Yet growing up, for most of us, saying, “It’s a free country” was the standard response someone would make about something they refused to tolerate, or if they did something that someone else didn’t like. It was often followed or preceded by “So sue me.

A change in stock price can vary whenever a CEO takes over a company, depending on the market perception of how capable the new CEO may be in taking the company forward. Other times, a change in stock price may reflect how well (or poorly) a CEO may manage the company in a crisis.

Our job, after all, was to “flatten the curve” by social distancing and shutting down businesses, even as layoffs mounted, and the stock market plunged.

We’re going to begin hearing a lot more about how conducting our elections by U.S. mail is a necessity now. Take U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, for example. She says, “The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the obstacles many already face when voting,” and the American people “deserve a comprehensive solution to ensure that voting is safe and accessible.

As the coronavirus pandemic pushes people toward increased social isolation, millions of workers are attending meetings remotely, municipalities are conducting open meetings online, and schools are shifting to online platforms. In fact, the video conferencing platform, WebEx, saw a surge in user activity since the beginning of March – 5.

Shreveport mayor is not whom we thought we elected Mayor Perkins' inauguration speech on that cold, Saturday morning, Dec. 29, 2018, seemed incontrovertible confirmation of what so many voters hoped his election represented — a commitment to unifying the city across racial lines: A break from the "old guard" of the past.

In the movie “Air Force One,” Harrison Ford plays the president, whose character as commander-inchief throughout the film follows his principles rather than public-opinion polls.

In his 1957 speech entitled, “Give Us The Ballot,” Martin Luther King Jr. did not advocate for the right to vote simply because he wanted to see more black people in office. No, not at all. He wanted more than that – he wanted to be able to choose men “of good will” who would “do justly and love mercy.