THE WAY I SEE IT Well, its come down to inauguration day, January 20, 2021. It really seemed like it was a long time getting here. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. becomes the 46th President of... — Updated 1/19/2021

Do you ever wonder why you don’t see honeybees in the winter? Well it’s because they don’t leave the hive when temperatures are lower than the mid 50’s. The bees in the... — Updated 1/19/2021

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope the year ahead brings you many blessings! It’s an honor to share with you the natural ways of living. Under our current situation in society,... — Updated 1/19/2021

ROGUE PRESIDENT TURNS ON COUNTRY For over four years I have tried to explain who Donald Trump was. For over 30 years I've known him to be a New York shyster. A very corrupt con man... — Updated 1/12/2021

In the Gospel of John 1:4-5 "In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." In the Epistle of... — Updated 1/12/2021

BATTLES BREW BUT DEMOCRACY WILL PREVAIL We are headed into the last 13 days of a four year nightmare. I told you in this column over four years ago that if Republicans nominated... — Updated 1/5/2021

When Jesus shows up in your storm, He'll be walking on water. The storm had been raging and had come to a tempest that it appeared all was lost, including the disciples lives. They... — Updated 1/5/2021

2020: WORSE YEAR SINCE 1918 President Donald Trump's impeachment trial was overwhelmed by a deadly pandemic, a racial divide, and a president's baseless attacks on the election... — Updated 12/29/2020

Long Ago Cajun Christmas, Town and Times Remembered Christmas will be different this year than our normal gatherings with an economy that allowed us to have many gifts under the... — Updated 12/22/2020

LARGEST HEALTH CARE UNDERTAKING EVER The United States wasn’t the first to release the coronavirus vaccine; eight other countries beat us out, but now the U. S. has taken on the l... — Updated 12/15/2020

Luke 2:1-11 "And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius... — Updated 12/15/2020

The season produces images of red, white, green, every color of light, family and church, and of course, gifts. Then there is the December dessert table that begins early and... — Updated 12/8/2020

THE TIME TO MOVE ON "Have you no sense of decency." Those words, uttered by Army lawyer Joseph Welch to Sen. Joe McCarthy, R-Wis., during a 1954 congressional hearing, unmasked a... — Updated 12/1/2020

Maintaining a social life was not difficult when I went to private school and had only 1 friend I wanted to hang out with. However, public school, especially high school, is a lot m... — Updated 12/1/2020

I'm optimistic that by next Thanksgiving the times we are living today will seem like a bad nightmare. We will wake from this bad dream, on a bright new day. We will still be strugg... — Updated 11/24/2020

THE PITIFUL STATE OF THE NATION In a couple of months we will put the most failed government in the last 100 years behind us and start to put our nation on a normal track. Because... — Updated 11/18/2020

BIDEN BRINGS BREATH OF FRESH AIR Thank God the days of Trump are coming to an end. What we have known all along is that it wouldn’t be a normal departure. During the next 70 days... — Updated 11/10/2020

Maddy is a student at Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School. She is a talented young writer whose columns offer unique insights from the perspective of a local high school... — Updated 10/27/2020

FOUR YEAR NIGHTMARE It was four years ago that I wrote if Trump was elected he would destroy the GOP as we know it. I pointed to how he wasn't a conservative. No record exist that... — Updated 10/27/2020

USA TODAY EDITORIAL BOARD: ELECT JOE BIDEN - REJECT DONALD TRUMP The USA TODAY Editorial Board has never endorsed a candidate for president. Until now. 'This is not a normal elect... — Updated 10/20/2020

Maddy is a student at Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School. She is a talented young writer whose columns offer unique insights from the perspective of a local high school... — Updated 10/13/2020

IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY It's just outrageous what is happening to our country. What started with just one case of coronavirus has led to a recession and a sick nation. Life... — Updated 10/6/2020

BIDEN WINS CHAOTIC DEBATE It wasn't unexpected it's been chaotic for the entire Trump term. Trump was everything but presidential. It wasn't a slam dunk by Biden but he definitely... — Updated 9/29/2020

Mental illness is something very relevant in society today especially in teenagers. Approximately 9% of children from the ages of 2-17 have been diagnosed with ADHD, 8% of... — Updated 9/29/2020

One's mind can't imagine the marvels of the future or the dangers that lie ahead... Sometimes I yearn for days long past, when the pace was slower, people more compassionate and... — Updated 9/22/2020