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Is the dumbing down of our students intentional?

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test scores, called the Nation’s Report Card, and the ACT test scores for college admissions, are now out and the results can only be called a National Crisis!

Three pillars of progressive philosophy revealed

In the smoldering wake of what can only be called a Republican debacle, many pundits much better schooled in politics and history weighed in with their opinions on what happened.

TV tosses tinsel on 158 holiday films

When it comes to sappy holiday movies, you either scorn them as you would another pair of reindeer-themed socks, or you eagerly binge on offerings such as “My Southern Family Christmas,” produced by Hallmark and described thusly:

3 more amendments on Dec. 10 ballot

Early voting Saturday includes the runoff for Eunice alderwoman in Ward 2.
Incumbent Germaine Simpson is challenged by Jacqueline “JuJu” Valare. Vallare won 36% of the vote and Simpson had 33% in the Nov. 8 election.

State’s flu rate leads nation

Flu cases in Louisiana have risen to the highest point in five years, according to the Louisiana Department of Health, and a recent study by Walgreens also shows Louisiana has the highest flu rate in the country right now.