Here’s a story, said to be true, from Ivy L. Alford, of Denham Springs: “A friend of mine (I’ll never tell who) was returning home from a fishing trip with his teenage son, who was sleeping in the back seat of the car. “Suddenly a tire on the boat trailer he was … Continue Reading →

Internet blogger C.B. Forgotston spent several minutes of his appearance on “The Jim Engster Show” Thursday complaining about a Jindal deputy criticizing Michael Walker-Jones, of the Louisiana Association of Educators. Trying to explain how parents might go about choosing a school for their children, which is the narrative Gov. Bobby Jindal has … Continue Reading →

To air pollution warnings, the heat index, wind chill factor and terrorism threat advisories, could we add the National Anger Gauge? We could allocate a few seconds to the NAG on the 6 o’clock news. “Dave, we had a really high NAG today which goes right along with the seven shootings city … Continue Reading →

Louisiana congressional Republicans lined up last week to fire on President Barack Obama’s decision to reject an application for a permit to build and operate the Keystone XL pipeline. Republican supporters of the pipeline project to bring Canadian oil to Gulf Coast refineries contend that it would create 20,000 new jobs and … Continue Reading →

Last month, our 11-year-old son finished the year in the 15th century, plodding the Atlantic with Christopher Columbus in search of fame and fortune. As part of a class project, our fifth-grader was required to make a model of the kind of ship Columbus and his contemporaries might have used to travel … Continue Reading →

Wind and more wind and another cold front coming in by Friday morning will dictate more of what we can and can’t do in the coming days. The current cold-front cycle for past four weekends leaves the best fishing days — at least the calmest days — for Mondays-Wednesdays. Despite 15-25 knot … Continue Reading →

Experienced pilot Roger Peterson did not have an instrument rating when he piloted a plane on the fateful night of Feb. 3, 1959. As noted previously, weather conditions at Mason City, Iowa, included overcast skies, 6,000-foot ceiling, 15-mile visibility, temperature of 16 degrees, south winds at 25 knots with gusts to 32. … Continue Reading →