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Take what Harrison Butker said in context

When Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker delivered his commencement address at Benedictine College earlier this month, the outrage was primarily focused on his comments about a woman’s place in society.

Breakfast cost upset Louisiana legislator

Enough was enough when a Baton Rouge hotel charged a state legislator thirty cents for his breakfast in June 1942. He stormed back to the capitol and filed a bill to keep hotels and restaurants from raising prices during football weekends, Mardi Gras, and when the legislature was in session. Rep.

Honoring family on Memorial Day

Ida Ayres never served a day in the armed forces, but at 95, she knows plenty about the sacrifices of war. “Through six wars, I have been the daughter, sister, wife, mother and grandmother of family members who served, or are serving, their country,” Ida told me.

Can the population implosion be stopped?

“And when I die / and when I’m gone / there’ll be one child born, in this world / to carry on / to carry on.” The song written by Laura Nyro and most famously performed by Blood, Sweat & Tears may have been overly optimistic.

Biden administration targeting pro-lifers with 1994 law

I wish I did more to advance the pro-life cause. I write about it, I go to marches, I send money to pro-life groups, and I even appear as a speaker at many pro-life events. But I’m not on the front lines, like the men and women who are risking their freedom, thanks to a politicized U.S.

To graduates: The world according to me

Students all over America are graduating this month from kindergarten, grade school, high school, college and graduate schools. And there is always a commencement speaker. Most of you will never give a commencement address.

The importance of home ownership

Home sales remain sluggish thanks to high interest rates and a shortage of homes for sale, and that is really bad for America. Because as more Americans become life-long renters, they will never experience the misery of owning a home.

What happened to the Nunez fortune?

The Nunez community on Highway 14 just east of Kaplan is named for descendants of a Spanish soldier who retired in Louisiana and did quite well for himself.

Is it nice to fool Mother Nature?

Yes, I was hunkered down paying rapt attention to the weather report on May 8 when an EF-3 tornado rampaged through a neighboring county. Understandably, I was intrigued by a May 11 “New York Post” article about a technological push to manipulate the weather.

A father’s short life, left lasting memories

This week, I don’t want to get political. I’d like to talk to you about someone who is more important than the sum total of the occasional outrage I can muster up for strangers. Don’t worry, the outrage has no expiration date, and will be useful for another set of Sundays.