Editorial

Does President Joe Biden have a mandate to rebuild the United States? To remake American capitalism? To reshape the role of government? The president’s Democratic supporters say yes. But the results of the election that brought Biden to office say no.

During his anything-but-typical address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, President Joe Biden used the word “democracy,” over and over again.

Many if not most if not almost all of today’s parents believe in magic words. They do so because the mental health professional community has for fifty years or so told them that children can be reasoned with, a claim that exposes the general lack of intellectual rigor in the mental health professions.

Cable news programming suggestion: Instead of filling every broadcast with the latest presumptive police outrage, try covering the latest drive-by killings. Show us more of what’s really happening on the streets where we live. Newspapers and local TV are already on it.

Hello, My name is Caitlin LaComb. I am from Elton and am 24 years old. I was born in Crowley until my parents decided to move and settle in Elton. This is where we made a home and where I experienced most of my childhood and all of my teenage years. I am the oldest of six children, I have one biological sibling and five adopted siblings. Although this does not define who I am, it plays an integral role in who I am and how I view myself and the world around me.

A study group created by Louisiana lawmakers to discuss ways to address police misconduct issues had the formidable task of getting law enforcement leaders and groups alleging racial bias in policing to agree on substantive change.