Small businesses play integral part in community involvement
Two Jeff Davis Parish natives and small business owners have found a way to help veterans in their community. The small business owners are donating their time and equipment by
Editorial
A new summer brings predictable exploitation
Summers come and go. And some are more memorable than others - better weather, extraordinary family road trips or exciting new adventures. But for decades, all summers have one sorry
Support school supply drives
How much money are parents and students expected to spend on school supplies in America this fall? About $6 billion, according to projections from the National Retail Federation.
Old news is sometimes new news
I’M JUST SAYIN’
Idived into a rabbit hole recently that is being presented to you weekly as Yesterday’s News.
Shining light on true abuse in the age of #MeToo
Afew years ago, I wrote a column about Malala Yousafzai, around the time the young Pakistani activist was shot in the head by the Taliban.
It takes a village
Taxes support the necessary operations in our public schools. Many of the programs, activities and amenities our children enjoy in schools, however, are made possible by the generosity of businesses,
TODAY IN HISTORY
1595 - Astronomer Johannes Kepler has an epiphany and develops his theory of the geometrical basis of the universe while teaching in Graz 1843 - The steamship SS Great Britain
Do Democrats self-destruct?
Being a moderate Democrat in Louisiana has become a real labor of love today. The Louisiana Democratic Party is becoming more and more irrelevant in the Bayou State. Party officials
Responding to Trump’s racism
Accusations of racism are so inflammatory that they should always be made cautiously and carefully. But when President Trump told four congresswomen of color to “go back” to where they
Drivers are the issue, not traffic lights and signs
Traffic lights and stop signs keep no one safe if drivers fail to pay attention or flout driving laws. This is the root of the problem at the intersection of U.S. 190 and La. 26 in Elton.
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