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Wed
16
Jul

THE OLE CABINET MAN

WHAT …. , you may ask, in the world are you talking about? Well, last night I was sitting on my back deck with the ceiling fan on, a big citronella candle burning, and an iced down adult beverage. It was so relaxing to watch the fireflies and listen to the locusts and tree frogs and the evening was cool for early July
 
Wed
16
Jul

GUEST EDITORIAL

Sometimes we just overcomplicate things. Critics of former President George W. Bush accused him of many things over the years, but overcomplicating government was  not one of them. He was pretty easy to figure out. He never saw a tax he didn’t want to cut or a terrorist he didn’t want to bring to justice 
 
Wed
09
Jul

GUEST EDITORIAL

Have you ever heard of Ernesto Miranda? Maybe not, but I bet you are familiar with the rights associated with his last name. Ernesto was the plaintiff in the landmark case Miranda v. Arizona (1966), in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a person arrested in this country must be granted certain rights known as the “Miranda rights.” 
 
Wed
02
Jul

GUEST EDITORIAL

Americans love a good underdog story. The latest example of this is playing out now in the World Cup, where the quest for the gritty,  underdog American team to overcome low expectations and long odds has captivated many sports fans across the nation that usually ignore the sport 
 
Wed
18
Jun

GUEST EDITORIAL

“No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.” I don’t know if the 19th-century American writer Elbert Hubbard was a dad, but if he was, I am pretty sure he said that quote shortly after returning from a family vacation to the beach
 
Wed
11
Jun

GUEST EDITORIAL

A bad trade can haunt a team for a very long time. For decades, any Red Sox fan would readily tell you about “The Curse of the Bambino” that haunted their team as a result of trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees for cash back in 1919. For the next 86 years, the Yankees won 27 titles before the Red Sox finally broke “the curse” when they won the 2004 World Series
 
Wed
04
Jun

GUEST EDITORIAL

"Turn out the lights, the party's over." Years ago, Don “Dandy Don” Meredith used to sing these old Willie Nelson lyrics in the final moments of a Monday Night Football game once the losing team was out of options and the outcome was obvious to all. Dandy Don knew exactly when to let this song fly to let that national audience know that the game was, for all intents and purposes, over.  

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Wed
28
May

Civility is Not a Sign of Weakness

By Stephen Waguespack.
 
“Civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.” President John F. Kennedy said this in his first inaugural address, and it is a good reminder for us all, especially as legislative session draws to a close. Over the last few months, contentious policy fights and emotional debates have filled the chamber floors and committee rooms. The issues facing Louisiana are usually easy to identify, yet often quite controversial to implement – this year was no exception. Tempers have flared and nerves are raw.

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Wed
21
May

GUEST EDITORIAL

Summertime is right around the corner. This is the last week of school for my kids and I can tell they mentally already made that switch to summer vacation. Sure, they are still physically going to school every day, but you can see it in their eyes that their focus and effort on schoolwork has shifted to daydreaming about summer plans and sleeping in 
 
Wed
14
May

Small Businesses Embrace Operating on the Edge

By Stephen Waguespack.
 
Many things run through your head when you are hanging off the side of a building in a driving rainstorm 308 feet off the ground. This is exactly where I found myself recently while helping to promote adoption awareness and efforts to find homes for 300 deserving children currently in state custody. The event was called “Over the Edge for Adoption,” and it involved people like me volunteering to rappel down the side of Baton Rouge’s second tallest building.

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