“These [Baton Rouge Teamster] hoodlums make Marcello and the Mafia look pretty good.” — “I won’t let Edward Partin and his gangster Teamsters run this state!” — “[We’re going to arrest Partin] as soon as we get the evidence against him.” — “Walter, get him out of my state. Now listen to what I am […]

This is a work in progress I keep online to facilitate feedback from readers, and to allow literary agents or film producers to discover it via internet search engines; a primary character is my grandfather, Edward Grady Partin Senior, who was famous in the 1960’s and 70’s as the Baton Rouge Teamster leader freed from […]

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. Exodus 20:12

But then came the killing shot that was to nail me to the cross. Edward Grady Partin. And Life magazine once again was Robert Kenedy’s tool. He figured that, at long last, he was going to dust my ass and he wanted to set the public up to see what a great man he was […]

Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” “Why do you ask me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.” “Which ones?” he inquired. Jesus replied, “ […]