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Caleb Daniel, The Grain of Salt

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.

Pay attention to local government

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In my still relatively fledgling career in the newspaper business, I’ve already attended more local government meetings than I can possibly recall.

My last library tax column (I hope)

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It’s been roughly a year and a half since I started covering the Lincoln Parish Library’s attempts to get its property tax renewed and secure future funding, and hopefully it’s finally coming to an

Avoiding the pitfalls of senseless division

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I’m drawing a lesson partially from Scripture today, but fear not, the moral of the story is applicable to everyone.

Striving to be the best at what we do

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I played in my second chess tournament this past weekend here in Ruston, and for the second time I was impressed and still a little surprised at how official and serious everything was.

Archery range – vision made real

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Everyone who’s ever been involved in or paid attention to local politics knows that the gears of progress often grind slowly.

Here's my anti-opinion opinion

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It happens all the time.

It’s time to write another weekly column, so I sit down and cast my thoughts in every conceivable direction.

How should we respond to Cedar Creek lawsuit?

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It’s been an intense year for what we could generally call “legal issues” in the Ruston and North Louisiana area.

Look for editorializing in the news you read

In today’s busy, low-attention, in-and-out world of information, we’ve probably all fallen victim to moments of media illiteracy.

Why wouldn't you wear a mask?

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The other day I drove to Bossier City to cover the groundbreaking ceremony for the new home of the Louisiana Tech Research Institute, which is basically the home of a bunch of defense- and cyber-re