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NO GREATER LOVE: COMING HOME FROM THE WAR

Michael Kurth November 19, 2015 Comments Off on NO GREATER LOVE: COMING HOME FROM THE WAR

A month ago, the SEED center hosted a screening of No Greater Love, a documentary about U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.  I thought about going, but didn’t. Later, several of my friends who went told

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EERIE CALCASIEU

Brad Goins November 19, 2015 Comments Off on EERIE CALCASIEU

Many loyal Up Front readers are interested in stories of haunted Louisiana. The folks at the Convention and Visitors Bureau have put together a bunch of them in a project they call Eerie Calcasieu.

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MY GUY’S BETTER DAN YOUR GUY

Pierre Sez November 19, 2015 Comments Off on MY GUY’S BETTER DAN YOUR GUY

  Me an’ my fran Max went to a Republican Roundtable gadderin’ at de Harlequin. De folks what wuz on de panel had a buncha experience at holdin’ forums like dis. Up on de

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PUTTING VETS FIRST

Brad Goins November 19, 2015 Comments Off on PUTTING VETS FIRST

Career Marine Uses His Love Of Motorcycles To Help Area Vets By Brad Goins Lee Perkins was born Nov. 8, 1947 — two days before the anniversary of the founding of the Marine Corps.

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THE 11TH COMMANDMENT: THOU SHALT WORK

Pierre Fontenot November 19, 2015 Comments Off on THE 11TH COMMANDMENT: THOU SHALT WORK

Long before he met Don Henley, long before The Eagles, Glenn Frey was just another Detroit boy who liked music and had some want-to.  The want-to took him to Los Angeles, where a girlfriend

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