Guest Columns

There is a major push by the bureaucrats in Washington to put the first woman on the face of paper currency. There are a number of choices, and you will get no argument from me that there certainly is a place on one of our bills for a woman. But one of the options is to take Andrew Jackson off the $20 bill and use instead Harriet Tubman.

This year marks the 45th year I’ve been writing this column. I’ve been told it is the longest-running syndicated column written continuously by one author. That takes “Dear Abby” out of contention.

After close to 800 days, the powdery white stuff that eludes north Louisiana finally fell from the sky and graced us with its presence.