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Hot, Humid, and Sweltering
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Deborah Mayo:
Hot, Humid, and Sweltering
By Deborah Mayo 
May 27, 2026
It’s the middle of May, and I am sweating. Despite the occasional lovely breeze and the persnickety moods of recent weather, humidity has arrived in force, and for this outdoors girl, I’m already sweating bullets. Forgive my use of such a vulgar term (sweat), but this gumbo of humidity and heat is c...
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A Return to Common Sense
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Royal Alexander:
A Return to Common Sense
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
May 27, 2026
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial was originally published November 6, 2024.) Elon Musk is very interesting and inspiring to me. He strikes me as being so intelligent it’s as though he must slow down his brain enough to articulate words. He is clearly shy, his speech at times halting, and he o...
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Newspapers versus social media
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Craig Franklin:
Newspapers versus social media
By Craig Franklin Editor 
May 20, 2026
To many in the newspaper industry, there is a perceived battle raging between newspapers and social media. From my standpoint, it’s not so much of a battle as a shift in the public’s information dynamics that newspapers need to harness rather than wage war against. But there is a question I find mys...
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Take Time to Make Time
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Deborah Mayo:
Take Time to Make Time
May 20, 2026
My bonus grandson is just a few days away from graduating at Jena High School and adventuring into adulthood. Like all graduates, he has some importan...
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Trump’s Historic Trip to China
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Royal Alexander:
Trump’s Historic Trip to China
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
May 20, 2026
President Trump traveled to China last week to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and he didn’t go alone. Accompanying him were some of the most i...
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Newspaper of the Year. What an honor.
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Craig Franklin:
Newspaper of the Year. What an honor.
By Craig Franklin Editor 
May 13, 2026
Shocked. That was honestly my emotion when Louisiana Press Association (LPA) Executive Director McHugh David announced The Jena Times had won the Divi...
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A Kid, A Mud Puddle, and a Few Memories
Editorial
A Kid, A Mud Puddle, and a Few Memories
May 13, 2026
Yesterday, I sat on my daddy’s front porch and watched my grandson turn a mud puddle into a grand and riveting adventure. It was your average puddle w...
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No more troops for disloyal NATO nations
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Royal Alexander:
No more troops for disloyal NATO nations
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
May 13, 2026
President Trump is reportedly considering pulling American troops out of nations that have not been supportive of the U.S. effort in Iran and placing ...
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An Unusual Mother’s Day Editorial
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Craig Franklin:
An Unusual Mother’s Day Editorial
By Craig Franklin Editor 
May 6, 2026
Allow me to use this space to wish a very special person a happy Mother’s Day - but do so in an unusual way. Just a few days after Mother’s Day, May 1...
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SCOTUS Historic Ruling Redistricting Case
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
Royal Alexander:
SCOTUS Historic Ruling Redistricting Case
By Royal Alexander Attorney / Contributing Writer 
May 6, 2026
I return to this topic given the historic nature of the ruling and its novelty involving a Louisiana case, Callais v. Louisiana. This past week the Su...
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