Trump, “Old Hickory” and Louisiana

If you ever have a chance to walk into President Trump’s new oval office, the first thing you will see is a portrait of former President Andrew Jackson. A different painting of Jackson hung in the same location during the four years of Trump’s first presidency.

Schools, solar farms, bitcoin mining

The School Board will meet tomorrow, Thursday, February 13th, 2025 at 10:00 A.M. in the School Board offices in Harrisonburg to discuss the most likely configuration of the public schools in Catahoula Parish in the future, presumably next year.

Trump moving swiftly to return America to Americans and calm to the world

President Trump has stated numerous times that “I am going to return your country to you ... I'm going to give you back your country!' What he has done to achieve that goal in a mere 17 days is astounding.Let me recap his dizzying pace: He demanded Mexico stop illegal immigration into the U.

The return of Duck Dynasty

Have you heard the news? This is big. Really big. In just a matter of weeks, Duck Dynasty will return to TV on the A&E network.

Earning big bucks in state government!

How do you put a dollar value on the worth of a public official? Attorneys working full time for the state are often paid more than $400,000 a year. So how do you justify such large increases? The governor has a whole slew of people making $200,000 or more. How about this idea?

President Trump’s Inauguration signals re-birth of U.S. greatness

In the whirl of President Trump’s first few days back in office he is securing our borders, fully freeing the oil and gas industry to explode with growth and ridding our public institutions of the poisonous Diversity, Inclusion and Equity (DIE) doctrine to name just a few.

Ambulance, garbage and revenue decline

The Police Jury was ready to do business but AMR ambulance company was not. The Police Jury accepted the figures for ambulance service stationed in Catahoula Parish at $31,200 per month, significantly less than the roughly $38,000 or so we were paying.

Reading in uncertain times!

Our new President has just taken Office, and one of his priorities is to seek out the possibility of buying Greenland. Its closest neighbor is Iceland, so maybe Trump can get a twofer, a lagniappe deal for both countries.

Something is about to change

Catahoula Parish schools, and therefore Catahoula Parish at large, has reached an inflection point. We are at a moment of dramatic change. When an institution as foundational to the community as education and schools is in play, it seems difficult to see it any other way.

Former U.S. Rep. highlights the corruption of Biden AG

Hoping for a fresh start with the incoming Trump Administration, I had not planned to return to the topic of corruption in the Biden Administration. However, news of a concerning circumstance—with a direct connection to Louisiana— came to my attention and prompted me to address it once again.