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The Marks Post: Memories last forever

Change is inevitable. Looking back on my life, I can see changes that led me to where I am today. As a result, I think I turned out alright, but the jury is still out on that. One thing that doesn’t change, however, is the memories we take with us along the way.

Why I have a problem with AOC’s comments

Sexual abuse is devastating. It cuts across and demolishes every single line of demarcation that we recognize in society, because it is one of the things that attack the foundations of society: Respect for the dignity of the individual person.

Time for President Trump to fight back

Since the day he announced for President in 2015, Donald Trump has been treated horribly by his media and political opponents, both in the Republican and Democratic parties. No political candidate has ever received such terrible media coverage or such abuse from political insiders.

Leave Old Hickory alone

There is a major push by the bureaucrats in Washington to put the first woman on the face of paper currency. There are a number of choices, and you will get no argument form me that there certainly is a place on one of our bills for a woman.

Nancy’s notes: Goodbye, Trump

I’m not the biggest Biden fan. He was toward the bottom of my list of choices for president. I don’t like to label myself as one political party or the other, because both sides have agendas and lie. I think some politicians really do try to do what’s best, but so many fall by the wayside.

The Marks Post: A time to heal

It seems wherever you look in the world there is great sadness. This is especially true for our nation today which has a fraudulently elected resident of the White House. It seems his actions in his first days in office are putting us in a state of national depression.

Another chapter has come and gone, now its time to move on

As some of you may already know, this will be my last column as the sports editor of the Ville Platte Gazette. I have decided that this chapter of my life has run its course and after six and a half years of covering sports in Evangeline Parish, my time has come to move on.

The Marks Post: Digesting 2020

Well, we made it through another year. This past year had its challenges resulting in people saying it was one of the worst year’s ever. But, it all depends how you look at it. For me, 2020 as a whole was a good year. For one thing, I ate well.

The Marks Post: Getting consumed in what we eat

Well, it’s the end of the year, and I was going to write a column reviewing some of my personal highlights from the past year. However, something happened over the Christmas break that disturbed me. So, my year in review will have to wait until Sunday.

The Marks Post: Thankful for the light

Four hundred years ago, Puritans left religious persecution in England in search of a place to create a colony in the New World. They landed at Plymouth in what is now Massachusetts. Countless others followed, and 13 colonies were ultimately created.