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Pure Quality Time
There is nothing like taking a much deserved break once in a while. Everyone needs to step off life’s treadmill occasionally and regain some perspective. It was overdue time for an impromptu family vacation. Chris, AKA Dad, and Amanda, packed up their girls and set sail for Toledo Bend and a break from the »
Tired of Sexual Themes
Dear Dr. Archer, Sex, sex, sex! I’m a 45-year-old married man and it seems like every time I turn on the television, see a billboard or open a magazine, sex is the primary theme. I find this repulsive. Is it just me, or do most people feel this way? Bill Dear Bill, No, »
Vitter Hasn’t Forgotten Senate
While he may be focused on running for governor in 2015, U.S. Sen. David Vitter of Metairie hasn’t lost sight of his gig in D.C., which includes a possible chairmanship in the near future, and the process of raising money for his federal accounts. As the ranking member on the Senate Environment and Public »
War is Hell
— The newly inaugurated “Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent” (a project of Osama bin Laden’s successor, Ayman al-Zawahiri) failed spectacularly in its maiden mission in September when it attempted to commandeer an American aircraft carrier in port in Karachi, Pakistan. Actually, the ship was a misidentified Pakistani naval vessel that did not even vaguely »
Austin
I and my wife Chelsea’s food mission in Austin started with a visit to Hopdoddy Burger Bar on South Congress Street. Two of my oldest friends, Brian and Sherard, agreed to meet us, and told me that we need to be prepared to wait in line, because there is always a line around the »
Divorce Rate
Dear Dr. Archer, My friends and I are in our 60s, and we constantly argue about why the divorce rate is higher today. What is your opinion? Libby Dear Libby, Yes, the times, they are a changing. The divorce rate is indeed higher today than it was in the past. This can be »
Show And Tell
What the McNeese Cowboys have shown so far — three games and two open dates into the season — may be very telling, as the team approaches the meat of its Southland Conference match-ups. Most of what we know or think we know about this team came in the season opener against Nebraska in »
Rational Ignorance: Why Voters Are Not Better Informed
Democracy may be a great political system, but it is not perfect. One of its flaws is what economists call “rational ignorance,” which some have dubbed “the dumb voter theorem.” The premise is simple: information is costly, and rational people choose to acquire knowledge only to the extent that the expected benefits exceed the »
WELCOME TO FEMA TOWN
Expensive New Homes In Holly Beach Are Being Surrounded By FEMA Trailers. What’s Up With That? The small coastal community of Holly Beach is situated along the Gulf Coast of Cameron Parish. The unincorporated parish covers almost 100 miles of the Gulf shoreline to the south, and constitutes the heel of this boot-shaped »
Church Of The Eyes
I saw him make a u-turn, to go back to the convenience store where the clerk had given him too much change. I saw the way he talked to the state trooper, who pulled us over for speeding, and I saw how good people handle being in the wrong. I heard what he said »
