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A time when miles were subjective

When we cruise across the south Louisiana prairies today, we know almost exactly where we are all the time. Numbered markers are set along the highway at one-mile intervals, so we can calculate how far we’ve come and how far we have to go.

Praise be to the family potato salad

I face a huge responsibility this Labor Day weekend: I’ve been tasked with making my mother’s sacred potato salad recipe.

The high price of Biden’s blunder in Kabul

So what else could President Biden possibly screw up?
Our commander in chief and his woke generals have blown the evacuation of Kabul so badly that even CNN and MSNBC have had to cover it.

Are you ready for some (gambling ads during) football?

According to the Wall Street Journal, the fledgling online gambling industry is poised to explode in popularity.
This season, the NFL for the first time is permitting sports-gambling companies to advertise during games.

Louisiana deputies and the Oklahoma outlaw

When officer Plais Horn saw a man climb off a freight train in Opelousas in March 1917, he thought his sharp eye and good memory had helped catch a notorious bank robber.

A COVID booster? Not so fast.

Yeah, I’ll get the booster. I might even ask for a double, just in case.
The CDC, which is now running the country, told me I need it and very few, including the media, have the temerity to take on the CDC.

Favoring OPEC over USA to lower gas prices is an insult

As the supply of oil is now being outpaced by the growth of demand, gasoline prices are climbing across the country. Yet, the Biden Administration has asked OPEC – not domestic producers and USA energy workers – for help to supply the U.S.