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9-11: What We Lost and What We Found
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Craig Franklin:
9-11: What We Lost and What We Found
By Craig Franklin Editor 
September 9, 2026
I was running late that morning. I had covered some event the night before — I do not even remember what it was now — and had told my dad I would be coming into the Jena Times office a little later than usual to make up for the long night. It was a Tuesday morning like any other. My wife, Kim, was t...
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43 Years and Counting – The Bridal March Sonnet
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Deborah Mayo:
43 Years and Counting – The Bridal March Sonnet
By Deborah Mayo 
September 9, 2026
I went to a wedding recently and to my dismay, the bridal march was missing...not the bride, mind you, but the traditional bridal march. Now I adhere to the philosophy ‘each to their own’ and respect the right of every bride to do her wedding as she wishes, but it was a little discombobulating for a...
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Trump to end ABA chokehold
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Trump to end ABA chokehold
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
September 9, 2026
As an attorney for many years, I have often watched with great frustration at various actions taken by the American Bar Association (ABA). The ABA accredits approximately 200 law schools in the U.S. In fact, in many states a law school graduate may not sit for the bar exam without the ABA’s approval...
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NDAs: A Public Danger
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Craig Franklin:
NDAs: A Public Danger
By Craig Franklin Editor 
September 2, 2026
As someone who has witnessed back-room politics for decades, this new form of political public secrecy has me more concerned than any smoke-filled roo...
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Victory for parents’ control of education
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Royal Alexander:
Victory for parents’ control of education
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
September 2, 2026
As the school year begins, I was reflecting back upon the scourge of Fauci’s China Virus and the friction that erupted between schools, school distric...
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Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Deborah Mayo:
Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie
By Deborah Mayo 
September 2, 2026
I remember the first time I ate boiled crawfish – or crayfish if you’re sophisticated and cling to proper terminology. I was 11 years old, and thousan...
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Urgent need for volunteer firefighters
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Craig Franklin:
Urgent need for volunteer firefighters
By Craig Franklin Editor 
August 26, 2026
Somewhere in rural Louisiana tonight, a pager is going off. A man who spent ten hours on a job site today is pulling on his boots. A woman who just sa...
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Socialism fueled by historical ignorance
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Royal Alexander:
Socialism fueled by historical ignorance
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
August 26, 2026
The Democrat Party’s nominations of Democratic Socialists, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, Troy Jackson in Maine, and Angie Nixon in Florida all indicate ...
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Is it hot or what?
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Deborah Mayo:
Is it hot or what?
By Deborah Mayo 
August 26, 2026
I do believe we are living in the dog days of summer; perhaps ‘dog days’ is an inappropriate description of the scorching heat and current drought we ...
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Friday Nights and Why They Matter
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Craig Franklin:
Friday Nights and Why They Matter
By Craig Franklin Editor 
August 19, 2026
There is a moment, every fall, that reminds me why I love this state. The sun goes down. The lights come up. The smell of popcorn and the smoke of pit...
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