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		<title>Time to fight the casino in Robert</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 03:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Casinos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gambling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hammond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robby Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tangipahoa Parish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Waits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tyler Bridges]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Dayne Sherman I was surprised, shocked, and a little dumbfounded by the news of a casino coming to Tangipahoa Parish. The site, a flood zone south of I-12 and across from Champ Cooper Elementary School, sounded like a joke. &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/time-to-fight-the-the-casino-in-robert/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A clear choice for State Representative</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 03:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dayne Sherman Tangipahoa Parish is faced with a challenge and a choice. The challenge is related to the fiscal cliff in the state budget, a $1 billion budget hole left by Bobby Jindal’s long-term harm to Louisiana. The choice &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/a-clear-choice-for-state-representative/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why not the best for Tangipahoa?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 02:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[superintendent of a public school system Hammond Mayor Pete Panepinto Tangipahoa Parish Public Schools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Dayne Sherman &#160; Few controversies energize the public more than school board decisions. This is just as true in Amite City as it is in Amsterdam. Tangipahoa Parish Public Schools is now able to move forward with a new &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/why-not-the-best-for-tangipahoa/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I was Wrong—Sort Of</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electoral College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Dayne Sherman &#160; Let me begin by admitting the obvious: I was wrong—sort of. See my previous column here. &#160; I never thought Donald Trump could win with the majority of the American voters. Truth be told, he did &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/i-was-wrong-sort-of/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Trump will Lose and Clinton will Win on Nov. 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2016 01:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2016]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Dayne Sherman &#160; Donald Trump will Lose “What got Trump through the primary couldn’t win the general.” In other words, Trump never pivoted. He couldn’t shut his pie hole. He alienated and attacked women. He alienated and attacked Hispanics &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/why-trump-will-lose-and-clinton-will-win-on-nov-8/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Fussy Librarian Feature</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2016 02:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Baxter Parish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methdist church]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zion: A Louisiana Mystery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[  Zion: A Louisiana Mystery &#160; Thanks to all of The Fussy Librarian readers of Zion: A Louisiana Mystery, my latest novel. I hope you like the book. Zion is 99 cents on Thursday, September 15, 2016. My Kindles, audio &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/the-fussy-librarian-promotion/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Losing a Great Professor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2016 23:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[and How We Teach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain drain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Kirylo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[merit raises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[out-migration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rowan and Littlefield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SLU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southeastern Louisiana University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tangipahoa Parish School Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching with Purpose: An Inquiry into the Who]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of South Carolina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Why]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ By Dayne Sherman &#160; It goes without saying that higher education in Louisiana is still under serious threat. &#160; For example, TOPS is not fully funded, Southeastern Louisiana University was cut by another $1.4 million, the Louisiana Board of Regents &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/losing-a-great-professor/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Giving a cup of cold water</title>
		<link>http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/giving-a-cup-of-cold-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2016 02:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Denham Springs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hammond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana flood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ponchatoula]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scam artists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Dayne Sherman My heart is heavy for Louisiana residents invaded by floodwaters, many still fighting the deluge, water still deep in homes. But for the bravery and love of the people in South Louisiana we would perish from the &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/giving-a-cup-of-cold-water/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Naming the TOPS saboteurs</title>
		<link>http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/naming-the-saboteurs-of-tops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 02:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alan Seabaugh (Shreveport)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[and Jay Morris (Monroe) John Bel Edwards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry ivey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beryl Amedee (Houma)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Morris (Oil City)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Schroder (Covington)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lance Harris (Alexandria)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil Abramson (New Orleans)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Republicans Cameron Henry (Metairie)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaker Taylor Barras (New Iberia)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taylor Opportunity Program for Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TOPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valarie Hodges (Denham Springs)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ By Dayne Sherman When John Bel Edwards was inaugurated governor on January 11, he needed several wins to put Louisiana back on the right path. The most important reforms were the expansion of Medicaid, stabilizing the state budget, and preventing &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/naming-the-saboteurs-of-tops/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Cotillion of Knuckleheads</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2016 01:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Jindal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cameron Henry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Bel Edwards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knuckleheads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louisiana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil Abramson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[numbskulls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Session]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TOPS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Official House photo of Rep. Neil Abramson) By Dayne Sherman The Louisiana Legislature is a cotillion of knuckleheads, a debutante ball for obstructionists, the culmination of politics at its lowest level. &#160; Already on the declining side of a three-week &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/a-cotillion-of-knuckleheads/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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