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Borealis Rex: ‘A good old soul bested’

The venerable old paddle-wheeler Borealis Rex was steaming as hard as it could to get from Cameron to Lake Charles when the big hurricane of 1918 caught up to it.

Comedian’s tips to living well

Comedian Carl Reiner was good at living well — and he lived well until the age of 98.
I recently watched his 2017 HBO documentary, “If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast.”

The Road to Serfdom: Part II

In our first article we talked about the importance of knowing history when it comes to the utopian promises of Socialism and Marxism, and that F.A.

Is the gardening craze growing on you?

According to the National Gardening Association, the number of households growing their own vegetables, fruit and other foods has tripled since 2008.

Call for rails took time for an answer

The steamboat opened the bayous of south Louisiana and helped bring prosperity to the communities alongside them, but by the middle 1800s the romance of a ride on a steamer and the convenience of shipping crops on them began to be challenged by pr

The Road to Serfdom: Part I

Today, the importance of knowing history could never be greater for America as the growing threat of Marxism, war, debt, inflation, and anti-religion seem to be converging at one time.

One night in The Big Easy-as pie

It’s time for another installment of “Places You Should Visit While You Can Still Bend Down to Tie Your Shoes without Making Involuntary Bodily Noises”!