Where the answers are

There is a website called govsalaries.com that you can use to find what government employees at just about any level of government and just about anywhere in the U.S. are paid. That includes Catahoula Parish but only as recently as 2023.

U.S. Supreme Court to hear religious liberty case involving religious charter schools

It is interesting when cases of this kind come before the U.S. Supreme Court. This case involves the collision of free exercise of religion and the prohibition of government establishment of religion. The case I am referring to is Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond.

The First 100 Days

“The Golden Age of America begins right now, during every single day of the Trump administration, I will very simply put America first … And our top priority will be to create a nation that is proud, prosperous, and free.

Jim Brown Time to retire!

What’s the saying? All good things must come to an end? We experience a number of “lasts.” In the secular world, I recall The Last Picture Show, the Last of the Mohicans, The Last Samurai. In the religious world, Christianity says there are four last things: death, judgment, heaven and hell.

Only 18.1% spoke

We will not notice any immediate changes in the services of the Catahoula Parish Sheriff’s Office (CPSO) as a consequence of the failure to renew the more than 35 years old property tax supporting parish law enforcement. That will come later.

Flood control hindered by levee boards?

Louisiana’s Governor has proposed the he institute a new policy that would strip levee districts in Louisiana off their autonomy. Board members of several large levee boards are crying foul, and charge that flood protection will suffer and emergency responses will slow down.

Due process: What process is due to criminal illegals?

What process is due? They have broken into our country and are here illegally. They clearly didn’t follow the legal process for coming into our country but now are demanding that our legal process be engaged to allow them to remain here, either for a time or permanently.

Small town, big life

The Police Jury meeting on Monday, April 28, 2025, was mostly uneventful but not unremarkable. I continue to be impressed with the experience and professionalism of Secretary-Treasurer Tammie Edwards.

Trump administration freezes over $2 billion as Harvard persists in its Anti-Semitism

The Trump Administration announced last week it was freezing $2.

A $1 trillion defense budget isn’t enough

President Trump likes big round numbers, and he’s endorsed one — $1 trillion — for the U.S. defense budget. This is the right idea, and we’ll need even more soon enough.