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From the Other Side: How it Happened
By ROGER EMILE STOUFF I was mourning my seemingly endless inability to write anything but political columns lately, and then only once a week or so, when I stumbled upon the root of my problem. I g...
Jan 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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From the Other Side: Dimwits, Et. Al.
The dimwits in Washington keep making it more and more difficult for you and I to make an honest living. Here we go, gas is going up because—you guessed it—Iran’s acting like a big buffoon AND the ...
Jan 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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From the Other Side: January
January, and I can’t complain too much about the weather, though those may be famous last words. The worst may yet be ahead of us, but so far, this has been a pretty tolerable winter. I have been m...
Jan 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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From the Other Side: Tidbits
Sometimes, the news is just appalling enough it stands for itself, which is good, because I don’t know that I feel like writing today! Here’s a great place to start: “Demobilized soldiers will be a...
Jan 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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From The Other Side: Wish Me Rivers
God loves a man that smells of trout water and mountain meadows, cheap whiskey and branch water. Which way’s heaven? Follow the trail and keep close to the stream. – Arby Mulligan, Hymn No. 1 (the ...
Jan 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kudos & Kvetch: The moments of 2011 that make one say, "C'mon, Man!"
By JEAN L. KAESS It’s been quite a year, hasn’t it? Together, the collective consciousness of the Tri-City area has suffered through a massive flood threat and felt the pain of a family mourning th...
Dec 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stoute's Honor: Councilman Manfre, where were you when your city needed you?
By GEOFFREY STOUTE It’s unknown what exactly Morgan City Councilman Luke Manfre was doing — other than being out of town — during the hours of 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. However, it’s quite cl...
Dec 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kudos & Kvetch: Important happenings
By JEAN L. KAESS There are a few things happening right now that you should be aware of. Patterson has mold. I’m not talking about the helpful kind that people smarter than myself use to make penic...
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kudos & Kvetch: Early sale worth it?
By JEAN L. KAESS I’ve managed to keep my Grinch-like qualities in check through Thanksgiving. I haven’t mentioned the Christmas decorations that grace stores as soon as the Halloween pumpkins are r...
Nov 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mack-rophone: Perhaps research is needed on reputations based on research ...
By MACK SPENCER There is a considerable amount of snobbery in academia. My former chorus director at Mississippi University for Women had a story that illustrated this most aptly. When J. Bruce Les...
Nov 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kudos & Kvetch: What was learned
By JEAN L. KAESS What did I learn in the last week? From Dr. Donald Aguillard during his interview Nov. 3 for the Lafayette Parish superintendent position: —The average age of a school facility in ...
Nov 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kudos & Kvetch: Motorists should be responsible, especially on Halloween
Because Red Ribbon Week winds up just before Halloween, it’s a good time to remind folks that although the holiday may be an excuse to have a party, it’s not an excuse to drive drunk. I have a pers...
Oct 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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