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As a lifelong Republican until last year (more than 30 years), it pains me to see the Republicans' lack of principled action in light of our president's policies. In his recent commentary explaining his support of Trump's declaration of an emergen…
Baton Rouge and our neighboring communities continue to experience gun violence on an ongoing basis. Consider the horrific killing of five individuals by Dakota Theriot that shattered so many lives. In so many cases, we shake our heads and wonder:…
It took New Zealand only one mass shooting this century and less than a week to pass sweeping, bipartisan gun control laws, as well as a buyback program for guns. As a proponent of the Second Amendment, I believe that we Americans have a right to …
Medicaid was always bound to be an issue in this fall’s governor’s race.
As state Republicans started to position themselves to take on Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards for reelection, a few theories emerged about how to avoid a rerun of their 2015 shellacking.
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The issue of character and respect for one’s allegiance to our country must be addressed. I never voted for or supported many issues John McCain supported politically, but I did respect his character and what he sacrificed for our country. He was …
Steven Cavel recently lamented that “that some ideas have been repeated so many times and for so long that they have become demonstrably true in the public lexicon.” Unfortunately, it is the myth he is promoting, that minimum wage hikes hurt the p…
When a New Orleans mayor does something that sparks memories of now-imprisoned former mayor Ray Nagin, it can’t be a good thing.
To their credit, the mayors of both Baton Rouge and New Orleans have made cleaning up the landscapes of their cities a priority.
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U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy’s column in the March 15 edition of The Advocate explains why he is supporting President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border. He implies that a wall will stop illegal dru…
New Orleans has suffered another tragic loss. David Hynes and Sharree Walls were two people who loved New Orleans but were senselessly killed in yet another preventable tragedy on Esplanade Avenue near City Park on March 2 during Mardi Gras weeken…
Still at a loss for words, I would like to extend my deepest appreciation to Bryan Maggard, Jessica Leger, Joseph Savoie, my players and their families, coaches and staff and the incredible fans who back Louisiana softball. For 20 years, the Ragin…
There is, apparently, no official motto of city-parish government, nor of the Metro Council. But in the newly refurbished council chambers on the third floor of the neo-Stalinist building on St. Louis Street, a motto might be inscribed over the do…
When government officials abuse power, they must be held accountable.
Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards loves to talk about Medicaid expansion — specifically about the more than 500,000 Louisianans who now receive coverage, at mostly federal rather than state expense, since he signed an executive order to adopt this …
With much regret all around, the politicians and business leaders of Baton Rouge deplored the loss of several hundred jobs that were proposed but never delivered by an IBM customer contact center at the company’s downtown location.
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On May 7, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell will mark the end of her first year in office. Depending on how things go between now and then, she could have quite a bit for show for it.
Many years ago, I received a phone call from a total stranger informing me my daughter had been in a car accident. I was only given minimal information, and I was desperate to rush to my daughter’s side. Driving 12 miles to the accident location, …
I would like to compliment The Advocate for its recent editorial regarding the abdication of our members of Congress to fulfill their duties as guardians of the Constitution. Most members of our congressional delegation have displayed themselves t…
It seems as though if some one has enough money they can get their kid into some of the most prestigious universities in the country. College administrators, coaches, parents and who knows who else is caught up in this scheme of paying bribes to g…
It probably got lost in the news of who else is going to Baltimore (we’ll miss you, Mark Ingram), but the path from New Orleans is starting to look pretty well-beaten.
One of the most reliable controversies, and one that has recurred frequently, is speed traps.
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As you stated in your recent editorial, “Lessons from Deepwater Horizon disaster still resonate nearly a decade later,” next month marks the ninth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. The accident left a deep …
As a mother of four, a former special counsel for Indian Affairs in the Governor’s Office, and now Louisiana’s solicitor general — I was surprised to see Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services Secretary Marketa Walters mischaracteriz…
It can be said that some ideas have been repeated so many times and for so long that they have become demonstrably true in the public lexicon. This is certainly the case for minimum wage legislation.
A “lost decade” for Louisiana.
A lot of Louisiana Legislators were surprised last year to learn that in their last-minute scuffle to fix the state budget, they had jettisoned sales tax holidays.
When a drunken French colonial soldier called Pierre Antoine Dochenet attempted to kill two slaves in 1752, he committed a crime against property that brought the death penalty.
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When it comes to President Donald Trump, Republicans in Congress are finally starting to show a little spine.
Victimized twice. That’s what it must have felt like for family members who lost loved ones to violence who testified before the House Criminal Justice Committee last week. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican, orchestrated the hea…
The political appeal of a tax for services to the elderly is obvious. For one thing, members of the New Orleans City Council can tell you, the elderly vote in larger numbers.
A letter to the rich folks nabbed in the college admissions cheating scandal:
Hooray for Zulu! There is no reason for them to give in to the people who want to destroy our fun. Come on! It's Mardi Gras after all. Everybody is having fun. There is nothing racial, discriminatory, or insulting about Zulu. They are just having …
Regarding your recent “Our Views,” if the views were from a lay person, one would believe that the writer is misinformed or naive. However, since these are your views, it is disturbing because it is bias and warrants the truth.
I read with great interest Melissa Flournoy’s letter to The Advocate on March 12 concerning Louisiana’s future.
When I moved to Louisiana in 1989, I was shocked by the statue of Robert E. Lee in Lee Circle in New Orleans. Thirty years later, I’m glad it was taken down. Now the lieutenant governor wants to move the statue to St. Tammany Parish, where I live.…
These days, former politicians frequently reinvent themselves as pundits, and ex-Gov. Bobby Jindal is no exception. Just this week, he put in an appearance on the Fox Business Network with Neil Cavuto, where he took the entirely predictable tack t…
After visiting flood-ravaged Louisiana as a presidential candidate in 2016, Donald Trump promised unwavering support for the recovery.
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Every now and then, I read something that stops me short. This week, that something was a blithe assessment of why Republican women are underrepresented in political office in Louisiana, and elsewhere.
By any objective viewpoint, it’s hard to reach Dan Fagan’s conclusion that Louisiana is “chasing business away” (The Advocate, March 10).
Some friends and I eat lunch once a week. We are all over 65.
In a recent letter, Donnie Floyd wrote of Galileo’s heretical view regarding the motions of the earth and sun that got him in deep trouble with the Catholic Church. Floyd then went on to flail at climate change supporters who want to prosecute the…
In response to the Advocate Editorial Board’s opinion column entitled, “Do Louisiana senators value the Constitution? If yes, nix Trump's wall emergency,” allow me to set the record straight. To evaluate President Donald Trump’s declaration, I con…
Maybe all federal judges should start out as criminal defense attorneys. At least they understand how guilty defendants operate.