There will be four constitutional amendments on the ballot this Oct. 14th election and four more constitutional amendments on the Nov. 18th ballot.* Please know that there are often credible, principled reasons to view such measures differently. Below are my respectful recommendations: Constitutiona...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial appeared in the September 25, 2019 issue of this newspaper, written by Sammy J. Franklin, Publisher/Editor of The Jena Times for 54 years until his death in January 2022. His words on the importance of voting are still true today.) Early voting for the October...

Our minds want to wander. What they settle on in their journey from one destination to another is intriguing and telling. The Bible says, “Old men dream dreams and young men see visions.” But it does not tell what the dreams or visions are. It depends on the individual.One day a psalmist unveiled bo...

“Is there any word from the Lord?” This is a question the prophet Jeremiah was asked by King Zedekiah. The situation was grave and the times were bad....

Most of the liberal “blue” states in America have had no real issue with the Biden Administration’s “open borders” policy. In fact, it has been consid...

My daughter texted me over the weekend and asked me a very peculiar question: “How often do you think about the Roman Empire?” My initial thought was ...