Editorial

The holidays can be tough for many people, especially those facing the recent loss of a loved one. Christmas can weigh you down and bring you back to how it felt immediately after the loss.

distinctly remember what I ate for I supper on Christmas Eve 50 years ago.

I grew up in Jeff Davis Parish in Jennings, as did my mother and my grandmother. Now that I am an aunt or as Hattie will call me, a “Nanny Sis,” I am so grateful she will get to grow up here too.

My access to news narrowed dramatically when I was 10 years old.

This time of year, family and loved ones are at the forefront of all our minds.

One theme of Democratic control of Washington has been frustration, especially among the party’s progressive wing and its cheerleaders in the media, that Democrats have not been able to enact their