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We have a long tradition of gossip

I have a mind’s-eye vision of Jean Gaudet as a crusty old Frenchman, sun-burnt, with dark, work-hardened hands, capable of doing what had to be done to wrest a simple life from the soil. He was probably an independent old cuss.

What’s happening in Afghanistan is a tragedy

I’ve been practicing immigration law for over 25 years, and I speak four languages fluently. I’ve traveled widely outside of the United States, and lived abroad for large stretches in the 1980s and ‘90s.

Did someone say tax holiday?

The Tyree family recently took advantage of our state’s eagerly anticipated annual sales tax holiday on school supplies, clothing and electronics.

Storm strewed beach with more than wreckage

The tale of what happened on Sunday, Aug. 10, 1856, to Last Island, the little barrier off the Terrebonne Parish coast, has been told and retold many times.

Time to bet off the couch, Americans

Yesterday I went to my urologist for one of my regular checkups.
I’ll spare you the medical details, but my trip to the doctor gave me a quick lesson in why there are still millions of Americans who are not returning to their jobs.

American history: Critical Race Theory 101

Critical Race Theory, or CRT, has been all over the news recently as parents are learning that it is now being taught in our public-school K-12 classes.

America needs a beach vacation

August has long been the best month of the year to escape the daily grind and forget our worries.