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 with a depth just right for wading, and enough mud to cake his arms and legs and produce plenty of mudballs. He made the most of it, sharing the red gu...

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 them in nations that have. I think such a decision is well-advised and long overdue. European nations are largely weak and gutless. What more dire war...

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 10, we’ll celebrate the three-month anniversary of purchasing three additional newspapers in Caldwell, Richland and Tensas parishes, and what a whirlwi...

As America approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I think it is timely and important to address this topic. In a compell...

If you are 50 years old or above, you know that change in this world is inevitable. You also understand that the older you get, the less you like chan...

There is a feeling of excitement all across LaSalle Parish as our two softball teams hold the number one ranking in their respective divisions, and th...