The recent censure of U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, should appall all Louisianans. Preserving the stability of our democracy is a bipartisan responsibility. Punishing a senator for participating in congressional proceedings and subsequent…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many difficulties to Louisiana — sickness and death obviously, but also traumatic economic, social and psychological injuries. Rarely have we faced these difficulties all at one time.
Looking eye to eye, 65 appears a lot different from the stolen glances on my journey made it appear. The dissonance between what I expected and what I am experiencing is both internal and external. Neither my feelings nor the world around me are w…
Regarding Cal Thomas’ March 2 commentary, "When was the last time you heard an audience chant ‘we love you’ to any Democratic president, or any other Republican?" He asked this question in response to the chants from Trump supporters gathered at t…
We received our first COVID-19 vaccine shots Saturday in a well-run operation at the Living Faith Christian Center on Winbourne Avenue in Baton Rouge.
Cancer in all its manifestations is a deadly disease and rightly feared. While medical science has made great strides against it, fear of the disease continues.
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The single-use Johnson & Johnson vaccine approved over the weekend was developed according to well-established guidelines under intense scrutiny from an anxious nation and a worldwide public health establishment. Scientists have deemed it extr…
I write to comment on the message of Walt Handelsman’s editorial drawing. As usual, his drawing and commentary are provocative and timely, but I want to make sure the public understands that gun violence is rarely random.
This is a shout-out to the first responders who are taking care of us and protecting us from COVID-19 and COVID-related illnesses.
On Feb. 11, the East Baton Rouge Council awarded Alton Sterling’s children $4.5 million. Sterling was a convicted felon possessing an illegal weapon, resisting arrest. He chose to carry a firearm as a felon; he chose to resist arrest.
It looks to me like the cancel-culture is at it again.
Isn’t it about time media writers cease their mindless repetition of Joe Biden’s representations about his personal faith and begin to consider what the leaders of his faith have to say about him?
The majority of my income is earned crawfishing in the Atchafalaya Basin. The articles in this newspaper focus mainly on crawfish farmers and ponds. They tell of their struggles and factors surrounding their involvement in this industry. That is w…
Slow down, governor. You’re moving too fast.
After LSU football’s 5-5 season, it appears coach Ed Orgeron and the Tigers are working hard to renovate and revitalize in preparation for fall 2021. The Advocate has confirmed new coach hires such as Daronte Jones, Blake Baker and Andre Carter.
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For the young New Orleans Pelicans, this pandemic-altered NBA season has seen its share of ups and downs; in any given game, the team might stage a stirring fourth-quarter comeback, or squander a comfortable lead.
Long before he became a politician, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy was a practicing physician, a gastroenterologist based at the old Earl K. Long Hospital in Baton Rouge, which served the uninsured. So health disparities between patients of different race…
Among truisms of the past year of remarkable events is that the murder of George Floyd finally exposed the racism that permeates American culture, stripping African Americans of many of the basic rights and opportunities that we have assumed were …
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, stated in your newspaper with regards to the riot at the nation's Capitol, "There should be a complete investigation of what happened, what was known, who knew it and when they knew it."
If Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin needed another indication about the politically dicey nature of his work to replace Louisiana's voting machines, he received a bracing and loud reminder during his luncheon speech to a group of Republican women.
As a follow-up to Allen Porter’s letter of Feb. 9, I agree and would like to add points of my own about doing away with oil and gas.
Key legislators and number-crunching staffers are working hard on a yet undisclosed general revamp of Louisiana’s troublingly bad tax code.
The federal Transportation Security Administration last week tweeted out a reminder that airline travelers are going to need REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses with a Gold Star in order to fly starting Oct. 1, 2021.
There was a lot of shock and surprise when a Jefferson Parish student was sidelined from school for having a BB gun visible during a virtual class in September. Most who heard about the case could not imagine that the school district, or any schoo…
Want to read something that’s getting old? The Black community is still not taking the COVID-19 vaccine in the numbers that will make a difference.
The Biden administration has the opportunity to secure access to life-saving medications and lower out-of-pocket patient costs at the pharmacy counter.
Our country and state are fortunate to have Bill Cassidy as a U.S. senator. Louisiana Republican Party officials who choose to censure him should instead applaud his service, judgment and integrity, even if they would have chosen to respectfully d…
That college student’s T-shirt suggests that he may look scruffy today, but one day will be a master of the universe: “Eat. Sleep. Code.”
I’ve worked closely with Syrita Steib over the years to create an organization that provides a place for formerly incarcerated women and girls to thrive. Syrita is a visionary and true servant leader who has worked tirelessly to create a better fu…
A plan is under construction in New Orleans to limit driving in our city.
Teachers across the country tack up faces of Harriet Tubman and Barack Obama on bulletin boards in honor of Black History Month. But by March 1, our public school system will return the responsibility of teaching Black history to starkly white pag…
It was with interest that I read Blake Paterson’s article regarding Sweet Olive Cemetery in the Sunday Advocate. I want to call your attention to another historic African American cemetery in south Baton Rouge. It is on Louisiana’s African America…
I would like to respond to Will Sutton’s commentary.
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The Lenten season of reflection and repentance is somewhat theologically undermined by Louisiana’s vital crawfish season, but this year started a bit slowly because of the polar vortex, an act of God. Still, Louisiana’s crawfish harvest is now get…
Teachers across the country tack up faces of Harriet Tubman and Barack Obama on bulletin boards in honor of Black History Month. But by March 1, our public school system will return the responsibility of teaching Black history to starkly white pag…
It was with interest that I read Blake Paterson’s article regarding Sweet Olive Cemetery in the Sunday Advocate. I want to call your attention to another historic African American cemetery in south Baton Rouge. It is on Louisiana’s African America…
I would like to respond to Will Sutton’s commentary.
For more Walt cartoons click here.
The Lenten season of reflection and repentance is somewhat theologically undermined by Louisiana’s vital crawfish season, but this year started a bit slowly because of the polar vortex, an act of God. Still, Louisiana’s crawfish harvest is now get…
The first major election I participated in after moving to Louisiana was in 2014. By the time of the election, I had worked with then-U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu for two years on Katrina-related loan forgiveness for Dillard University and three additi…
There is much objection by many Republicans in pursuing energy policies that would move us away from fossil fuel dependency. This is neither logical based on emerging technology or economic growth considerations.
Some have questioned my decision to review and object to the appointments of the chair of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board and chairperson of the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority Board. ("Our Views: How a senior civil serva…
I have followed with interest the appointment and confirmation by the U.S. Senate of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. This newspaper has already chronicled that she is from Baker. While all of us from Loui…
When U.S. Congressman Steve Scalise was busy earning political credentials as a state representative, he introduced a novel concept. Instead of trying to squeeze more money out of existing taxpayers by raising tax rates, why not try to attract new…
Everything’s bigger in Texas. That includes the scale of a tragedy like last week’s winter storm, the reach of an infrastructure collapse that left millions of people without heat and running water for days — and the size of the spotlight on the i…
Three people are dead, and it makes me sick.