Columns

Hate to say it, but AOC is right about this one

If you listen to some right-wing pundits, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running a smuggling ring across the southern border. Far be it from me to defend La Cortez, but I find the misrepresentations from those who think there is a Constitution-free zone in this country to be annoying.

Why so much vulgar and crude language in Louisiana?

It would seem that the use of uncouth swear words have become a way of description throughout the Bayou State, as well as across the country, from the president on down in recent years.

The ‘Exodus’ from the public school system

The downfall started in the early 1970s when Marxists redefined the First Amendment with the new term “separation of church and state” and kicked God out of our public schools.

Why fewer Americans are moving

We sold my mom and dad’s dream home last autumn — the Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired mid-century modern house they called home for 25 years. Staying put is becoming more commonplace in America.

Caffery was in hot spot when troubles began

Tensions in the Middle East have been with us for a long time, and the man squarely in the middle of them when they were perhaps even more divisive than they are today was the man for whom one of Lafayette’s busiest streets is named.

Finding common ground

Pope Francis and I are not often on the same page about the world. Since his elevation over a decade ago, I have been a very vocal critic of what I saw — and in many ways still do see — as his political and progressive view of Catholicism.

President Trump and the Civil War

A number of former presidents are being honored this week, as several new books have been released detailing actions of President Lincoln during the Civil War. President Donald Trump continues to express his opinion on virtually every subject involving America, both past and present.

Ville Platte hospital was a ‘crowning jewel’

Ardoin’s Sanitarium in Ville Platte had been “one of the most amazing hospitals of its kind” before it was leveled by fire on March 2, 1937.

The history of executive orders

What do the Peace Corps, desegregation of the military, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II have in common? They were all established by presidential executive orders, or EOs.

Which utterances do you most regret?

“I’ll just have me a little heart attack.” Years before Fred Sanford started his manipulative chest-clutching, I utilized that phrase whenever I wanted to get my childish way.