Constitution Week is Sept. 17-23

In 1955, under the leadership of President General Gertrude Caraway, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution made its own resolution designating Sept. 17-23 as Constitution Week.The DAR presented the resolution to Congress, which was subsequently discussed with the Senate and...

Attacking Crime in Louisiana

President Trump is suggesting that the national guard could be used in additional American cities besides the nation’s capital, and has included New Orleans on his list.

National Guard isn’t the Gestapo and has limited use as police force

Donald Trump’s alleged fascist crackdown is finally here — federal troops are on the streets of major U.S. cities with almost certainly more on the way.First, they came for Los Angeles, then for Washington, D.C., and next, if reports are to be believed, Chicago.There’s no doubt that Trump loves the...

Ask Rusty:

Can I Claim My Own SS Benefit Now and Get Half of My Husband’s Benefit Later?by Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American CitizensAsk Rusty – Can I Claim My Own SS Benefit Now and Get Half of My Husband’s Benefit...

Trump is wrong about mail-in voting, hope he thinks again

President Trump is threatening to wage war on mail-in ballots, and the GOP has to hope he thinks again before the 2026 midterms.In a Truth Social post, Trump said he is “going to lead a movement to get rid of MAILIN BALLOTS,” and he’ll start off with “an EXECUTIVE ORDER to help bring HONESTY to the...

Exorbitant salaries don’t help keep the lights on

At the last Commission meeting, I asked how much our jurisdictional utility, SWEPCO, pays to be a member of the Southwest Power Pool (“SPP”), one of two Regional Transmission Organizations (“RTOs) doing business in our state, but the SPP representatives in attendance were not able to answer that...

Ag seeks to reinstate death penalty

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill will seek to overturn Roper at the United States Supreme Court by moving to reinstate the death sentence for convicted killer Dale Dwayne Craig, who was one week shy of his eighteenth birthday when the crime took place.On September 14, 1992, Dale Dwayne Craig...

Saturday is deadline to collect state tax refunds before they become unclaimed property

Louisiana taxpayers have until Sept. 6 to claim millions of dollars in state tax refunds before they become unclaimed property.The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) sent Notice of Unclaimed Property letters to 17,976 individual and business taxpayers advising them to claim their refunds before...

The Country Writer: A Southerner’s View of Then and Now By John Moore

There are many once-common aspects of the telephone that are now gone.

REMEMBER THIS?

In the winter of 19071908, Prefect of Police Louis Lépine employed dog auxiliaries to patrol the lonely beats in and around Paris, France.Having the dogs patrol the lonely beats would free up human police officers to concentrate their efforts in areas with higher crime rates.On one lonely beat...