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Scamming sophisticated scammers

A few years ago, my then 70-something mom was targeted by telephone scammers. “Grandma,” said a young man pretending to be her grandson, Jerrod, “I’m in trouble.” He said he was in Canada, unaware he had been fishing illegally. He said he was arrested and needed bail money.

Pie Day and paqueing were Easter traditions

Easter, like every other special occasion, has been since early days a time for good eating and good fun in south Louisiana. Part of the celebration has to do with the day itself, part of it comes about because food and fun are just what we do, special occasion or not.

Trump is playing hardball with China

You may have noticed there was a really good sale on stocks this week. Hope you were able to grab some bargains after the markets crashed on Tuesday and before they bounced back on Wednesday.

Trump’s plan includes fighting a currency war

President Trump is taking a lot of heat over his Plan of Reorganization which uses Tariff’s. That heat is coming from parties that have different priorities, such as Wall Street, the Deep State, and the media.

Big part of being Catholic is speaking out over injustices

My alma mater was wrong. Villanova should have barred a young man from walking at graduation after filming a young woman being sexually assaulted. Instead, he basically skated. No arrest, no charges, no penalties.

Campaign contributions and judges

Is Louisiana a judicial hellhole where decisions by state judges are influenced by campaign contributions? Apparently, the Louisiana legislature and business lobbying groups think so.

Spring has arrived in Washington

I can only imagine how President Trump would have handled the three rogue beavers who chopped down America’s beloved cherry trees along the Tidal Basin. The National Cherry Blossom Festival is underway in Washington, D.C.

A summer-long dancing piece of rainbow

A summer-long ballet begins in April when hummingbirds return to south Louisiana. The naturalist and artist John James Audubon called them “glittering fragments of rainbows.” The poet D. H. Lawrence observed, “It is a creature of such fairy-like loveliness to mock all description.

You’re not one of those Easter experts, are you?

I suspect a lot of people are now smacking their foreheads and sputtering, “That’s what I should have given up for Lent — listening to experts!

With deportation, ICE undoes immigration court judge’s ruling

I’ve been writing about immigration for over two decades. I’ve been practicing immigration law for over three decades. You could say I’m an expert.