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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 sat down to supper is heading for the door. A farmer who has to be up before dawn is climbing into a truck and driving toward the smoke instead of away ...
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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 the same thing. Democratic Socialism will be a defining issue for years to come. CNN reports that “about a third of Democrats and Democratic-leaning a...
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Is it hot or what?
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
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 are presently experiencing. Most of the outside dogs are panting and perspiring along with the rest of us, their little tongues hanging -drinking wate...
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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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Hooray, It’s Boo Ray!
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Deborah Mayo:
Hooray, It’s Boo Ray!
By Deborah Mayo 
August 19, 2026
A few years back I bought and lost a robotic vacuum cleaner that I affectionately called ‘Boo Ray’. Little Boo Ray was still in his youth, about two w...
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The Absurd W(oke)NBA Politics
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Royal Alexander:
The Absurd W(oke)NBA Politics
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
August 19, 2026
As we know, the battle is over whether to allow biological males to play in professional women’s basketball. How did we get to this point of insanity?...
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A word about elections and neighbors
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Craig Franklin:
A word about elections and neighbors
By Craig Franklin Editor 
August 12, 2026
Election season is upon us again, and with it comes something that rural Louisiana does both remarkably well and, at times, remarkably poorly. There i...
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The ABCs of School Personnel
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Deborah Mayo:
The ABCs of School Personnel
By Deborah Mayo 
August 12, 2026
Thank the Lord for teachers, principals, paras, bus drivers, custodians, lunchroom techs and all the other school employees who walk the halls, teach ...
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Fauci’s Crimes Against Humanity
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Royal Alexander:
Fauci’s Crimes Against Humanity
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
August 12, 2026
I have never addressed the same topic two weeks in a row but given the gravity of this matter I felt it was warranted with respect to the 11th hour Fa...
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The Most Dangerous Idea in America
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Craig Franklin:
The Most Dangerous Idea in America
By Craig Franklin Editor 
August 5, 2026
Something is happening in American politics that would have been unthinkable a generation ago, and not enough people are talking about it plainly. Soc...
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