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Growth Of The Federal Bureaucracy
My last Lagniappe column was about our federal system of government. To briefly sum it up, state governments in the U.S. are not under the federal government. Article I of the U.S. constitution lists
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Trump And The Republican Future
When Donald Trump spoke to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), he was largely addressing his core supporters, and he made three things very clear: first, he has no intention of forming a
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Now We Need Unity
When residents of Lake Charles went to the polls to choose a new mayor, two candidates were on the ballot: Nic Hunter, a businessman and police juror, and Wilford Carter, a former judge and
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Federalism And Santuary Cities
President Trump appears determined to fulfill his campaign promises. That is an admirable goal: American voters are tired of politicians who promise one thing on the campaign trail and deliver something else after they’re
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Trump Won It Or Hillary Lost It?
The presidential election turned out to be a real shocker. Now President-Elect Donald Trump is busy putting together his cabinet, while the Democrats are still trying to wrap their minds around what happened. It
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It’s Christmas In Washington
If you listen to the two major candidates running for president, you might think that on Nov. 9 a sleigh pulled by flying reindeer is going to depart Washington, D.C., loaded with presents for
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TRUMP: I CAN MAKE THE SAINTS GREAT AGAIN
Before Donald Trump decided to run for president of the United States, there was another job he coveted. An anonymous Lagniappe reader sent me a transcript of a phone conversation between Trump and New
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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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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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Gifts You Won’t Find In Stores
Each year, I write a column about Christmas gifts that are not found in any store, or even on any website. For example, Christmas came early this year for five million undocumented workers, when
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