September 2021

September is National Suicide Awareness Month

September is National Suicide Awareness Month or Suicide Prevention Month. The purpose is to bring awareness to a topic that is not often addressed adequately.

Afghanistan was always a folly

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Regarding the national news media’s freakout over President Biden’s role in the Taliban’s seizure of Afghanistan, we haven’t seen such passionate unanimity among the Washington commentariat since they went all-in on invading Iraq back in 2003.

Louisiana still waiting for aid a year after Laura

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Hurricane Laura wrecked southwest Louisiana a year ago, leaving marks of devastation that remain evident today in bluetarped roofs, damaged homes and boardedup businesses that still dot the region. For the people who live there, the suffering seems even worse because they feel forgotten.

Ida collapses Miss. road; kills 2, injures at least 10

LUCEDALE, Miss. (AP) — Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when seven vehicles plunged into a deep hole where a dark, rural highway collapsed as Hurricane Ida blew through Mississippi.

Some energy facilities in Gulf gradually inch back to life

(AP) — Oil companies began gradually to restart some of their refineries in Louisiana, and key fuel pipelines fully reopened Tuesday, providing hopeful signs that the region’s crucial energy industry can soon recover from the blow of Hurricane Ida.