The man who was responsible for laying the groundwork for LSU to become one of the better publicly funded universities in the country died last week in Baton Rouge at the age of 83. The man was Jim Wharton, who served as chancellor at LSU from 1981-1988. It was Wharton who in 1984 steered LSU away f...

Last night I stood by the bedside of a man that was dying. Disease had taken its toll on his body and he only had a little time left. His family was there with him. They had known for months that this time would come and they had done all they knew to do to prepare for this moment. But, the truth is...

Vice President Kamala Harris, utterly devoid of the skills necessary to serve in her office, has proven to be incapable of resolving the catastrophe on our southern border. Since she obviously needs instruction about the issue, here is a tutorial. Shortly after being appointed by our clueless Comman...

“Everything in this newspaper is important to someone.” It’s become something of a mantra for me, in recent years. Weekly community newspapers are ecl...

The farmers in our area are singing that old Hee Haw song: “Gloom, despair, and agony on me; deep dark depression, excessive misery. If it weren’t for...

I have a question for you. When things are going wrong and your life feels like it is falling apart, what are you doing during this time? After forty ...