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REMEMBERING KATRINA EVACUEES
I will always think of Katrina not as a story about a hurricane, but as a story about the failure of the levees intended to protect New Orleans from flooding, and the political inaction
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MY EUROPEAN VACATION: PART III
My last column ended with my wife, Cathy, and I stuck in a tunnel outside Innsbruck, Austria, when our high-speed train from Venice to Munich broke down. The train was scheduled to arrive in
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MY EUROPEAN VACATION: PART III
My last column left off with me preparing to fly from Houston to Atlanta, then on to Venice, Italy, where I hoped to meet up with my wife, Cathy. She had been vacationing in
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MY BIG FAT GREEK VACATION
By Cathy Kurth We call ourselves the “Ya Yas” — group of life-long friends from DeQuincy. About 15 years ago, we vowed that every five years we would take a trip together to some
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ECONOMIC’S ETC.
Racism, Slavery And The Civil War Outrage over the senseless murders of nine members of an African-American church in Charleston, S.C., has led to calls for the removal of the confederate battle flag from
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ECONOMICS ETC
Lake Charles Gaming Approaches $1 Billion The Golden Nugget opened in December. And while the casino has had a few ups and downs in its early going (business was off in February and April),
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REMEMBERING THE U.S.S. LIBERTY
Memorial Day is for remembering those killed or wounded in service to our country. Forty-eight years ago, 34 sailors were killed and 171 wounded when the U.S.S. Liberty was attacked by Israeli war planes
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MOHAMMED CARTOON CONTEST
Recently, two self-proclaimed jihadists drove from Arizona to Garland, Texas, intent on turning a Mohammed cartoon contest into a Charlie Hebdo event. They jumped from their car wearing body armor and firing assault rifles.
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PRESIDENTIAL RACE: MY CRYSTAL BALL
The 2016 presidential election is 18 months away, yet candidates are already throwing their hats into the ring. At this point, prognostication about who the nominees will be is pure speculation: there are simply
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MIDDLE EAST POLITICS: A ROAD MAP
Iran backs the terrorist organization Hezbolla and wants to destroy our ally, Israel. Iran also backs the Assad regime in Syria that ISIS is trying to overthrow; we too want Assad overthrown, just not
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