Teacher provided hot lunch for little ones It was cold and damp on the day in 1915 when first grade teacher Marie Himel of Lafayette decided she needed to feed the little ones in her charge.
She taught at the Southside School, w...
Strength to Transition Despite our best efforts, it seems that the world is in a constant state of transition. At the moment, new leaders are preparing to take office, new screening guidelines are being instituted a...
Looking at the elements: how basic can you get? Any students of history out there? Try this on for size. Starting in Babylonia somewhere between the 18th and 16th century B.C. and lasting into the Renaissance, there was a belief that there ...
Health care reform winners and losers By Mike Reitz
President and CEO,
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
This year’s mid-term elections produced a new set of winners and losers, and with the dramatic shift in power that occurred...
Acadian prairies good for health, wealth When mapmaker William Darby toured south Louisiana in 1816, he was impressed with our mild climate, rich soils, and the huge potential of the prairies of the Attakapas and Opelousas districts which...
Strength for Flying Birds At one point in our life, we’ve all probably had a friend and or family member who came to us for a listening ear. We waited patiently until we knew enough information to form an opinion and ...
Why Judge a Book by What's Left of Its Cover? No description can give you a real sense of what Tabasco Sauce is like. If you want to get acquainted, put a drop of it on your tongue.
That's how it is with Mark Twain. No description of ...
Why judge a book by what's left of its cover? No description can give you a real sense of what Tabasco Sauce is like. If you want to get acquainted, put a drop of it on your tongue.
That's how it is with Mark Twain. No description of ...
Guess Who? Guess who said the following: "We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work." Was it Sarah Palin? Rush Limbaugh? Karl Rove?
Not even...
Strength to go bald I was on a train from Denmark to Sweden when I first noticed it. To be exact, I was in the bathroom on a train. I was washing my hands and was thinking about the good times of the trip, and h...
Harry gave ’em hell in Abbeville The political stump speech was developed into a high art form in Louisiana by folks like Huey and Earl Long in North Louisiana and Dudley LeBlanc and Cat Doucet who could deliver in both French a...
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