September is Suicide Prevention Month
Suicide can be a very uncomfortable word to say. It may even be an uncomfortable topic of conversation, but more people are affected by it than most people realize.
Editorial
Save water, shower with a bureaucrat
If you’re like me, you enjoy few things more than a long, hot shower.
U.N. climate report makes clear the sky is not falling
The U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued its latest report purporting to analyze the state of the climate and trying to model and project the climate future. Well, the apocalyptic climate change religionists won’t be pleased. In the simplest terms, the conclusions from this report are not nearly as dire as have been predicted by politicians or the national and international media who believe in a manmade doomsday climate future as an article of faith and that a new Inquisition is justified for non-believers. I will be curious to see the conclusions of independent climate scientists regarding the Report.
Primary election rescheduled for Nov. 13
The Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office (SOS) made the responsible decision this week to ask the governor to postpone the Oct. 9 open primary election.
How does Jennings compare?
recent study shows the cost of living A in Jennings is over 30 percent below the national average, but with higherthan-average state and local taxes, many people chose to move to another state over Louisiana.
As a carpenter, I make a pretty good journalist
Funny how the human brain works. When you least expect to venture out into the world of zany thought, that’s when you make the trip.
Communities come together for hurricane relief
This time last year, donations were pouring in from all over the country for areas in SWLA that were devastated by Hurricanes Laura and Delta.
The ‘rural purge’ of 1971
In mid-1971, I experienced a most distressing visit to the dentist.
Two questions about Afghan refugees
Biden administration officials are proud of their effort to airlift about 118,000 Afghans, plus somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 U.S. citizens, from the Kabul airport in the final days of the president’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. But still unanswered are two key questions: One, who did we leave behind? And two, who did we bring out?
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