YOUR VOTE COUNTS

I early voted this past Thursday in Shreveport. It went smoothly as I was ushered in, through and out.I thought about how such a simple but powerful act is a mere reflection of so much more.

Poor Columbus. He was just a footnote

Did you celebrate Columbus Day last week? (Ooops, it’s now Indigenous Peoples Day.) That’s right. We changed the name, and now celebrate those Indian tribes Columbus encountered on his discovery of the Americas, a number of which were cannibals.

2024 Presidential election in review

I don't know how the election will turn out Nov 5th, but many reliable metrics indicate that Pres. Trump is surging. As are millions of Americans, I am prayerfully hopeful that the election will be conducted honestly and that he and his policies prevail.

Lessons from the past

Having spent a great deal of The Booster’s expensive ink on predicting and speculating on the future of economic development in Catahoula Parish, it may be interesting to note how far in the past some of the trends affecting us today have their origin.

The past is still present

Police Jury President Rodney Sones mentioned at the Police Jury’s meeting on Monday, October 14th, 2024, that there had been an encouraging number of building permits issued in the previous month.

Gov. Landry’s tax reform proposal is worthy of consideration

'The problem is not that people are taxed too little; the problem is that government spends too much' Many of us who were born and raised in Louisiana or who have lived here for a number of years understand that our state tax code, specifically including that portion of it located in our State...

Don’t count on lower insurance rates in Louisiana

Louisiana legislators are ringing their hands over the increasing cost of property insurance. “How are we going to bring Insurance premiums down? What to do, what to do?” Will enforcing stronger building codes work? How about giving grants for people to reinforce their roofs?

Louisiana can relate to disaster in the mountains!

“Drive Faster. The Mountains are close by”. That’s a bumper sticker I’ve seen on a number of cars throughout western North Carolina. Yes, living in the mountains is special. A lot of people are beach groupies or mountain devotees. I’d like to think I’m both.

Growing Catahoula the right way

Garrison Keillor created the radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion beginning with broadcasts in 1974. He hosted it until 2016. A famous opening line from Keillor was, “Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking and all the children are above average.

Government has no money for Hurricane Helene victims because $1 billion given to illegals

Does the Biden-Harris Administration care more about the millions of illegals coming across our southern border—500,000 or so we have now learned are criminals, including murderers and rapists—than it does about Americans in the storm-devastated United States whom it is obligated to serve and...