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Compete, especially when back is against wall

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The LSU football team limped last week into the University of Florida’s “Swamp” a weary and wounded bunch.

Should SS be claimed at 62?

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Dear Rusty: I’m looking for information about retiring and starting my Social Security very soon at age 62.

Contemplating reality behind Bible's Three Wise Men

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Over the years, this story of the Three Wise Men has been expanded and embellished to depict an even more historical event that provides more detail than the Bible to the three men from the East.

Human nature doesn’t change

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The way my siblings and I responded to my family’s chicken-pox outbreak in 1973 may shed light on Americans’ responses to COVID-19 in 2020.

Police jury controls own future

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As a result of the 2019 elections, parish government appeared headed for a fresh start last January. Six of the 12 jurors were new, the biggest turnover in 15 years.

Ending 2020 with a joyous heart

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A lot has happened in the past couple of weeks. My car broke down and I had to get a new one, my fiancé and I have started planning our wedding, and all of that has been nestled right in the middle of the Christmas shopping season. Christmas is 10 days away and I still haven’t bought any presents.

National anthem should not be controversial thing

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In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an executive order that made the Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem of the United States.

Moving the shadows into the light

I never could have guessed how often the local library would be at the center of the biggest news I’ve been covering recently.

The spark from ‘Little Flame’ still shines

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Surely my eighth-grade teacher knew from the start that instructing me in penmanship was a failure in the making.

Trying to clear the air

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It’s pretty clearly stated in the email to the editor guidelines box that is published as often as space permits on the Ruston Daily Leader editorial page.