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Decisions: Name the cousins or find the toys

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On a recent trip home, I sat across from a seven-year-old cousin I see only rarely. He’s bright-eyed and curious.

Anemia has a variety of causes

Dear Doctor: I am 75 years old, and I donate blood as often as they will accept me. However, I’m often anemic and get rejected. I eat a spinach salad every day, and fish, chicken or beef, plus veggies, for dinner. I’ve been double-dosing on iron supplements, but I’m still anemic. How concerned should I be?

Once upon a time goverment worked for ‘We the People’

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We have a tendency to think we are the smartest people in the whole wide world. We are smarter than those who come after us, and thus we need to put strangling restrictions and policies in place so that they will be cared for throughout their entire lives.

Biden was right on refugees ... then caved

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The annual refugee resettlement kerfuffle is underway.

We hunger for normalcy

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My recent trip to Florida was glorious for one simple reason: it was normal.

City wants residents to get #rustonsmart

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Two years ago today, Lincoln Parish was in between tornadoes.

Tax overhaul gains momentum, but what approach?

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With two weeks of the legislative session complete, Louisiana’s Republican legislative leaders have speeded ahead with a rewrite of the state’s tax system, but without a clear consensus yet emerging on the precise approach to take.

Oil and gas industry needs ‘sanctuary’ too

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State Rep. Danny McCormick recently introduced House Bill 617, seeking to have Louisiana designated and declared a “sanctuary” state for fossil fuels in order to protect our oil and gas industry — a critically important part of our state’s economy — that is again under attack, this time by the Biden Administration.

The opportunity to pay it forward

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“Pay it forward.” Those words carry so much more weight now that I am older. I always thought of it as a cliché for ad campaigns that want you to do more community service.

Reflections on a comma queen’s reign

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Are you one of those people who’s covertly contemplating ordering a T-shirt for your word nerd friend? The shirt that says, “I’m Silently Correcting Your Grammar.”