Opinion

By; Jim Brown Louisiana has been called the Culinary Mecca of America. Folks in this part of the country can take just about anything edible and make it not just good, but quite exceptional. And when we say anything, we mean everything. There is virtually no limit to what a Cajun will put in a gumbo. Well, because of federal …

by Tuffy Fields Say what you will, we are at war. The surgical air strikes that are being launched against Iran rival the early days of Desert Storm and America should be proud of the young men and women that have given up a part of their lives to not only protect America but to destroy evil around the world.  …

By Sallie Rose Hollis  Sometimes something dawns on me, and I realize I must have been living under a rock for the past little while. Or maybe the past BIG while.  Case in point: One of my friends recently bought a new SUV. She was thrilled, of course, and especially pleased to be able to get a red one. With her …

By: Tuffy Fields There was a movie named “Rough Riders”. In an early scene the actor playing William Randolph Herst, George Hamilton, jumped with delight as he read the headlines of his paper that read, WAR. America was finally at war with Spain. Fledgling America took on European Colonial giant Spain, won the war and became a world powerhouse. Last …

By: Jim Brown U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy has stirred up a hornet’s nest back in the Bayou State over his Facebook comments of eating a Louisiana delicacy. The Senator had this to say: “Found this raccoon in my backyard. We ate him for breakfast.” He even included a photo of the raccoon. And his Facebook friends went nuts with comments. …

By: Tuffy Fields Peacemakers in the Buddhist World: Cultivating Harmony from Within  On a beautiful clear morning on December 7th, 1941 one hundred and eighty-three pilots climbed into their aircraft and took off into infamy. With ships turned into the wind these pilots navigated their aircraft toward the naval and army bases on the island of Hawaii and the rest …

By; Sallie Rose Hollis One of my former colleagues regularly sends me news stories about artificial intelligence – or as it’s widely known, AI.  Another friend who’s slow to jump on bandwagons is exploring ChatGPT.  And one of my former journalism students, now teaching my very favorite class on the Louisiana Tech campus, shared with me the rigors of checking …

By: Tuffy Fields Last week we looked at peacemaking andpeacekeeping in the Christian world. Thisweek we will take a look at the largest religionin the world, Islam, and how peace is viewedin that faith. Peace is a powerfulword and it is no more craved than inthe nation of Iran. Let us hope thatthe inhabitants of that country canexperience the peace …

By: Jim Brown You just cannot keep Billy Cannon out ofthe news. LSU’s all-time football hero waspardoned by President Trump last week.And this brought back memories of the guywho put LSU football on the nationalmap.There are certain things you don’tforget. Where you were on 9/11, orwhen President John Kennedy wasshot. Down here in the Bayou State,add to those special dates …

PEACEMAKING AND PEACEKEEPING IN TODAY’S WORLD – A BIBLICAL RESPONSE  The world is in a big dilemma and we continue to ask what can be done to bring peace to a polarized world. In America we have liberals vs conservatives while in Nigeria it is Islam vs Christianity and in the Mid-East it is Iran vs the West. The dislike …