Columns & Opinions

LISTEN UP: It’s time: Publicity can’t fix that

Fri, 11/20/2020 - 12:00am

I returned from picking up one of my vehicles from a repair shop on Nov. 17. The front end of the vehicle needed an alignment. A previous visit earlier this year required alignment and other front-end repairs on my other vehicle. I average about two and a half frontend repairs a year. I travel Linwood Avenue a lot, near the Loop especially. Parts of Linwood in that area are like war-torn roads.

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30-Second Read: Lesser mysteries

Fri, 11/13/2020 - 12:00am

Ah, life’s abundant mysteries. Some are grand and sublime and help us approach the meaning of life. Then there are these lesser mysteries, both imponderable and irritating.

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Caddo schoolchildren still need Chromebooks, laptops

Fri, 11/13/2020 - 12:00am

OK, do we yet have enough devices?

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Stop spreading those germs!

Fri, 11/13/2020 - 12:00am

Oh, gosh, it happened again.

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FOCUS ON SPORTS

Fri, 11/13/2020 - 12:00am

Are the New Orleans Saints the team to beat in the NFC?

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This is the time of year for cold days - not sweltering heat!

Fri, 11/13/2020 - 12:00am

I am far from the first person to complain about the weather, but OH MY GOSH! This weather is killing me. Mid-October it fooled me. I thought, Wow! We are going to have a true autumn! There was a cool breeze in the air. I pulled out my long sleeves and prepared myself for hot soups and warm socks. Then, Bam! It warmed up. One morning it was rainy when I got up, so I dressed accordingly for a cool day, and I walked outside and it was muggy, oppressive and hot.

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LISTEN UP: The devil went down to Georgia

Fri, 11/13/2020 - 12:00am

When I was a freshman in college, I got a job at what was then Kelly’s Truck Stop. Located off I-20 West at the City of Greenwood exit, Kelly’s was billed as a model facility for truckers in the early ’70s. The truck stop environment was truly a cultural awakening. I would say that during that time it was as much of an education for me as any college class I took.