If Louisiana Republicans are not among the biggest nuts in American politics right now, it is only because the competition is so stiff.
It is not rare to find a public body so focused on its internal issues and difficulties that it cannot grasp how politically insane its actions may be.
In a society full of divisions, all of Baton Rouge can come together against the damned mosquitoes.
Some Gordon Plaza residents didn’t live to see this day. Whether they died directly because of where they lived may have been a question, but it’s certain that there were enough hazardous chemicals in the neighborhood now that the New Orleans City…
In case you missed an important event in the golfing world, the Saudi government is funding a league in opposition to the Professional Golfers Association.
Our most important election in years is coming up this fall. We have an opportunity to choose a new senator for Louisiana. We can do so much better than John N. Kennedy. "Foghorn Leghorn" may be humorous at times, but to equate him with a buffoon …
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State Sen. Sharon Hewitt, R-Slidell, is reported to have said regarding the special session called for redistricting, “We did the right thing. … We deliberated as a legislative body and passed a map. We did what we always do.”
Words like tantrum and disgraceful are being worn out as the story of Donald Trump’s Oval Office tenure is told, over and over again.
When most of us look at the war in Ukraine, we may think of American interests at stake or our partners in the NATO alliance. In Louisiana, because we are a major player in global energy markets and shipping through the Mississippi River, debates …
The New York Yankees, boasting 27 world championships, have retired 21 uniform numbers, including every one from 1 to 10.
You should know the federal government is hardly ever right.
I have watched every minute of every hearing. It has taken fortitude to watch what we all saw happen in real-time now being laid out step by step through firsthand testimony of credible witnesses.
Canceling Roe v. Wade is barbaric.
I have a suggestion for readers to consider after the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
Rarely has there been such a dramatic change in law as the U.S. Supreme Court overruling the nearly 50-year-old precedent of Roe v. Wade.
When it became public knowledge in 2008 that Mary and I were moving to New Orleans, The Washington Post asked me why we were leaving Washington. My reply was, “I do not want to grow old among strangers.”
The Louisiana Legislature makes laws, so one would presume that its leaders do not consider themselves above the law.
Sometimes radical ideas take root in the big, so-called progressive states and eventually make their way to the far corners of the republic, to places like Louisiana.
The U.S. Supreme Court got it right in the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
The recent signing into law of Louisiana’s vindictive and cruel abortion bar by Gov. John Bel Edwards gives me great fear for the future of the feminine half of our population, and those who care for them, in a time of great travail.
Big Brother is a fictional character and symbol in George Orwell's dystopian 1949 novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four." He is ostensibly the leader of Oceania, a totalitarian state wherein the ruling party, Ingsoc, wields total power "for its own sake" ov…
I am grateful I live in a country that allows free expression of ideas.
With great alarm, I heard supposed Catholic leaders President Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi blast the Supreme Court, saying it took away a constitutional right, it was sad day, etc.
We’re from the federal government and we’re here to help you — by rendering you into blubber down in Louisiana.
Many Louisianans in need of education and skills training to land good jobs have access to a rare bargain in today’s troubled economy — public institution tuition and fees that haven’t increased for seven consecutive years for two-year programs.
Isn't it wonderful that we live in a global economy? Everything from toys to clothes to computer chips are manufactured overseas.
If the situation weren’t so tragic, I would have chuckled reading the June 19 Advocate article “In Jan. 6 case, 1 judge stands out as the toughest punisher.”
They laid a pile of rocks across the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet at Bayou La Loutre in 2009, closing off a waterway that was designed to improve New Orleans’ competitiveness as a port but instead increased its vulnerability as a hurricane target.
Guns, abortion and race are the key identifiers of political leanings across the nation.
Roe v. Wade is gone. Louisiana can once again give every precious child, no matter their background, a chance at life. Instead of being forced to protect a right to end the life of a living human being, we can now protect the fundamental right to life.
Across the United States and Louisiana, reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was swift and strong. A sampling:
The nights are long in a cesspool of drugs and overdoses, with only the hum of interstate traffic and the occasional police and ambulance siren to break up the hours.
It’s hurricane season, and many of us need to prepare to evacuate — or at least to shelter in place with an appropriate amount of food and water, emergency power and plans to leave at the right time. It’s best to get out of town as soon as it’s cl…
America’s energy producers are engaged in difficult, costly, technically and politically challenging work that cannot be undertaken without large-scale capital investments.
The nights are long in a cesspool of drugs and overdoses, with only the hum of interstate traffic and the occasional police and ambulance siren to break up the hours.
It’s hurricane season, and many of us need to prepare to evacuate — or at least to shelter in place with an appropriate amount of food and water, emergency power and plans to leave at the right time. It’s best to get out of town as soon as it’s cl…
America’s energy producers are engaged in difficult, costly, technically and politically challenging work that cannot be undertaken without large-scale capital investments.
Gov. John Bel Edwards' letter regarding his signature on Senate Bill 342, the state's latest abortion bill, is inaccurate and misleading. As an elected official, on the eve of the potential overturn of Roe v. Wade, I know that it is important for …
Thank you for sharing Otis Tucker's inspiring story and highlighting the challenges minority-owned businesses face in securing funding.
In a June 6 article, “About 6 million guns have been sold in Louisiana since 2000,” the authors quoted Ari Freilich of the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, who stated that in 2020 the United States saw “the largest one-year spike in ho…
In following and opining on the gun control debate, I recently received a letter from U.S. Sen. John N. Kennedy. In expressing his reluctance to enact reasonable gun restrictions, he cites the Second Amendment of the Constitution.
The legislative process is pretty clearly spelled out. Bills are submitted by members and posted in full, then taken up in committee, where supporters lay out their arguments, legislators ask questions and offer amendments and members of the publi…
Cal Thomas's column, “Don't prosecute Trump like a common criminal," isn't entirely clear.
“Gun violence” — two separate words that, when combined, describe a big problem in the United States today. What should we do?
With all the angry debate over abortion rights, one thing that I never hear anyone on either side discuss is why abortion becomes necessary in the first place.