Allow me to use this space to wish a very special person a happy Mother’s Day - but do so in an unusual way. Just a few days after Mother’s Day, May 10, we’ll celebrate the three-month anniversary of purchasing three additional newspapers in Caldwell, Richland and Tensas parishes, and what a whirlwi...

I return to this topic given the historic nature of the ruling and its novelty involving a Louisiana case, Callais v. Louisiana. This past week the Supreme Court invalidated on constitutional grounds the Louisiana 6th Congressional District, currently held by Congressman Cleo Fields. The Court speci...

Because my daddy was an oilfield man, we moved from town to town, state to state, and from stem to stern quite frequently during my growing up years. As a result, my siblings and I had adventures others missed and met people of all walks of life. As a point of interest, those moves began in the late...

When my grandkids want something from their Papaw and me, they know just how to ask and receive! While Cylas, grandson #1, must sometimes be coerced i...

There is much controversy in society today. From the national level to the local level, it seems as though people of all walks of life have a negative...

As America approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I think it is timely and important to address this topic. In a compell...