Columns

Blackjack knew how to work metal

Police were baffled after someone used a cutting torch to open the vault in a store in the LaHaye building in Ville Platte early in the morning of June 21, 1962. The culprits got away with $20,000 — which may still be the biggest robbery ever in Evangeline Parish.

The NBA should play basketball, not politics

As Americans face increasing economic pressures, social unrest, escalating crime, and the prospect of nuclear war, it would be wonderful to have a variety of comforting distractions.

As Bud Light goes woke, customers go away

For years, major American corporations have been moving to the far left, embracing radical causes, and showing disdain for their customers. A perfect illustration occurred in 2020, in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death.

The Marks Post: It is good that we are here

This past weekend, I went on my 10th retreat at Our Lady of the Oaks Retreat House in Grand Coteau. On the first night of the retreat, after the first talk, I walked out of the chapel and gazed outward.

This Reagan program has served Louisiana well

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the National Organ Transplant Act. This created a great public-private model in our nation’s organ donation and transplant system that greatly benefits the residents of Louisiana.

Police our borders not the globe

At the end of the Trump administration, our southern border with Mexico was fortified as major improvements in security had occurred including the construction of a border wall.

Goodbye America, hello Banana Republic

America as the “shining city on a hill” is gone. It has been replaced by a country with a weaponized criminal justice system, a radicalized educational system, and a news media that is a mouthpiece for a tyrannical government.

Lock the clock, time to end the madness

The aggravating practice of changing our clocks every few months started during World War I, over one hundred years ago. It was created as a way for the United States to save power and fuel and enhance the economy by spurring consumer shopping in the evening.

Biden’s balloon baloney

Should anyone believe the Biden administration’s ridiculous story about the mysterious balloons that gripped the nation several weeks ago?

The battle to rescue New Orleans

In 1840, New Orleans was the third largest city in the country. As a booming port city, New Orleans enjoyed incredible growth for decades due to increasing levels of commerce on the Mississippi River and its designation as the “Gateway to the Americas.”