by Leroy Seat | Mar 14, 2022 | Opinion
The 94th Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled for March 27, and the apocalyptic black comedy “Don’t Look Up” is nominated for the best picture. In that engaging movie, warnings about a Mount Everest-sized comet on course to crash into earth with extinction-level...
by Leroy Seat | Nov 22, 2021 | Opinion
A good friend recently wrote, “My usual optimism is fading.” I responded, “I am sorry to hear that your optimism is waning – but that is not necessarily a bad thing, for it is better to be realistic than optimistic. And don’t give up hope; there is a difference...
by Leroy Seat | Nov 9, 2021 | Opinion
Why do people give money to needy people or public causes? Why should people make charitable or philanthropic contributions? What is altruism and how can it best be implemented? These are questions worth careful consideration. Some of us grew up in churches that...
by Leroy Seat | Jun 8, 2021 | Opinion
Rachel Held Evans would have turned 40 today, and it seems appropriate to take some time to remember her life and legacy. I’m greatly saddened she didn’t live to celebrate the big 4-0, as she died on May 4, 2019. Rachel Grace Held was born in Alabama but moved with...
by Leroy Seat | Apr 5, 2021 | Opinion
A shameful event occurred in Louisiana on Easter Sunday 1873. Four years earlier, a new parish (county) had been formed in north central Louisiana. It was named Grant Parish after the U.S. president, and the small town that served as the parish seat was named Colfax,...
