Editorial
Is Anybody Serious?
The Republican candidates' circular firing squad now seems to be using machine guns. Whoever the eventual "last man standing" turns out to be, he may not be standing very tall or very steadily on h...
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<em>President LA Assoc. of Business & Industry (LABI)</em>
Manufacturing should not be a stage prop in the presidential campaign
The annual State of the Union (SOTU) address by any president has become something to be endured rather than cherished. No president ever says the state of the union is dire. The problems that must...
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An Ignored 'Disparity'
With all the talk about "disparities" in innumerable contexts, there is one very important disparity that gets remarkably little attention -- disparities in the ability to create wealth. People who...
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Trish Thames, the Amite Tangi Digest
Time out with Trish: What concerns our youth?
Need for Community Activiites
Over the past couple of weeks I have been interviewing students at our local high schools for our "Top Gun" Edition. This is a special section in the paper where we will spotlight six students from...
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<em>President LA Assoc. of Business & Industry (LABI)</em>
It is Time to Act
One of the main reasons that Louisiana has never realized its full potential, both in economic growth and quality of life for our citizens, has been due to the state’s traditionally poor public edu...
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Kodak and the Post Office
The news that Eastman Kodak is preparing to file for bankruptcy, after being the leading photographic company in the world for more than a hundred years, truly marks the end of an era. The skills ...
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The MAN: Milo A. Nickel
The MAN: ‘Share the wealth’ doesn’t work
Obama and the liberal democrats want to tax the rich. Aided and abetted by the liberal air heads in the news media, they continue their unending propaganda to increase taxes by promising that only...
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<em>President LA Assoc. of Business & Industry (LABI)</em>
Here We Go Again
The new year has begun. There will be many new faces in the state legislature that will soon convene to enact and amend laws that will impact our lives. This is also a year in which the state const...
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Republican Voters' Choices
No one seems to be really happy with this year's field of Republican candidates for that party's presidential nomination -- except perhaps the Democrats. The sudden rise, and equally sudden fall, ...
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The MAN: Milo A. Nickel
The MAN: Washington Post
Well, from the internet, history proves that the “Washington Post” and the Associated Press are always accurate in the reporting of straight news. It is gratifying and somewhat comforting that we...
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<em>President LA Assoc. of Business & Industry (LABI)</em>
The End of the Beginning
Winston Churchill’s comments about the Battle of Egypt in 1942 popped into my mind when the Iowa Caucus vote was in: “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhap...
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Random Thoughts: January 4, 2012
Random thoughts on the passing scene: Talk show host Dennis Miller said, "I don't dig polo. It's like miniature golf meets the Kentucky Derby." Nothing illustrates the superficiality of our times...
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