Columns

The end of the handshake?

After more than a year of strict COVID mandates, my state has triumphantly reopened. But, some argue, we better think twice before we offer a celebratory handshake.

C’est Vrai: Citizens worried about spies among us

South Louisiana was not left out when the U.S. entry into World War I caused everyone and his brother to become wary of strangers, and sometimes neighbors, suspected of being German spies. Folks in Eunice thought they’d found one when a drifter passed through just about Christmas time in 1917.

President Biden is sick

The 78-year-old President of the United States, Joe Biden, is not well. He is suffering from an obvious mental decline. Americans are not sure of his exact condition because he has not released any mental competency test results.

Paul stops gain-of-function research funding in China

This week the U.S. Senate passed Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) amendment that would permanently ban all funding of gain-of-function research in China.

The Marks Post: Sports writers on vacation

We sports writers do not get much time off for vacations. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy what I do because being a sports writer has its perks. For example, I got to cover state championship events in Natchitoches, Lake Charles, Hammond, and Sulphur this past year.

Are prosecutors above the law in Louisiana?

Has prosecutorial misconduct become an epidemic in Louisiana? A number of national publications seem to think so. Nary a week goes by when there is not a story of some Louisiana prosecutor supposedly pursuing justice by breaking the law.

Remembering an ace pitcher and war hero

Whether Warren Spahn was on the mound or in World War II trenches, his opponents agreed that no one was tougher.

C’est Vrai:

Just in time for what promises to be another busy season, the National Hurricane Center reports that last year’s summer that already will be long remembered was even worse than we thought.