It’s long past time for me to put a flagpole in the center of my front yard — one that holds a large American flag that dances proudly in the summer breeze.
Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker keeps a palm-sized lump of concrete on his desk. He’s even taken it to Washington, D.C., to try to visually prove a point — at least two of the I-20 overpasses in his city need to be replaced. Now.
Late one evening this week I couldn’t fall asleep, so I began searching on my tablet for something to stream. I happened upon some obscure baseball documentary about the fascination with the fastball.
With the announcement made public Tuesday that Louisiana Tech will be hosting the 2024 Conference USA Tournament in Ruston for the second time in four years, it was a no-brainer decision for a conference that has seen its share of tumult over the past few years.
The usual way of thinking about politicians is: What do we think of them? Do we like the way they look? Do we like the way they sound? Are they on our side of this or that big divide? Do their policy proposals make sense? Do we ... like them?
