Editorial
LETTER to the EDITOR: Vote 'Yes' on Amendment 8
Vote Yes on Amendment 8    While we are all focused on the important decisions facing us in the 2012 national elections, it is important that we take some time to consider issues facing our local ...
Oct 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mitt for President
You have seen and heard the candidates running for president. After a year or more of listening to all the rhetoric it is time to make a decision. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, you shou...
Oct 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 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: Candidates on Farm Policy
Ahead of the upcoming election, President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney spelled out their positions on agriculture issues for the American Farm Bureau Federation. In a questionnai...
Oct 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stacy Gill is the editor of the Zachary Plainsman-News and author of the regular column, Thinking Out Loud. (PHOTO/LSN)
Loving, losing and sharing your lunch
Steering clear of love or relationships for fear of having your heart broken is no way to live. There's even a popular expression everyone knows that backs up this theory. 'For it is better to have...
Oct 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Popular Halloween Treat Linked to Heart Problems
Local Cardiologists Warn Too Much Black Licorice Can Lead to Heart Problems
Oct 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Spending is a Bipartisan Obsession
If you engage with government long enough, as I have, it is hard not to become cynical. Then again, cynics often see an unfiltered version of the truth. At this moment, politics weigh heavily upon ...
Oct 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
Random Thoughts
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Not since the days of slavery have there been so many people who feel entitled to what other people have produced as there are in the modern welfare state, whe...
Oct 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 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 ~ Agriculture Biotechnology
The French philosopher Voltaire famously said, “Common sense is not so common.” Activists trying to disprove the safety of agriculture biotechnology seem devoted to proving his witticism. Another s...
Oct 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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LETTER to the EDITOR: Is Misdemeanor Crime Important?
Received via e-mail Oct. 16 Recently, on more than one occasion, Mayor Holden voiced his opinion that operating a misdemeanor jail is a bad idea.  He also stated he does not believe those people w...
Oct 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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How Louisiana's tax climate stacks up nationally
The Tax Foundation has released its 2013 State Business Tax Climate Index. It ranks Louisiana in the bottom half of states at 32nd (the lower the number, the better the score in this index). The Ta...
Oct 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Keeping safe during National Fire Prevention Week Oct. 7-13
As temperatures begin to drop and consumers turn to alternative heating sources to stay warm, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) offers guidance on ways to avoid home fires t...
Oct 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
Phony in Chief
When President Barack Obama and others on the left are not busy admonishing the rest of us to be "civil" in our discussions of political issues, they are busy letting loose insults, accusations and...
Oct 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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