Guest Columns

La. has become too politically correct

I don’t know about you, but I sure am confused about all this current debate over gender equity, gay rights, and transgenders, especially with new rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court. I keep reading in the newspaper about LGBT. I had to look up the lettering to even know what the abbreviation means. Being “politically correct” has become an obsession with much of the country as well as right here at home in Louisiana.

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An invitation: Join in the (virtual) song

If you’re a singer — or potential singer — and you’ve felt dejected the past four months because of limitations that have been put on choral groups due to the pandemic, take heart. You’ve got options that can help fill your singing-with-others void.

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Put off tax payments to grow economy

All presidents must deal with things they did not expect. FDR had the Great Depression and World War II. Kennedy had the Cuban Missile Crisis. George H. W. Bush had Saddam Hussein. And Donald Trump has had COVID-19.

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Free press plays role in America's independence

America’s Founders regarded a free press as so vital to the new nation that they took care to include that right in the First Amendment to the Constitution.

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Tearing down statues won’t erase history

America is gripped in the middle of a cultural crisis that is witnessing the unraveling of the fabric that built our great nation.

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Take the work out of your workout

Recently, I visited my local gym for the first time after snacking-in-place for over two months. It was like going to see an annoying former friend — out of guilt. I’ve always had a toleratehate relationship with working out. I hate spending my time sweating and hyperventilating when I could be lounging in my recliner while watching reruns of “The Andy Griffith Show.”