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OLD SAILOR ON THE REBOUND Our friend and Pearl Harbor hero, Cedric Stout, 96, had surgery in Houston to remove some bone spurs in his throat. He’s home awaiting a call to return to hospital to remove feeding tube. He will have t... — Updated 5/14/2019

HONORING ALL MOTHERS This coming Sunday, May 12, is the day we honor and remember all mothers, past and present. None of us would be here without our mothers. Mom is special in so many ways, but most of all when everyone else has... — Updated 5/7/2019

TRUMP WON’T FIGHT WHITE SUPREMACIST Violent extremism and homegrown terrorism have not abated since Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists marched two years ago in Charlottesville, Virginia. At the time President Trump made his now f... — Updated 4/30/2019

BRENDA SCALES RETIREMENT RECEPTION Brenda, the Community DevelopmentCoordinator for the City of Bridge City is hanging it up. The city cordially invites everyone to her retirement reception next Tuesday, April 30, between 2 p.m.... — Updated 4/23/2019

NOTRE DAME BURNS DURING HOLY WEEK Notre Dame, an 870-years old landmark,a Paris treasure cherished by Catholics around the world, went up in a blaze Monday evening and burned throughout the night. It appears that much of the main... — Updated 4/18/2019

OFFICALS AT HIGHEST LEVEL CONCERNED BY TRUMP’S MOVES Last week President Trump lavished praise on the Secret Service saying, “Secret Service is fantastic, these are fantastic people, I would say I could not be happier with Secret S... — Updated 4/9/2019

THIBODEAUX SHOULD SERVE AS LONG AS IT TAKES Judge Carl Thibodeax was the perfect choice, at just the right time, to come on board as county judge. It’s very early but storm experts at Colorado State are already looking ahead to the... — Updated 4/2/2019

Sherlock Breaux in the Creaux's Nest THIBODEAUX—AS INTERIM COUNTY JUDGE Orange County Commissioner’s Court is leaning towards appointing former county judge Carl Thibodeaux to replace resigning judge Dean Crooks. Thibodeaux, who... — Updated 3/27/2019

AWAITING JUDGE CROOKS REPLACEMENT Judge Dean Crooks financed most of his own campaign to become county judge. He won by a good margin and had looked forward to putting in four productive years with a court willing to put their... — Updated 3/19/2019

TRUMP TO HIJAC ANNUAL CELEBRATION President Donald Trump will probably kick off his re-election campaign with a big Fourth of July “Salute to America” celebration at the Lincoln Memorial, where he will address the nation. The nat... — Updated 2/26/2019

AUTO INDUSTRY ANXIOUS OVER TARIFFS Uncertainty over tariffs threatens auto industry jobs, sales and increase in average vehicle cost. The industry is anxious over what President Trump might do. Possibly 366,000 jobs could be lost,... — Updated 2/19/2019

TRUMP JUMP STARTS BETO One thing that is a sure bet is that there won’t be another Trump government shutdown. The Republican Party has been put in a bind over the shutdown. Another one, costing another $11 million, would be too b... — Updated 2/12/2019

WEAKENED TRUMP DELIVERS STATE OF THE UNION Trump’s State of the Union delivered Tuesday evening faced political headwinds. A weakened Trump called for unity that is expected to last until his first tweet. Trump has been weakened p... — Updated 2/5/2019

KAMALA HARRIS A DIFFERENT KIND OF CANDIDATE Every now and then someone comes along that sets them apart from the crowd. The first time I heard Sen.Kamala Harris and watched her actions, I noticed that there was something different... — Updated 1/29/2019

THE BORDER WALL—TRUMP’S TRAP Come hell or high water Donald Trump owns this shutdown. He said, and the world saw it, “I will proudly shut the government down. I will carry that mantle and not blame the Democrats.” Today he and McC... — Updated 1/22/2019

THE SCANDAL IS HERE TO STAY I never thought I’d live long enough to see a U.S. President shut down the government and be proud of it. Over a useless wall at that. I knew he would go to extremes for a monument. Not many schools w... — Updated 1/15/2019

NFL PLAYOFF FEVER Sean Cade Gros, of Bridge City will be at the Saints game Sunday, 3:40, where they will host the Philadelphia Eagles. Sean sweated out the Eagles-Bear game that Chicago lost on a missed field goal on the last... — Updated 1/8/2019

12 AND NEW EXPECTATIONS When I was a boy it seemed impossible that I would ever live long enough to see the year 2019 roll around. I had wished, in fact, I prayed, that I would see the year 2000 come around. I had thought how coo... — Updated 1/2/2019

11 COMES TO END--WELCOME 2019 Several weeks ago I made an observation and told the readers to remember where they read it first. Trump was bragging about the greatest economy ever like he was the one who created it. We all know h... — Updated 12/26/2018

AMERICA WAITS AS CLOCK TICKS TOWARD SHUTDOWN I don’t recall at anytime when Christmas rolled around and our country, not being in war, was in so much turmoil. President Donald Trump has threatened to shut down the government if c... — Updated 12/18/2018

PLANNED PARENTHOOD GETS A WIN The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider efforts by Republican-led states to defund Planned Parenthood. Despite its new, more conservative tilt, the court let stand federal appeals court rulings... — Updated 12/11/2018

BUSH HAD EARLY ORANGE CONTACTS A couple of weeks ago, attorney Nolan LeBlanc and I were visiting about politics in years gone by and he brought up the fact that George H. Bush, while running for U.S. senator against Lloyd Benson... — Updated 12/4/2018

NOT ONLY TALKING BARBEQUE WITH J.B. A couple of Saturdays ago, I had a nice hour visit with J.B. Arrington at the barbeque place. I had out of state guest coming who said the first think they wanted was real Texas smoked barbeque.... — Updated 11/27/2018

AMERICANS IN THE REAL WORLD The Mid-term Election brought some silver linings. The election bought an end to “Rubber Stamp” government that is akin to dictatorship. The election of a new congress will bring checks and bal... — Updated 11/20/2018

AN HONOR TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF WWll VETS Last Wednesday, Pearl Harbor survivor Cedric Stout, celebrated his 97th birthday with other WWII Veterans and an overflow crowd at the Wednesday Lunch Bunch gathering at Robert’s. C... — Updated 11/13/2018