Columns

Are meteorologists a dying breed on local television?

“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

Democrats behaving badly as Biden exits

Praise the Lord for his mercy. Joe Biden’s failed presidency has finally come to an end. There’s no predicting what Biden will do at the last minute to sabotage Donald Trump.

Reading in uncertain times

Our new president has just taken office, and one of his priorities is to seek out the possibility of buying Greenland. Its closest neighbor is Iceland, so maybe Trump can get a twofer, a lagniappe deal for both countries.

Unknown civil rights hero paved the way for MLK

I can’t believe Denzel Washington hasn’t played one particular early civil rights hero in a movie yet. I also can’t believe how few people know about this unknown hero’s incredible accomplishments — achievements that paved the way for Martin Luther King Jr.

Did someone say ‘dead inventory?’

“It’s the goin’ thing!” That’s the phrase my late mother merrily exclaimed every time she got the opportunity to inform me of some quasi-trend she had discovered via “Good Morning America” or a similar program. Alas, I am waist-deep in merchandise that is definitely not the goin’ thing.

Lazy census takers or mean fishermen?

Either census takers were too lazy to count them, or south Louisiana fishermen were too mean to be counted. Those were the conflicting claims after the 1890 census of Cameron and other parishes on the Gulf turned out to be wildly wrong.

Talk of U.S. taking Greenland leaves me cold

Right after graduating from high school, my father enlisted in the Army. He had no idea they would be sending him to the other end of the world, a place where there were six months of darkness and six months of midnight sun.

Multiple reasons for a bad week for America

A number of current and former public officials took it on the chin this past week. Much of the criticism was justified, but there was overkill in several of the high profile cases.

Sulphur made a fortune, kept roaches at bay

It was big news across south Louisiana when the Union Sulphur Company announced in January 1925 that its fabulous mines in Calcasieu Parish had been shut down.

Snow brings out the best in us

I love the snow. I love how it forces us to slow down and take pause. I especially love how a good snowfall puts Washington, D.C., into panic mode, as it has again this week, causing federal office buildings to shut down. I lived in the D.C.