Firearms On Campus: Dangerous Idea?

Belle Chase Rep. Ernest Wooten wants to allow people with a concealed weapons permit to carry guns on school campuses. He suggests that having law abiding armed citizens on campus would reduce violence.
I, too, am sick and tired of the wanton violence that plagues us. I would bet my paycheck that most of us are.  [...]

Race In America: Who Are We Really?

The one thing that Barack Obama and his controversial Spiritual mentor have taught us is that race is still the millstone around our collective necks that continues to divide us as a nation and a community.  It is a subject that lies ever so slightly beneath the American landscape.
   It was refreshing for me to [...]

United Against Criminals

   As I sat listening to the various speakers during the ‘Twenty Third Annual Crime Stoppers Awards Luncheon’,    I asked myself when was the last time we acted as a community united in the effort to keep our neighborhoods safe from the criminals who terrorize us.   The fact is we have spurts of outrage among [...]