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A tradition you can sink your teeth into

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I love pumpkin pie — but not just any pumpkin pie. It has to be my mother’s pumpkin pie, made with her unique thick and dry crust, and it has to be enjoyed only on Thanksgiving Day.

Bring your stories, hold your complaints

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I received a letter from prison the other day. That’s right. Prison – joint, slammer, big house.

Tough love far more beneficial

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“I feel your pain” passes as a virtue, but it is anything but. However well-intentioned, it is the gist of codependency.

FYI: ‘Cheeseburger in Paradise’ is safe

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I may owe you an apology.

It’s time for useless committees to go

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Ruston’s Board of Aldermen is poised to change the way it does some of the city’s business. It’s about time.

Justice was served in the case of senseless murders

Dear Editor:

Holidays force tough financial decisions

You don’t need to sit in front of the TV and watch CNN or Fox News to realize the issues that are affecting us on a daily basis.

Thank you for the gift of perspective

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As a young boy I didn’t fully realize how my analytical mind worked. I just knew I thought about things that most of my friends didn’t.

Observing a crime scene in the bird world

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I witnessed an assault in the animal kingdom unfolding through my living room window the other day.

A special thank you to our veterans

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War time is only the other side of peace time ? but if you’ve ever seen how wars are won ?you know what it’s like to wish peace time would come ?And don’t it seem like a long time ?seem like a long time, seems like a long, long time