Believe it or not, August 31 is the 25th anniversary of the traffic accident that robbed the world of the effervescent Diana, Princess of Wales.
Many of us know about Last Island because of the deadly hurricane that hit there in August 1856 and that is still listed as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall in Louisiana.
Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers, told us we were given “a republic — if you can keep it.” However, our Attorney General Merrick Garland just told us his Department of Justice was trying to protect our “democracy.” Since the explic
A lot of people think that the pinnacle of journalism is working for a publication with national exposure, like The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal or The Chicago Tribune.
I trekked to St. Germaine School every morning in my sturdy Buster Brown shoes.
Jean Lafitte left New Orleans and the ruins of his Baratarian kingdom in 1818 to make a new start on Galveston Island, but not all of his band went with him.
If you weren’t fearful of government before this week, you should be scared to death by now.
This is the United States of America. Not Venezuela. Or is it?
Are you losing sleep over slumber par“Anxious parents are no longer allowing their kids to go to slumber parties,” announced a blurb in the August 16 “New York Post.”
I was watching an old documentary the other day about classic Hollywood stars.
A long time ago I watched a documentary about poet Emily Dickenson’s life and writings.