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Thomas Sowell
Kodak and the Post Office
The news that Eastman Kodak is preparing to file for bankruptcy, after being the leading photographic company in the world for more than a hundred years, truly marks the end of an era. The skills r...
Jan 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau/Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (PHOTO/Submitted)
Here we go again
The new year has begun. There will be many new faces in the state legislature that will soon convene to enact and amend laws that will impact our lives. This is also a year in which the state const...
Jan 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
Kodak and the Post Office
The news that Eastman Kodak is preparing to file for bankruptcy, after being the leading photographic company in the world for more than a hundred years, truly marks the end of an era. The skills r...
Jan 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau/Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (PHOTO/Submitted)
The End of the Beginning
Winston Churchill’s comments about the Battle of Egypt in 1942 popped into my mind when the Iowa Caucus vote was in: “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhap...
Jan 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Milo Nickel/The Man Column
Washington Post
Well, from the internet, history proves that the “Washington Post” and the Associated Press are always accurate in the reporting of straight news. It is gratifying and somewhat comforting that we ...
Jan 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
Random Thoughts
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Talk show host Dennis Miller said, "I don't dig polo. It's like miniature golf meets the Kentucky Derby." Nothing illustrates the superficiality of our times b...
Jan 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jim Brown (PHOTO/Submitted)
New Year thoughts from the Bayou State
Did you make a New Year’s resolution yet? I always do. Hope and foreboding are at the top of my list and have been these past few years. The New Year always brings a promise of uncertainty. More so...
Dec 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
The Past and the Present
If Newt Gingrich were being nominated for sainthood, many of us would vote very differently from the way we would vote if he were being nominated for a political office. What the media call Gingric...
Dec 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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The President’s Column~A weekly feature provided by your parish Farm Bureau
The holidays have come early for U.S. farmers and ranchers. All indications are that 2011 will be a record-setting year for farm income.  A new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture foreca...
Dec 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
Gridlock to the Rescue?
Washington gridlock may turn out to be the salvation of the Obama administration. Not only does gridlock allow the president to blame Republicans for not solving the financial crisis that his own r...
Dec 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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J.H. Campbell Jr. (PHOTO/Submitted)
Season's Greetings to all
Christians all over the world will commemorate and celebrate the holy day of Christmas, recognizing the birth of Jesus Christ, believed by Christians to be the son of God. Many other faiths also co...
Dec 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau/Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (PHOTO/Submitted)
Red Ink Woes
Just 29 days before Governor Jindal and the 144 members of the Legislature are to be sworn in, they got a strong hint that governing might not be a bed of roses during the next four years. The four...
Dec 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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