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Jim Beam column:Families tie our lives together
Next to life itself, families are another of God’s greatest blessings. Family life has been difficult during the…
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Jim Beam column:Domestic violence is crisis
Louisiana’s legislative auditor has concluded the state could do a better job of handling the domestic violence problem,…
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Jim Beam column:Minority district is long shot
Black spokespersons have made it clear at public hearings around the state that they want to see the…
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Jim Beam column:Polio story has ties to virus
Charlie Beam, my dad, had polio when he was six and ended up with only one good leg.…
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Jim Beam column:Dole says unity still possible
The life and death of former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole at age 98 has given the people of…
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Jim Beam column:Major election change in ’71
The Legislature will be redrawing election lines early next year, and Republicans are expected to try and protect…
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Jim Beam column:Emails are ‘eating my lunch’
Too much time in some of our lives is spent killing out emails in which we have little or…
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Jim Beam column:History of minority districts
Blacks who have spoken at public hearings being held prior to the Louisiana Legislature redrawing election lines early…
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Jim Beam column:GOP critics become experts
Some Republican leaders in the Louisiana Legislature and others in the GOP have apparently decided that they are…
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Jim Beam column:Some earlier Thanksgivings
A former colleague of mine years ago said I should always write “something nice” on holidays. I looked…