My editorial last week addressed the fact that I (along with many others in our parish) am growing old. As I reflected more on this, I began to realize there is a lost attribute among my generation and those older than me that really needs to be learned in our day and time. It’s the lost art of know...

Royal Alexander of Shreveport submits a column each week and we felt the following writing deserved a spot in the Country Editor’s space. Alexander wrote: “The ever-encroaching tentacles of the federal government are on display again. In this past week we have seen two of the most recent examples. T...

In the movie “The War of the Roses,” the fighting couple played by Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner end up dying while fighting with each other through a divorce. As they both lay there dying after falling from a chandelier (no spoiler alert, there’s a good chance the movie is older than you are ...

The combined tax rate could add up to a fatal 61% on inherited wealth, eliminating family farms (and many other small businesses) and consolidating al...

In an earlier iteration of my singleness I once seriously courted a young woman from Eastern Europe. I traveled to her home country twice, spent lots ...

This time of year is always busy in LaSalle Parish as the two high schools celebrate homecomings. Last week, LaSalle High held their festivities and t...