Editorial Columns

Remember the sacrifice

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When I finally sat down to write this column, I noticed that the date (2/19) is the 53rd anniversary of the day I raised my right hand and swore to serve and protect, up to and including my death, to preserve the freedoms that we enjoy today in this country we call America. In 1967, there were hundreds of thousands of us taking the oath, serving, dying, recuperating from wounds and many who had served and were returning home to loved ones and re-insertion into society.

Nearly all our presidents were big baseball ‘bugs’

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Out of all our presidents, not many are suspected of being indifferent to baseball. The most notable is probably Thomas Jefferson, who no doubt considered games that involve balls frivolous, and would distract him from his multiple intellectual pursuits.

A helping hand

Many municipalities here in Jeff Davis understand the struggle of a small community, especially when it comes to major purchases such as police units.

Don’t judge a dog by its appearance

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Village of Fenton council members are making the right decision when it comes to a compromise that will suit the town’s four-legged residents, as well as those of the human variety.

New money puts La. education groups at odds

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Digging out of a decade of cuts and stagnant funding, Louisiana’s public schools, colleges and other education programs are vying for the increased cash coming into the state treasury. But with a finite amount of money to pour into spending increases, education leaders end up at odds with each other as they haggle for more money. 

Opinions

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Opinions

Education, knowledge and compassion needed for addiction

At some point each of us has been guilty of harshly condemning individuals trapped within the hold of addiction. Some have never watched a loved one spiral into addiction. 

On cultural appropriation

don’t mean to disillusion you, dear I reader, but Raymond Chandler, author of “The Big Sleep” (Bogart and Bacall), was never a private eye. An Englishman, he pretty much perfected the hard-boiled L.A. detective novel after losing his job as an oil company executive. “When in doubt,” he famously advised, “have a man come through the door with a gun.”

Trump missed opportunity during SOTU

A triumphant but low-key President Trump took to center stage last Tuesday night at the U.S. Capitol to deliver his third State of the Union address.

I’M JUST SAYIN’

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ou say you haven’t been the same “Y Since you had your little crash But you might feel better If they gave you some cash The more I think about it Ole’ Billy was right: Let’s kill all the lawyers Kill ‘em tonight”