May 2022

Fight the bite

Mosquito bites are more than just annoying and itchy. They can spread diseases like the West Nile Virus that make you sick and in rare cases, even cause death.

Fatherly inspiration key to learning the art of grace

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After all these years, my dad inspires me still.

Hunter Biden’s $2M ‘sugar brother’

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One of the mysteries of the Hunter Biden matter is how the president’s son, with no obvious sources of income, manages to maintain a grand lifestyle. For the last year or so, he has been living in a $20,000-a-month rental house in Malibu, California. (The taxpayers are footing the bill for the Secret Service to pay even more, $30,000 a month, to rent the house next door while protecting Hunter.) The younger Biden also likes nice cars; a 2020 photo showed him arriving for lunch at the Waldorf Astoria in a Porsche Panamera GTS, which costs six figures. Federal prosecutors are also said to be looking into his purchase of another sixfigure auto, a Fisker electric sports car.

Candidates, tax issues on Nov. 8 ballot

Eligible voters in Jeff Davis Parish will have the chance to choose a number of federal, state and local candidates, as well as several tax issues in the Open Primary Congressional Election scheduled for Nov. 8.

State motor vehicles worker arrested for taking bribes

BATON ROUGE (AP) — An Office of Motor Vehicles employee was arrested Wednesday for issuing fraudulent commercial driver’s licenses and commercial learners permits in East Baton Rouge Parish who had not taken the related tests.

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Voter turnout on local issues should be higher

This fall voters in Jeff Davis will have to chance to select new federal legislators, as well as decide on who will run the parish school system, Elton, Lake Arthur, along with several tax issues in certain districts.

Some scared, others amused by Friday the 13th

Today, millions of Americans are nervous, and some will even stay home. Others will laugh it off. It’s just another day on the calendar – or is it?

Care for some stolen random thoughts?

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Honest, I’m going to write a book chockful of random thoughts someday (my more serious book about religion is already available on Amazon), but deadline pressures keep forcing me to cannibalize my ideas for this column instead.