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Monday, Nov. 2, 2020
The election results from Nov. 3 are historic, to say the very least. And the high voter turnout – the highest in over a century – explains why a Gallup poll from last month indicated almost 80% of registered voters believed the 2020 election results would matter more than any previous presidential campaigns.
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Monday, Oct. 19, 2020
So far, nine states and the District of Columbia plan to hold universal mail-in elections in which ballots are automatically mailed to all registered voters without needing first to request one. This presents a host of election fraud issues, insofar as mail-in ballots make voter identity suspect and are often uncheckable.
Columns/Opinions
Monday, Oct. 5, 2020
That was a s--- show,” CNN’s Dana Bash said. “It was a train wreck. But it was the making of one person,” NBC’s Chuck Todd said, referring to the president. And one news report after another characterized the president as “arrogant” and “un-American.”.
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Monday, Sept. 21, 2020
To answer the first question of why some people don’t grow tired of living a lie or telling lies, we must acknowledge that most people first mislead themselves all day long. We tell ourselves that we’re smarter and better looking than we are. That we’ll be happy when we get that raise, lose the weight, get the car, the house, the boat.
Columns/Opinions
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020
Sixty-two percent of Americans say they have political views they’re afraid to share. Half of Americans have concerns that a major health event could lead to bankruptcy. Nearly two-thirds of Americans fear it will be unsafe to send children back to school this year.
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Monday, Aug. 24, 2020
I mean, don’t you just feel, sometimes, just physically and emotionally exhausted? Like you just can’t muster up the energy or patience to face the world? Maybe it’s pandemic fatigue, or you’re working exceptionally long hours, or taking on exceedingly heavy workloads.
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Monday, Aug. 10, 2020
The announcement should have been accompanied by a warning label at the very least. You know, like the ones from the Surgeon General, printed on packs of cigarettes that say, “Quitting Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health” or “Cigarette Smoke Contains Carbon Monoxide.
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Monday, July 27, 2020
Of course, it doesn’t always end up that way. Sometimes, we get taken advantage of. And it’s not that anyone, necessarily, starts out intending to hurt one another or take one another for granted. It’s just that most of us like to “see the best in people,” and we end up “being used” in the process.
Columns/Opinions
Monday, July 13, 2020
Mayor Perkins has mandated that nearly everyone in the city of Shreveport must wear a mask and maintain social distancing whenever entering any business (unless you meet one of the limited exemptions). Mayor Perkins claims his authority under La. R.S.
Columns/Opinions
Monday, June 29, 2020
It was Saturday night, Aug. 14, 1943, when the Allies shelled my father’s village along the southern coast in 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.

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