“Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” is on April 25th, and I think we should try something different this year: Let’s take our daughters and sons to grandma’s.
There was at least a minor hullabaloo in the spring of 1941 when health officials in Washington made the claim that the Mamou plant widely used in south Louisiana to make a herbal tea could kill you.
Bathroom floor tiles that weigh you, analyze your gait and evaluate your fall risk. Bathroom mirrors that initiate telehealth conferences based on your complexion or facial tics.
I’m pretty sure that the number of people who are mourning the death of OJ Simpson can fit into the trunk of the smallest car Hertz ever rented.
O.J. Simpson died last week. Many younger people will just say “So?” To anyone over 50, his life and his actions created riveting news, and poised him, both good and bad, as one of the most recognizable personalities in American history. O. J.
“It wasn’t my fault the car in front of me hit me. I glanced at my text message for only a second when our bumpers collided.”
“How could the car in front of you hit you?”
April 14, 1935, is still referred to as Black Sunday in the American Midwest because that was the worst day of one of the worst dust storms in U.S. history.
During my career as a late-in-life columnist, I have been blessed with the opportunity to chronicle three birthdays ending in zero.
Gloria Steinem turned 90 years old last month. She is the oldest living feminist from an era when this was a sign of being a “serious woman.”
There has been a lot of chatter in recent months about the need to rewrite Louisiana’s constitution. And for good reason. This original slim document has now blossomed into the nation’s seventh longest state charter with over 83,000 words.