Opinions

There is a poignant family portrait, painted in 1943 by Norman Rockwell, called “Freedom of Fear,” that shows a mother and father standing over their sleeping children. The father holds a newspaper with a headline that refers to the Blitz of London by German planes. The parents are agonizing over how to tell their children about the tragedy and danger of World War II.

There have been countless jokes, comedy routines and humorous articles written about colonoscopies, but I’m a firm believer that, like Mexican food restaurants, there can never be too many.

If you’re a Lincoln Parish resident living outside the city limits of Ruston, the future of ambulance and rescue services in your area is about to arrive at the precipice of the unknown.

Many years ago America went to war. No, it was not a noble event that witnessed a unified nation. It was also not the one that was started by terrorists who stole four massive aircraft loaded with innocent passengers and crashed two into the World Trade Center and a third into the Pentagon.