Jim Beam

(Editor’s Note: Jim Beam has a tendon problem on his right hand and will publish some columns from the past until it heals). From Sunday, June 17, 1990 Fathers have a tremendous influence on our lives, but do we really understand and appreciate the role fathers play? We observe Father’s Day with appropriate gifts but […]

(Editor’s Note: Jim Beam has a problem with a tendon on his right hand and will publish some columns from the past until it heals). From July 26, 1962 Citizens of the 7th Congressional District of Louisiana go to the polls Saturday to choose a Democratic Party nominee for election to the U.S. House of […]

The death of Louis Lambert, 84, a longtime Louisiana state senator and member of the state Public Service Commission, brought back memories of one of this state’s most historic elections. Lambert, who died in Sorrento of liver cancer, was a candidate in the 1979 gubernatorial election that saw a major change for governor. Other candidates that […]

Many of the newspaper columns I have written over 60-plus years have gotten me “in a lot of hot water.” One of them, unfortunately, got Jo Ann, my late wife, terribly upset for quite some time. Here is that column titled “A Man’s Castle” that was published on June 13, 1965. “Whoever said a man’s home is […]

The Black voters of Louisiana have made it perfectly clear three times that they want U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields, a Baton Rouge Democrat, to represent them in Congress. He won a second Black-majority district in 1992 and in 1994. Fields won the newly created Black-majority 4th Congressional District seat in the second primary of 1992 with […]

Since Southwest Louisiana is considered to be this nation’s unofficial LNG capital, it should come as no surprise that Cameron LNG at Hackberry has received approval for the state’s first authorized carbon capture and storage well. The Advocate reported that the order from the state Department of Energy and Natural Resources (DENR) comes more than […]

Words of wisdom following the public assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk are welcome news. They come from two wise men, a governor and a newspaper columnist. Spencer Cox is the governor of Utah and Quin Hillyer of The Advocate of Baton Rouge is the columnist. Both made their comments after a rush of criticism on social […]

President Donald Trump has once again come out in support of COVID and other vaccines at a time when some of his most loyal supporters are telling people not to get them. Among those supporters are Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, Dr. Ralph  Abraham, the state’s surgeon general, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his surgeon general. […]

Gov. Jeff Landry will pay a $900 fine because of his failure to report six free private flights he accepted in 2021, 2022, and 2023 when he was state attorney general. The Advocate reported that Landry also disclosed 13 trips he took while governor that were financed by someone else. A consent opinion settled the […]

The anti-COVID vaccine movement has reached an alarming place in this country. I realized how scary it has become when getting a flu shot. I was told, at age 91, I had to have my doctor’s permission to get the latest COVID booster. A short time before leaving home for that flu shot, I read […]