Sometime ago, I wrote about an all but forgotten Acadia Parish community called Fabacher, noting that little remains to mark just where it was.
With the death of Pope Benedict XVI, considered one of the greatest theologians in the 20th century, we should stop to ponder what effect he had on America.
When you have the beginning of a cold, nothing sparkly to wear and you really hate New Year’s, you watch television.
What makes us happy and fulfilled?
According to the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever conducted, the answer is very simple: our relationships.
Governor DeSantis and Florida Republicans signed legislation to prevent the state’s property insurance market from collapsing as more than a dozen insurers have failed in the last three years, while an alarming number are pulling back from the mar
Barbara Walters might never have become a powerful force in broadcast journalism had she lacked the chutzpah to extract a promise from her bosses at NBC News in 1973.
The new year reminds me of that classic “Twilight Zone” episode starring Burgess Meredith as a put-upon bookworm.
I think I knew LaLa Lalonde for a year or more before I knew his real name. He was a member of the legislature when I met him, but I don’t think I ever heard him introduce himself as “Raymond” or “Representative Lalonde.”
As a child, lying was something I rarely did. This was a function of two things: being Catholic and being lazy.
But perhaps the most compelling reason not to lie is that you will always be outed.
Earmarks are back and they’re costing American taxpayers a bundle.