Category: Francis Thompson

Republican Committee Sets Out Political Priorities in 2023-2024 Election Cycle

The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) has identified several states where legislative races in the 2023-2024 election cycle are important, while declaring it a “top political priority” to fend off Democrat-affiliated groups targeting Republican majorities in state chambers. “A mere 33 seats are standing in the way of Democrats taking back eight legislative chambers across…


Louisiana Republicans Get Supermajority in State House After Democrat Switches Party

Republicans have gained a supermajority in the Louisiana State House after a Democratic member switched parties. State Rep. Francis Thompson, who has represented an area of northeast Louisiana as a Democrat for almost five decades, officially moved to the Republican side on Friday, March 17. The 81-year-old lawmaker has described himself as a “conservative” and…


‘The Hound of Heaven’ by Francis Thompson, Poet of Grace

I fled Him, down the nights and down the days; I fled Him, down the arches of the years; I fled Him, down the labyrinthine ways Of my own mind; and in the mist of tears I hid from Him, and under running laughter. So begins “The Hound of Heaven.” The narrator of this poem…