By in large, Louisiana is a Republican state that is being run by a Democrat governor. Donald Trump won the state easily in 2016 (58.1%) and again in 2020 (58.46%) yet despite this we continue to see a Democrat governor in office. My personal take on this is the fact that our Republican Party can’t ...

I wrote the following article twenty years ago. After reading an opinion piece by the great Jim Minter (editor of the Atlanta Journal Constitution at the time) in the Town Talk, lamenting the impersonality of the modern world, I sent him this article. He loved it, and used excerpts in his national c...

The fiscal-only session of the Louisiana Legislature that concluded Thursday won’t be remembered for its bipartisanship or collegial atmosphere. There’s no denying, however, that lawmakers focused toward the end and approved legislation, which supposedly will bring about positive developments in the...

I’m still trying to come to grips with turning 81 years of age. I don’t feel any different than I did at 50, or 60, or 70…maybe just a little slower. ...

Our sense of smell can trigger memories long hidden, and take us back to times long gone by. Smelling the blooms of a certain shrub puts me in the fir...

One of the greatest deficiencies in the United States today is the lack of real dads. Psychologists and physiatrists from all spectrums agree that the...