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Opinions

Making the best of catching a common cold

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I forgot what it was like to experience a good old common cold.

Downtown parking: Could a shuttle be the answer?

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Ruston finally has public transportation downtown. Sort of.

Cutting the cord on a circus clown show

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Cutting the cord. It’s a catchphrase that has taken hold in today’s lexicon that basically means cancelling traditional cable TV or satellite TV and choosing alternative streams of television entertainment.

In football and in life, we have little control

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As we turn the corner to the new year, now is the time when many of us try to recapture some control over our lives.

Old year still with us as new year begins

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Today is the third day of 2024, and it doesn’t feel much different than 2023.

Careers can’t be defined by money alone

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I can’t recall where exactly I gleaned this information, but I can recall Academy-Award winning actor Denzel Washington discussing his life prior to becoming one of the world’s great actors.

Change on the horizon in 2024

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As 2023 comes to a close, many Lincoln Parish entities seem to be in a state of flux or change.

A few New Year thoughts from the Bayou State

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Do you make New Year’s resolutions? I always do. A New Year always brings with it promise and uncertainty, but this coming year brings with it a greater foreboding than we have experienced in the past.

What Edwin Edwards can teach Jeff Landry

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And just like that, it’s “déjà vu all over again.

Merry Christmas Couyan, Laura and Rougarou

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We have arrived at Christmas, through hours of traditional movies and TV shows, through hectic shopping and chaotic family planning. Now it’s time to lift your glass of eggnog and toast to a Merry Christmas.