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Jim Beam column:Independent thinkers are rare

Moderates are leaving Congress as fast as chickens would run from an open coop. U.S. Rep. Don Bacon,…

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Scooter Hobbs column: Kelly opens SEC Media Days with opener on his mind

Brian Kelly wasn’t just spouting coaching gibberish when he led off the talkfest known as Southeastern Conference Media…

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Jim Beam column: Scalise helps Iranian woman

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Jefferson, Louisiana’s No. 2 official in the U.S. House of Representatives, has…

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Scooter Hobbs column: Dunne deal turns into strikeout

Hopefully you haven’t used up all of your celebrity sympathy cards for this year. If you have a…

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Jim Gazzolo column: SLC needs its media darlings

In just 11 days, the Southland Conference will host its annual Football Media Day in San Antonio. The…

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Scooter Hobbs column: Final musings on the college baseball season

Well, it certainly feels like July out there, so I guess the college football “talking season,” as Sir…

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Jim Beam column: Driving has become tough job

The fact that strict enforcement of traffic laws in this part of the state is almost nonexistent might…

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Jim Beam column:Checks, balances don’t exist

Today’s Republican members of Congress and conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have apparently forgotten about the…

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Jim Beam column:Kennedy asks, ‘Where is Putin?’

When Louisiana’s Republican U.S. Sen. John Kennedy joined Congress in 2017, the Huffington Post in 2018 called him…

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Jim Beam column: CVS lawsuits won’t solve PBM concerns

Louisiana legislators and the state’s citizens got acquainted near the end of this year’s fiscal session with organizations…