Looking back, I don’t know if growing up in Small Town, North Louisiana was closer to Huckleberry Finn or To Kill a Mockingbird. It certainly had elements of both. Either way, the first verse of a song that John Lennon wrote pretty much sums up how I feel about it now: In My Life Lennon & McCartney ...

Sweet land of liberty... of thee I sing. How long will this be our anthem? For how long will it be free? Many of us are guilty of taking America for granted. We act as though our freedoms are etched in stone...and can never disappear. Well, guess what? We are allowing America’s future to become so c...

I am delighted to report that my mother has come around. I have been lobbying my mother for months to take pity on a little red squirrel who had acquired a great fondness for her, demonstrating his devotion by digging up all her flowerpots and gazing at her for minutes at a time through the window. ...

It’s official. Donald Trump announced he’s running for the Republican nomination for president for a third time. And far be it for me to give advice t...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following Country Editor article appeared in the March 21, 2007, issue of this newspaper by the late Publisher/Editor Sammy J. Fra...

If you followed this year’s elections, at some point the question probably occurred to you: Why do people do this? The endless campaign events, the co...