Category: Opinions

By Victor C. Kirk Who do you turn to before your small business bites the dust? I would have thought the Chamber of Commerce or the Mayor’s Office of Community Development or the North Delta Economic Development District Commission or…

By Victor C Kirk Like most of you I watched the horrors that unfolded in Oklahoma nearly a century ago but turned to both CBS and the History channel for a debriefing. So, if what I heard and saw was…

By Victor C Kirk I die in my sleep once a month now. Images of the killing of George Floyd at the hands of the police haunt me. I am a Black male in America in a state in the…

By Victor C Kirk I am a pragmatic male and as such believe I am limited in my role in procreation. I provide the sperm that fertilize the egg. After its mad dash from my testicle, the female egg takes…

By Victor C. Kirk A robust economy either spawns strange bedfellows or police reform has its shortcomings when profits supersedes logic. There was a time when securing funds for “frat” parties required putting in place “innovative” strategies. A traditional approach…

By Victor C Kirk The state coffers are awash with cash. So much so that a feeding frenzy has begun with the elected leadership of state and local governments jockeying to be at the front of the line vying for…

By Victor C Kirk I know this article will get me into trouble, but here it goes. There appears to be a love affair with riding lawn mowers in Monroe. Never have I seen so many especially moving across such…