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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

A Culture of No Consequences

By Louis Avallone
On Father’s Day, just last month, Joe Biden said, “Family is life’s greatest blessing and responsibility.” In April, Biden told a group of kids that he had “six grandchildren. And I’m crazy about them. And I speak to them every single day. Not a joke.”.
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Thursday, June 29, 2023

What Makes America Great

By Louis Avallone
It was Saturday night, Aug. 14, 1943, when the Allies shelled my father’s village along the southern coast of Italy. From their ships in the Mediterranean Sea, the naval bombardment from the Allies was brutal – over 1,000 shells were fired in less than 20 minutes.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Not Safe in Louisiana for LGBTQ and Blacks?

By Louis Avallone
“black-on-black” crime? Even the NAACP continues to use the term and how such crimes should be addressed “How do we give life to the narrative that Black Lives Matter when we are doing the killing?” said chairman Roslyn Brocks at the 2015 NAACP annual convention.
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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

When Silence Is Not Always Golden

By Louis Avallone
Consider when a spouse feels unheard in their marriage. When one partner constantly dismisses or ignores the concerns of the other, it creates a sense of isolation and frustration. Over time, this lack of communication erodes the foundation of trust and intimacy, leading to a breakdown in the relationship.
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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Small Percentage Causing Big Problems

By Louis Avallone
Way back in the 1890s, Vilfredo Pareto, a passionate gardener and Italian economist, noticed a small percentage of the pea plants in his garden seemed to produce the majority of the peas. He counted the peas, and in fact, 80% of the peas he produced came from just 20% of his pea plants.
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

An Abuse of Power?

By Louis Avallone
In the past, he has stood up to those who deal in the lawlessness and violence that have wreaked havoc on our community. He’s preached in parking lots and street corners where he believed there was drug dealing. He’s spoken out against thug culture and the destruction it has had in our neighborhoods.
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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

What We Tolerate, We Promote

By Louis Avallone
The single largest employer on the planet, Walmart, has made the decision to abandon four of its locations in Chicago, where crime rates have continued to spike, as the city moves from a radical, leftist administration under Mayor Lori Lightfoot to another, farleftist administration under Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

How Does This Look to You?

By Louis Avallone
I mean, folks are so busy focusing on how everything “appears” to others, whether it’s their career, their family, etc., that the substance of who they actually are, who they are choosing to be, how they actually live out their lives, etc. bears little resemblance to what it all “appears” to be.
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Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023

Leadership Is Not for Everyone

By Louis Avallone
There are too many of us, in communities across the state, who accept the notion that politics is the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary (if you consider it a profession, in the traditional sense, or is it public service by public servants – that is a different discussion altogether, though).

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