We are taught in school that in the U.S. we have three branches of government: the executive, legislative and judicial. Our “founding fathers” felt that this separation of powers would result in a system of “check and balances’ that would prevent either branch from gaining too much power.  read more »

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Maine author Philip Harris has received “The LiFE Award: Literature for Environment” for his newly released book, Raping Louisiana: A Diary of Deceit. A resident of Somerville, Maine, this is Mr. Harris’ fourth published book since the summer of 2006.  read more »

This small Louisiana town had been in the news lately. It’s a nice town on the Tensas River. They have garnered some headlines as of late.  read more »

We do have a hurricane that will affect Texas, but not this area. It hit near the Texas-Louisiana line and will bring some heavy rain to those areas. We are a long way from the action here in San Antonio.  read more »

The town we lived in while residing in Louisiana was a very old hamlet. Most of the houses in our neighborhood were built in the early to mid-1800’s. The whole area was an historical district with most of the houses being on the National Register of Historic Places, including ours. It was a great area to live.  read more »