Opinions

My plan was let this day pass unnoticed. Maybe a fleeting thought just because that’s the way your mind works, but no big to do.

With public approval mired in the low 40% range, with two thirds of Americans believing the nation is headed in the wrong direction and a majority of Democrats expressing a preference for a different candidate, President Biden’s intention to seek re-election has frozen the field of possible competitors and created a long term political headache for his party.

Happy almost birthday, Lincoln Parish. On Friday, you’ll turn the big 1- 5- 0. There’s a fancy word for it: sesquicentennial. But nobody can say it, let alone spell it.

My wife and I were enjoying an evening out in one of our favorite restaurants when a family of three — mother, father, girl of perhaps four — were shown to a table next to ours. Immediately, the parents began asking the little one where she wanted to sit.