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Out of the darkness of football’s end

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Come with me on a trip to the inner workings of the American male psyche. This is a story about where his mind goes following the last snap and the last second of the last quarter of football season once the Super Bowl ends.

THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN

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If there is a way to give a thumbs down and then a thumbs up on the same topic, this would be the case for us.

TODAY AT A GLANCE

Today is the 50th day of 2023 and the 61st day of winter.

A much needed return to reading books

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I used to read a lot.

Optics of school board decision throw us back to the 1960s

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My elementary school principal was white. My teachers were white. My classmates were white. The janitor was white. All of the lunchroom ladies were white.

The doping down of women’s sports

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The problem with young people today is no one teaches them history.

Have you ever been blinged?

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On a recent family vacation to New York City over the holidays, I brought home exactly one souvenir (I ate the others).

Service Above Self still means something

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I would be remiss if I didn’t wish the Ruston Rotary Club a happy birthday this week. For 80 years, this civic- minded club has been giving back to the community in a big way with their dedication and thoughtfulness.

LPSB elementary school shift: plan vs. perception

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A while back I wrote a column comparing the styles of two different public bodies in our parish and how they conduct meetings.

If you don’t have a smart phone, find a friend

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Back in the 1950s and ’60s, when the Ruston Fire Department received an alarm, a series of fog-horn-like blasts belched from an apparatus atop a pole behind what’s now the Historic Fire Station on the corner of East Mississippi Avenue and Bonner Street.