As masked, armed men clad in tactical gear swept through the New Orleans area Wednesday conducting immigration “enforcement,” a smaller group of men in central Louisiana were engaged in a far nobler pursuit.
Those men, 19 Buddhist monks, are in the midst of a 2,300-mile trek that began in Fort Worth, Texas, and will conclude in Washington, D.C., in an effort “to raise awareness of peace, loving kindness and compassion across America and the world.”
Wednesday morning, the Venerable Monks, as they are called, left Pineville and headed out along La. 28, accompanied by local law enforcement vehicles…