CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • The Day The Music Died

    My father passed away eight years ago to the day, the same day that, on the year of his birth, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash in rural Iowa. That was fifty years ago. At the time, the event was barely noticed by the mainstream media. Coincidentally, another plane crash in New York was headline news, and the deaths of three up-and-coming rock n’ roll musicians were resigned to the backpages. A few years ago, I spent my first of two summers in Saratoga Springs, New York, attending a writer’s camp at Skidmore…

  • Less Than 18 Years Ago, This Man Was the Republican Nominee for LA Governor

    David Duke is putting himself back in the news. He’s even telling The Washington Post what he thinks, though it’s unclear whether or not they had actually wondered in the first place. Not surprisingly, Duke’s indignant at the Republican Party for electing a black man as their chairman. Quoting (bold mine): To Hell with the Republican Party! GOP traitors appoint Obama Junior as Chairman of the Republican Party I am glad these traitorous leaders of the Republican Party appointed this Black racist, affirmative action advocate to the head of the Republican party because this will lead to a huge revolt…

  • Let’s Talk History

    Update: Thanks, in part, to the attention of some of my dear readers and contributors, a local non-profit foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to funding field trips for any and all Rapides Parish public school students enrolled in Louisiana History. Kudos to Mr. Genius, Mr. Crump, and General Jones. I have written before about the good work of the people at the Louisiana History Museum. During the past two years, they’ve done a number of things to increase their visibility in the community, educating the public on our shared history. Recently, Dale Genius, the museum’s executive director, collaborated with the…