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Jim Beam column:Landry tries to pull fast one
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry continues to copy the tactics of President Donald Trump, his mentor, by changing rules…
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Jim Beam column:Second Harvest news unsettling
Some news about Second Harvest Food Bank, one of my favorite charities, is extremely disturbing. Archbishop Gregory Aymond of…
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Jim Beam column:Professor back in classroom
An East Baton Rouge Parish district judge struck a positive blow for freedom of speech Thursday when he…
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Jim Beam column:Trump, Landry on same page
Republican President Donald Trump and Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry are both government deregulators. However, ask Google who…
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Jim Beam column:Trump delivers one surprise
President Donald Trump has moved quickly to satisfy his voters and supporters. However, even some of them were…
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Jim Beam column: Wildfires, Katrina among worst
A former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has linked the devastating California wildfires to Hurricane…
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Jim Beam column: Native son surfaces again
President Joe Biden in his Wednesday evening farewell address introduced what for many Americans may be a new…
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Jim Beam column:Amendment 2 has many pieces
Louisiana voters will decide the fate of four proposed amendments to the state constitution on March 29. Amendment…
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Jim Beam column:Vaccines protect our children
Tell me about a new vaccine, and I’ll get it. The only vaccine problem I have experienced in…
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Jim Beam column:Early advice still important
When I first became a full-time newspaper reporter in January of 1961, some of the first advice I…