Editorial
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LETTER to the EDITOR: Family thanks those who helped during time of need
On Aug. 3, 2011, just after midnight, our home was destroyed by fire. My wife, Marsha, was sewing in the adjacent bedroom in preparation for our youngest daughter’s wedding. She was resting on the...
Nov 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Kabuki Dance Continues
The nation’s long election ordeal is over. While that may be good news, we must temper it with the fact that Congress is now back in session. The Senate jumped right into “serious” legislative matt...
Nov 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Michael Danna is director of public relations and host of the Farm Bureau’s long-running farm news program “This Week in Louisiana Agriculture.” (PHOTO/Submitted)
The President's Column: Thanksgiving Survey
The retail cost of menu items for a classic Thanksgiving dinner including turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and all the basic trimmings increased less than one percent this year, according...
Nov 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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ZCSD Superintendent Scott Devillier (PHOTO/Stacy Gill)
LETTER to the EDITOR: Superintendent Scott Devillier addresses Zachary community
Received via e-mail Nov. 12 Dear Community Members, As a community, we have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Our students are continuing to excel in so many arenas, and the professiona...
Nov 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell (IMAGE/Submitted)
Gross Misconceptions
This country is at a historic crossroads, and the path we choose can determine our future far beyond the next four years. Our children and grandchildren may someday bless us or curse us for what we...
Nov 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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'Cooling Out' the Voters
Confidence men know that their victim -- "the mark" as he has been called -- is eventually going to realize that he has been cheated. But it makes a big difference whether he realizes it immediatel...
Nov 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Michael Danna is director of public relations and host of the Farm Bureau’s long-running farm news program “This Week in Louisiana Agriculture.” (PHOTO/Submitted)
The President's Column: Saving the Bacon
For some reason, bacon just can’t seem to stay out of the news. As the nation’s severe drought wore on this summer, consumers became worried about higher food prices and shortages. What food produc...
Nov 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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And Down the Stretch They Come
Nov. 6 is almost here. It likely will be quite a horse race carrying on well into the evening election night. Like antsy thoroughbreds in their final warm-ups, Obama and Romney are pawing the dirt ...
Nov 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hurricane Isaac survivors warned of fake building contractors
With more than $218 million in state and federal recovery dollars in the hands of Louisiana's Hurricane Isaac survivors, fake building contractors and other con artists are angling to get their han...
Nov 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Move Over, Saudi Arabia!
Throughout my 40 years representing the business community—first with the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce and then with LABI—I have been a student of energy issues and energy economics. I was...
Nov 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Libya and Lies
It was a little much when President Barack Obama said that he was "offended" by the suggestion that his administration would try to deceive the public about what happened in Benghazi. What has this...
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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On amendments, we recommend ...
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 6 and a very busy ballot awaits taxpayers. With early voting underway, we remind everyone that there are nine state constitutional amendments on the ballot and one loc...
Oct 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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