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Toxic masculinity is a myth

Last week, shaving-supply company Gillette released a controversial ad reminding guys of their “toxic masculinity,” a phrase that has popped up to describe the supposed hazards of typically male behavior.

Relax, people! They’re just cookies

Just as my annual diet has begun showing promise, my greatest obstacle to success is upon me: Girl Scout Cookie season has begun. My problem with Girl Scout Cookies is personal. But, like everything else in our culture, some people have moral or political problems with them.

Get healthy - drink more Coke?

I picked up a recent copy of Men’s Health Magazine with a lengthy article on weight loss based on research from Louisiana’s own Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The results were typical-eat less, eat early, breath deep, and get lots of exercise. And sugar?

Clinging to false catchwords

In this era when there has been more information available to more people than at any time in the past, it is also true that there has been more misinformation from more different sources than ever.

Prohibition: The countdown to 100 years

It’s time to brush up on your knowledge of speakeasies, bathtub gin, demon rum, homebrew, bootlegging and other icons of the Roaring Twenties.

It’s up to us to realize Dr. King’s dream

We’ll celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and legacy next week. In these angry and divisive times, we all could benefit by reminding ourselves of his words’ truth, civility and wisdom.

Trump vs. the crazies

If for some strange reason you didn’t already know how much the liberal media hates President Trump, you found out this week.

Has college football become a pro sport?

It’s the end of the college football season with Clemson taking a resounding victory over favored Alabama. The year also produced a financial bonanza for top tier football schools all over the country.

Is Mitt another flaky senator?

What’s with Mitt Romney, the newly minted Republican senator from the great red state of Utah? Mitt hadn’t even been sworn in yet and he put his name on a New Year’s Day op-ed column in the Washington Post bearing the headline “Mitt Romney: The president shapes the public character of the nation.

Comparing Austin and Baton Rouge

For as far back as I can remember, comparisons have been made between Louisiana’s state capitol city and Austin, Texas. In the 1960s the population of both cities were about the same.