30-Second Read: No name calling
Fri, 07/24/2020 - 12:00am
Our political culture is broken with increasingly dire impact socially. Here’s proof, in a headline published July 14:
Columns & Opinions
FOCUS ON FARMING
Fri, 07/24/2020 - 12:00am
Home cooking is a southern tradition. It’s just what most of us grew up doing.
Shreveport leads the nation, and it’s a good thing
Fri, 07/24/2020 - 12:00am
The Monday morning staff meeting started like they all do on Zoom these days. I had my coffee and a nice shirt on over my pajamas.
What are we going to do without LSU football?
Fri, 07/17/2020 - 12:00am
Well, here we are, folks! Getting down to the wire and the dreaded question now must be answered: Will there be college football?
30-Second Read: Tomato eulogy
Tue, 07/14/2020 - 12:00am
My friends, the baby tomato in the accompanying photo has been decapitated and gutted. I found it this morning on the patio, just as shown, eight feet from the plant that gave it life, mercilessly shorn from the comforts of parental embrace.
High auto insurance rates to continue?
Tue, 07/14/2020 - 12:00am
Did you hear the news? The Louisiana Legislature has passed new laws that will dramatically reduce your automobile insurance rates. By 25%, says the insurance commissioner. And by the end of the year. Wow! I can hardly wait to spend my savings. Well, don’t hold your breath.
30 SECOND READ - READER DISCRETION ADVISED
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 10:44am
That headline got your attention. Good. Today’s essay is like those mangled cars shown to high-school students to warn them off drinking and driving.
The topic: Poison ivy.
Settle Talk
Fri, 07/03/2020 - 12:00am
On May 26 an ordinance was introduced at the Shreveport City Council to ban smoking
Malfeasance, why?
Fri, 07/03/2020 - 12:00am
Five, almost six months it has taken for a decision that speaks to a lingering question: Will there be charges? Will there be charges filed against those eight police officers who violated the rights of two men, Bell and Robinson?