Essays about Texas

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

A young college student who works in a Texas kolache bakery: Why I know she will succeed in life

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 My wife and I recently traveled to Waco, Texas, to attend a dear friend's funeral. Our drive home to Baton Rouge took us through Colleg...
Saturday, June 26, 2021

Will a degree from a fancy, private college improve the quality of your life? Maybe, but maybe not.

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 I occasionally see television and print advertisements for weight-loss programs. Invariably, these ads show a slim, young, attractive woman...
Monday, June 21, 2021

"Don't just retire. Retire well." What does that mean to millions of Americans drowning in student-loan debt?

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 Almost every day, I see a television ad for an investment firm that targets retirees. "Don't just retire," the tv spokesperso...
Saturday, June 19, 2021

Student-loan payment relief during COVID crisis ends soon: Will student debtors start making payments again?

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 About 40 million student borrowers got some relief last year when the Department of Education allowed student debtors to temporarily skip t...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Will an Ivy League degree make you LESS employable?

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 In a recent Wall Street Journal essay , R. R. Reno, Editor of First Things , wrote that he had stopped hiring graduates from elite college...
Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Road Rage can kill you: Fear, not anger, should guide your actions when you encounter a discourteous driver

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Violence is on the rise in Baton Rouge.  Last year's homicide rate--114 killings--set a new record, and we will probably break that reco...
Sunday, June 6, 2021

Don't say "I quit" unless you really mean it: Munker v. Louisiana State University System

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 In 2015, Dr. Reinhold Munker was a tenured professor of medicine at the Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport (LSU), wher...