM

Has education performance really improved? – update from Mississippi’s conservative think tank

Has education performance really improved? – update from Mississippi’s conservative think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   I love hearing good news about Mississippi. So, when I read recently that there had been an improvem…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
July 15, 2023 at 11:47 AM

Why are some things so much more expensive? Update from Mississippi’s free market advocacy organization

Why are some things so much more expensive? Update from Mississippi’s free market advocacy organization View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   I recently came across an old McDonald’s menu from the early 2000s. A Quarter Pounder cost …
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
July 8, 2023 at 12:46 PM

Why do folks go “woke”? Update from your favorite think tank

Why do folks go “woke”? Update from your favorite think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Why do many of America’s long-established institutions suddenly “go woke”?    For decades, highly respected universities were solid b…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
July 4, 2023 at 11:47 AM

Happy Birthday America!

Happy Birthday America! View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Happy Birthday, America! 247 years ago today, the Continental Congress voted to adopt the Declaration of Independence. Crumble celebrates July 4th - Br…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
July 1, 2023 at 12:47 PM

Is this the end of ‘affirmative action’? Update from your favorite think tank

Is this the end of ‘affirmative action’? Update from your favorite think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   What was the most significant thing Donald Trump did as President?    Love him or loathe him, Trump’s Supreme Court …
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
June 24, 2023 at 12:46 PM

Life is getting better – update from your favorite think tank

Life is getting better – update from your favorite think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Mississippi was hit by some epic thunderstorms the other week.  Perhaps you were one of the many people across our state left without…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
June 17, 2023 at 12:46 PM

How good public policy is lifting up our state – update from Mississippi’s favorite think tank

How good public policy is lifting up our state – update from Mississippi’s favorite think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   The average person in Mississippi is 25 percent richer today than they were in 2017. In just five ye…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
June 10, 2023 at 12:44 PM

Why do some people prosper, yet others fail? - Update from your favorite think tank

Why do some people prosper, yet others fail? - Update from your favorite think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Economic output per person is seven times higher on the American side of the US-Mexico border than on the other…
  Tyler B. Jones · [email protected]
June 5, 2023 at 8:59 PM

Join Jim Herring for a book signing!

Join Jim Herring for a book signing! View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Join our Board Member Jim Herring as he signs copies of his new book, "The Switcher," tomorrow night at Lemuria Book Store! Click on the…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
June 3, 2023 at 12:44 PM

4 reasons to be optimistic about our state – update from your favorite think tank

4 reasons to be optimistic about our state – update from your favorite think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Mississippi is on the up!  Far too often, it seems that we only hear bad things about our state.  Many media orga…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
June 1, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Join Jim Herring for a book signing!

Join Jim Herring for a book signing! View this email in your browser Dear Jack, I have just finished reading a rather good book about Mississippi politics. "The Switcher," by Judge Jim Herring, is a biographical account of Mississippi’s co…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
May 31, 2023 at 3:03 PM

Become a part of the fight

Become a part of the fight View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   I hope you were able to read my email last week and had a chance to look at the exciting plans we have for Mississippi. The Mississippi Center for Public Policy needs …
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
May 27, 2023 at 12:44 PM

What does it mean to be a conservative? Update from your favorite think tank

What does it mean to be a conservative? Update from your favorite think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Judge Jim Herring has just written a rather good book. First elected as a District Attorney in 1971, Herring ran for L…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
May 24, 2023 at 3:00 PM

What are we working on? An update from your favorite think tank

What are we working on? An update from your favorite think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Have you ever wondered, "What does the Mississippi Center for Public Policy do?" or "What in the world is a think tank?" Well, I'm …
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
May 20, 2023 at 12:44 PM

Do we put too many people in prison? – update from Mississippi’s conservative think tank

Do we put too many people in prison? – update from Mississippi’s conservative think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Mississippi, we are often told, has an incarceration problem.  Far too many people get locked up for too l…
  Tyler B. Jones · [email protected]
May 16, 2023 at 6:15 PM

Join Jim Herring for a book signing!

Join Jim Herring for a book signing! View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   One of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy's board members has written a book!  Join James "Jim" Herring, the former Mississippi Republican Party State …
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
May 13, 2023 at 12:44 PM

Are our police systemically racist? - update from Mississippi’s conservative think tank

Are our police systemically racist? - update from Mississippi’s conservative think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Over the past few years, we have been told that America’s police and criminal justice process are systemica…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
May 10, 2023 at 3:01 PM

Would you like to join my mailing list?

Would you like to join my mailing list? View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Each Saturday morning, I send you an email update about the liberty movement in our state.  I hope you find it informative?    Last month, I’m delighted to…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
May 6, 2023 at 12:44 PM

Cut crime if we want to grow Mississippi – update from your favorite think tank

Cut crime if we want to grow Mississippi – update from your favorite think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   A radical attempt to reform criminal justice is underway across America.  Anti police politicians want to defund t…
  Tyler B. Jones · [email protected]
April 30, 2023 at 2:59 PM

Have lunch with Shad White

Have lunch with Shad White View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Last year, State Auditor Shad White released a report highlighting the high crime rate in Jackson.  It found that every homicide in the southeastern United States cost…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
April 29, 2023 at 12:46 PM

Renewing American Patriotism + meeting Tucker Carlson

Renewing American Patriotism + meeting Tucker Carlson View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Soon after I arrived in America, I watched my first-ever game of football. It wasn’t the NFL or even a college game.  It was a local high sch…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
April 28, 2023 at 5:30 PM

Lunch with Shad White

Lunch with Shad White View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   State Auditor Shad White has been a consistent voice for combatting crime in our capital city.  Next week, he will be joined by best-selling author Rafael Mangual to discus…
  Anika Page · [email protected]
April 27, 2023 at 8:14 PM

Shad White discusses crime in Jackson. Come listen!

Shad White discusses crime in Jackson. Come listen! View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   State Auditor Shad White has taken a hard line on corruption and the mishandling of taxpayer dollars.  White has highlighted some of the key i…
  Tyler B. Jones · [email protected]
April 26, 2023 at 7:00 PM

How to cut crime in Jackson? Listen to Shad White

How to cut crime in Jackson? Listen to Shad White View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   State Auditor Shad White wants to reduce crime in Mississippi - everything from violent crime to fraud.  Since 2018, Mississippi has had a highe…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
April 25, 2023 at 5:29 PM

A new approach to criminal justice reform - come listen!

A new approach to criminal justice reform - come listen! View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Over the last decade, the national conversation surrounding crime and criminal justice has been dominated by left-wing activists who push …
  Tyler B. Jones · [email protected]
April 24, 2023 at 5:00 PM

How to cut crime in Jackson? Listen to Shad White

How to cut crime in Jackson? Listen to Shad White View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Last year, State Auditor Shad White released a report highlighting the high crime rate in Jackson.  It found that every homicide in the southeas…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
April 22, 2023 at 12:45 PM

Our free market wins are improving Mississippi – and here’s the proof

Our free market wins are improving Mississippi – and here’s the proof View this email in your browser Dear Jack, Mississippi is on the up.  Our state has risen five places in terms of current economic outlook and now ranks 22nd out of all …
  Anika Page · [email protected]
April 21, 2023 at 3:30 PM

Defunding the police is dangerous. Come hear why!

Defunding the police is dangerous. Come hear why! View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Defunding the police is dangerous. For too long, anti-law enforcement progressives have been allowed to undermine confidence in our local police.…
  Tyler B. Jones · [email protected]
April 20, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Shad White discusses crime in Jackson. Come listen!

Shad White discusses crime in Jackson. Come listen! View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Shad White first assumed the role of Mississippi State Auditor in 2018. Since then, he has worked diligently in cracking down on corruption and…
  Anika Page · [email protected]
April 17, 2023 at 8:00 PM

Does Mississippi send too many people to prison?

Does Mississippi send too many people to prison? View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Does Mississippi send too many people to prison? For years, we have been told that Mississippi locks up too many people, but is that really true? …
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
April 15, 2023 at 12:44 PM

Easy money economics is a disaster – update from your favorite think tank

Easy money economics is a disaster – update from your favorite think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack, My friend Liz Truss, the former British Prime Minister, was in America this week. British Prime Minist…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
April 13, 2023 at 2:59 PM

Defunding the police is dangerous. Come hear why!

Defunding the police is dangerous. Come hear why! View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Defunding the police is dangerous.  Rafael Mangual, a best-selling author, will be in Jackson to explain why law enforcement needs our full supp…
  Tyler B. Jones · [email protected]
April 11, 2023 at 6:30 PM

How can we combat crime in Jackson? Come listen!

How can we combat crime in Jackson? Come listen! View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   Jackson has one of the highest homicide rates in America. What do we need to do to fix it?  Rafael Mangual believes that anti-police policies and…
  Tyler B. Jones · [email protected]
April 10, 2023 at 3:29 AM

Come see why we need the fossil fuel industry!

Come see why we need the fossil fuel industry! View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   If the Net Zero activists get their way, trucks will be a thing of the past.  Or at least you would have to be super rich to afford to drive one. N…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
April 8, 2023 at 12:44 PM

Why I love living in America – update from your favorite think tank

Why I love living in America – update from your favorite think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack,   A recent arrival to the United States, I am often asked what I like most about living in America?  Here are some of my outsider…
  Tyler B. Jones · [email protected]
April 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Net Zero is Dangerous: Come see why!

Net Zero is Dangerous: Come see why! View this email in your browser Dear Jack, Climate change activists continually agree that Net Zero is the way to go, but in reality, the concept of Net Zero is a dangerous trap.  Net Zero aims to elim…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
April 1, 2023 at 12:44 PM

Why is patriotism in decline? - update from your favorite think tank

Why is patriotism in decline? - update from your favorite think tank View this email in your browser Dear Jack, American patriotism is in decline, according to a recent poll published by the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ-NORC poll makes gri…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
March 30, 2023 at 3:14 PM

Would you like to come to lunch?

Would you like to come to lunch? View this email in your browser Dear Jack, If you enjoyed listening to Betsy DeVos or Riley Gaines, then you will love hearing from Alex Epstein! Click on the image above to reserve a …
  Tyler B. Jones · [email protected]
March 29, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Under the Dome - Your Update from the Legislature

Under the Dome - Your Update from the Legislature View this email in your browser Dear Jack, Sometimes the most significant actions the Legislature takes are not passing laws, but choosing who is appointed to agency boards.  The Senate Ed…
  Tyler B. Jones · [email protected]
March 27, 2023 at 4:29 PM

Get tickets to see Alex Epstein!

Get tickets to see Alex Epstein! View this email in your browser Dear Jack, Alex Epstein is a best-selling author and fossil fuel advocate, and he will be in Jackson in a few short weeks!  Federal politicians are pursuing a "net zero" age…
  Douglas Carswell · [email protected]
March 25, 2023 at 12:44 PM

Betsy DeVos is awesome

Betsy DeVos is awesome View this email in your browser Dear Jack, Betsy DeVos, the former Education Secretary, was in Jackson this week to speak at a lunch we organized. In front of a large crowd of our supporters, Mrs. DeVos outlined her …