The death of love letters Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching. The quest for expressing how one feels about another is the significance of this age-old tradition, which leads me to ask, “Where are all the Romeos and Juli...
Manufacturing should not be a stage prop in presidential campaign The annual State of the Union (SOTU) address by any president has become something to be endured rather than cherished. No president ever says the state of the union is dire. The problems that must...
1,000 days
and counting Many of man’s greatest achievements have been completed in less than 1,000 days. Columbus sailed for only 70 days before discovering the New World. From 1804 to 1806, it took Lewis and Clark a mere...
Is anybody serious? The Republican candidates’ circular firing squad now seems to be using machine guns. Whoever the eventual “last man standing” turns out to be, he may not be standing very tall or very steadily on h...
It is time to act One of the main reasons that Louisiana has never realized its full potential, both in economic growth and quality of life for our citizens, has been due to the state’s traditionally poor public edu...
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...
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...
Republican
voters’ choices No one seems to be really happy with this year’s field of Republican candidates for that party’s presidential nomination - except perhaps the Democrats. The sudden rise, and equally sudden fall, o...
Rice research
and promotion
needs your vote On Tuesday, January 17, 2012, rice producers have a chance to vote for the research and promotion check-off referendums that will continue to ensure the future of the Louisiana rice industry. By vo...
A trip to remember Although I moved into the first house I’ve ever owned in Louisiana, just outside Ville Platte, last October, this is one of the very few Christmases I’ve spent away from Louisiana. My wife grew u...
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...
Glass of milk From Glenn and the Internet: Glass of milk “One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. “H...
