Bob McCarty Writes

The American Petroleum Institute urged the U.S. Court of Appeals to uphold Judge Martin Feldman’s decision to stay the federal moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling. “The government took the proper steps to review the safety and operations of all rigs in the Gulf, following the Deepwater Horizon incident, but a blanket moratorium was a step [...]

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For the first time in nearly 40 years, the number of state prisoners in the United States has declined, according to Prison Count 2010, a new survey by the Pew Center on the States. The decline is not due solely to budget shortfalls at the state level which prompt early release of inmates, the survey [...]

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While researching some soon-to-be-published posts about Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, I crossed paths recently with Carrie Fatigante (right), a freelance writer who currently lives in northeastern Oklahoma with her husband and three children. Today, I’m pleased to announce she’s agreed to become a regular contributor at Bob McCarty Writes. Fatigante’s extensive research into [...]

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There’s some wheelin’ and dealin’ goin’ on in God’s Country (a.k.a., “Oklahoma”) and the states around it, according to Don Surber.  In a post today, he shares an e-mail he received from a reader of his blog.  It begins this way: In case things get a little tough during the next few months we IN [...]

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Written by Phil Gremillion, a man described as “a businessman, farmer, inventor and Cajun who lives in Lafayette (La.),” a commentary published today in The Daily Advertiser of Lafayette, La., follows perfectly on the heels of this headline: Wake me up: It’s a different world these days Gremillion covers a number of topics in his [...]

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The photos and captions below offer glimpses of what it’s like on the Gulf Coast as citizens and members of the Louisiana National Guard prepare to respond to Hurricane Gustav, now a Category 2 storm, as it pummels Louisiana almost three years to the day after Hurricane Katrina struck, leaving more than 1,800 dead and [...]

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The Boeing B-52H bomber went on display recently at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., during the Defenders of Freedom Air Show. One of the most versatile platforms in the U.S. inventory, a B-52H took off from Barksdale in April to participate in the U.S. Air Force-led Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment 2008, where it demonstrated the [...]

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