Columns

Memory challenged in the parking lot

Now that my age has surpassed the mid-century mark and I’m more ancient than virtually all professional athletes, everyone in my department at work, and even my pastor at church, I’ve noticed that the old memory is not what it used to . . . .

When Uncle Sam ruled over Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras in 1942 was a pretty bleak affair. Bombs raining on Pearl Harbor had forced a once-reluctant United States into World War II just months before.

Ready for an Apple Vision Pro world?

What an amazing coincidence!
Two days after Apple released its much-ballyhooed Vision Pro contraption, Joni Mitchell gave her first Grammy Awards performance.

Thoughts on the Taylor Swift phenomenon

When you poke a hornet’s nest, you expect to get stung.
If that hornet’s nest is filled with young girls in spangles and tutus — and their doting parents — you can expect to get skewered.

Here comes the election police

Alright all you Swifties. I have some bad news for you. When you go to the polls to vote for president on election day, no Taylor Swift hats or shirts will be allowed.

Global elite warned about serfdom

Argentine President Javier Milei recently delivered an historic warning to the global elite attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, regarding their efforts to drag the entire global middle class into serfdom.

Alert desk clerk spotted secretive actress

It was the talk of the town when the movie star Elissa Landi was spotted in Crowley on Feb. 3. 1936. She was trying to travel incognito and registered at the Egan Hotel as Mrs. Elizabeth Lawrence, That didn’t work.

Insurance regulation lacking in Louisiana

When I first took over as insurance commissioner in 1991, things were really in a mess. Regulation by the Louisiana insurance department was nonexistent. Companies were rarely if ever examined as required by state law.