Columns

Second thoughts about her senator

Regular readers weren’t surprised when I voted against John Fetterman in last year’s Senate race in Pennsylvania.

Could you pass a citizenship test? Really?

Okay, maybe I’m approaching this from a position of privilege. One of my earliest memories is of tagging along to my mother’s former grammar school when she voted. Social Studies was one of my favorite elementary school classes. Mr.

Celebrate the New Year with a sweet orange

Until relatively recent times, the New Year was the time to exchange gifts in many south Louisiana households, and it was almost a certainty that a sweet orange or two would be one of the things stuffed into a stocking. Gifts were simpler then and oranges were plentiful.

How my sister ‘gave’ us Sandra Day O’Connor

This week America said its final goodbye to Sandra Day O’Connor. The first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court was eulogized at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday by President Joe Biden and Chief Justice John Roberts.

New Year thoughts from the Bayou State

Do you make New Year’s resolutions? I always do. A New Year always brings with it promise and uncertainty, but this coming year brings with it a greater foreboding than we have experienced in the past. The Chinese have a saying: “May you live in interesting times.

LSUE food chief says service to expand

LSU Eunice’s dining hall is open to the public as well as its’ students. The dining hall operates from 7:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Saturday and Sunday it is opened from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. A Starbucks station is opened Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.

How do we restore our Christmas joy?

The best Christmas gift I ever gave anyone was the one I gave my father about 20 years ago: a Lionel train set. Every year, we got him the same gifts, you see. And every year he’d tell me to tell us, “For God’s sakes, please, no more sweaters.

Remembering the Mosquito Bowl on Christmas Eve 1944

The endless college football bowl season is upon us. Beginning last weekend with the Mrytle Beach Bowl, and mercifully ending on January 8 with the College Football Playoff National Championship game, 43 games will be played.

Will you be busted by a ‘noise camera’?

“Just when you think it’s safe to be a jerk on the roadway…” Motorists in many cities have grown accustomed to the likelihood of having their license plate photographed if they exceed the posted speed limit and/or run a red light.

Jesus and his parents were not migrants going to Bethlehem

Around this time of year, I start seeing posts on social media about how Jesus was a refugee, an asylum seeker, an immigrant, etc. It’s based upon a version of the Nativity story, where the Holy Family was forced to “flee” to Bethlehem to avoid persecution.