Each year, the local newspaper prints the following statement of position on their editorial page.  It is incredibly hypocritical if you rea...

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Sept 13 Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 From: Rick Stewart To: Troy LaPlante Troy, In a pe...

Selma has two main claims to fame.   Well, besides being the home of a great newspaper and television commentator (typed while my tongu...

This week we sent our now nine-year-old back to elementary school for his fourth grade year.   The one private school in the area close...

I am sitting at my desk with a medical bill in front of me from Johnston Health.  I shouldn’t have a bill in front of me, but I do.  2012 wi...

When considering the role of government and the different levels of government in place, perhaps the most basic, most flexible, and most...

NOTE: There was a mix up in which this column was actually published on 7/26/12 and the column I listed here for 7/26 actually ran on 8/9/12...

For some reason, no column ran in the newspaper for Aug. 2, 2012.  The column was submitted but nothing ran.  Oh, well.  Look for it next we...

Private businesses can do things that either endear themselves to you or drive you away from them.   I personally have a boycott on seve...

This week's "LaPlante's Rants" newspaper column marks 6 full years of writing my weekly commentary for "The Selma New...

If you are like me, you look around you, watch the news, and wonder why you even bother with some things.  Quite honestly, I have been tryin...