By Victor C. Kirk There was complete surprise when Mayor Romaine requested that I find for him two Louisiana Queens that would participate in the Haitian Carnival Ball. His office would make hotel and travel arrangements for the two queens,…
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Perspectives on the lives we live: Topic: Haiti – Part Two of Three
By Victor C. Kirk The invitation read “LE PRESIDENT A VIE DE LA REPUBLIQUE ET MADAMA JEAN-CLAUDE DEVALIER ONT LE PLAISIR D ’INVITER MR. ET MOME VICTOR KIRCK A UN BAL TRAVESTI LE LUNDI CINQ MARS…” DEGUISEMENT DE RIGUEUR –…
Perspectives on the lives we live: Topic: Haiti – Part one
By Victor C. Kirk “Jovenel Moïse, the president of Haiti, was assassinated on 7 July 2021 at 1 a.m. EDT (UTC−04:00) at his residence. A group of 28 foreign mercenaries was blamed for the killing”. As the news of the…
Perspectives on the lives we live: Topic: Bill Cosby
By Victor C. Kirk For a Black man it was rather painful reading the news reports and subsequently snippets from the trial. Bill Cosby provided me with my firsts jokes to try on others as a kid. He scared the…
Perspectives on the lives we live: Topic: Pot and the Olympics
By Victor C. Kirk When I looked at that long orange hair and Ms. Piggy eyelashes as she crossed the 100-yard line to cement her place in the track and field history books, I concluded I am INCREDIBLY old school.…
Perspectives on the lives we live: Topic: The NCAA vs The Supreme Court
By Victor C. Kirk At first, I thought it was a monumental decision, a bold move by the Supreme Court, a rebuke of the NCAA rules would allow student athletes to be compensated. But I was wrong on at least…
Perspectives on the lives we live: Topic: Guess who’s coming to dinner
By Victor C. Kirk I could not believe my eyes Monday night as we sat to dine at an excellent barbeque restaurant near Sterlington. A very close friend of mine from Monroe was returning to Monroe from abroad to begin…