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NDAs: A Public Danger
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
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 room where money changed hands that occurred frequently in Louisiana’s past. This new method of keeping the public uninformed of secret deals deserves fa...
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Victory for parents’ control of education
Columns/Opinions, Editorial
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 districts, and parents. Because of the overreaching and heavy handedness of school authorities during this dark period, in-person school classes for students...
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Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie
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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 thousands upon thousands of crawfish were doing their best to escape the flood waters of 1973 by crawling to higher ground as a means of survival. Up to that...
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What is your Middle C
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“A Line of Truth”
What is your Middle C
By: Rev. Randy Ray Sponsored By: JENA PHARMACY Brandon Poole, Pharm D 
September 2, 2026
When I was a young man, somewhere around 18-20 years of age, I decided I was going to take piano lessons and learn how to play the piano. So, I signed...
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Urgent need for volunteer firefighters
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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
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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?
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 ...
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Church Oxymorons
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“A Line of Truth”
Church Oxymorons
By: Rev. Randy Ray Sponsored By: JENA PHARMACY Brandon Poole, Pharm D 
August 26, 2026
Think back with me to a day when you were in a high school English class and your teacher began to talk about a figure of speech called an oxymoron. I...
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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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