Campbell to Governor and Governor-elect: Don’t blow this opportunity

Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell is asking Gov. John Bel Edwards and Gov.-elect Jeff Landry to support placing a massive, taxpayer- funded, clean-energy project in southwest Louisiana on State land, producing a windfall for Louisiana.Campbell said developers of the proposed “Project...

Keep Quiet, Children!

Each year on Christmas Eve, the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Cologne, Germany hosted a Living Crèche, what you and I know as a nativity scene or manger scene.Church members dressed as shepherds, angels, wise men, Mary, and Joseph, stood as motionless as possible to show their reverence for...

Universal Transfer Pathways approved

The Louisiana Board of Regents (BOR) Dec. 13 approved new Universal Transfer Pathways at all public institutions, which are expected to launch for students statewide in Fall 2024.Passed in the 2022 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, Act 308, authored by Senator Cleo Fields, mandates the...

Book Banning in Louisiana!

Is there a widespread effort here in Louisiana to band certain books? As many of you know, I published books, and am an avid reader. In all my years living here in the Bayou state, I can’t remember any effort to control what books are available in our local libraries.

THE COUNTRY WRITER By John Moore

A Southerner’s View of Then and NowAs a young kid, I thought that every family did exactly the same things ours did. That included what and how we did Christmas.Turned out, there were two ways to approach collecting your loot.

Clause for Alarm

couldn’t live without.One particular year there were some iconic toys that caught our eye, including the Hasbro offering, G.I. Joe.

Sports fans will enjoy Hall of Fame membership

Treat yourself, or somebody who is a huge sports fan, to a great Christmas gift – “Join the TEAM” for the first-ever Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame membership drive.It costs just $10 per month. Gear and other benefits are the stocking stuffer.

IRS criminal investigations’s Atlanta Office warns of romance scams

Scammers use many tactics to separate unsuspecting victims of their identities and money.One of the tactics is the romance scam, which in 2022 affected approximately 70,000 victims with reported losses of $1.3 billion, according to a report by the Federal Trade Commission.“Investigating criminals...

Defending our holidays year-round

This should be my favorite time of year. The special season beginning at Thanksgiving and extending through the Christmas holidays. But there are disturbing signs of change and not for the better, as a movement continues to grow disparaging our holidays as not being politically correct.

Writer says Ta-Nehisi Coates is a moral idiot and not reliable

The celebrated author Ta-Nehisi Coates is not reliable regarding things he’s spent considerable time thinking about here in the U.S., so it’s presumably a mistake to put much stock in his newly formed opinions about matters he barely knows anything about.He proved as much in an interview about the...