As a married man you have probably heard a lot of phrases containing the word “garbage”. Why did you not put the garbage down by the road? Now it will be a week. I am sure you have heard this one “that garbage stinks, you will have to take it out like now”. It is funny because I usually cannot smell...

President Trump is reportedly considering pulling American troops out of nations that have not been supportive of the U.S. effort in Iran and placing them in nations that have. I think such a decision is well-advised and long overdue. European nations are largely weak and gutless. What more dire war...

Allow me to use this space to wish a very special person a happy Mother’s Day - but do so in an unusual way. Just a few days after Mother’s Day, May 10, we’ll celebrate the three-month anniversary of purchasing three additional newspapers in Caldwell, Richland and Tensas parishes, and what a whirlwi...

The latest hot topic across the nation in rural America has to be the push to get rid of property taxes. Many social media posts raving against them g...

I was surprised to learn of the indictment by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). SPLC self describes as o...

When my grandkids want something from their Papaw and me, they know just how to ask and receive! While Cylas, grandson #1, must sometimes be coerced i...