With an impressive display of bipartisan support in the U.S. House, a plan to renegotiate the repayment plan for Louisiana’s share of the cost of metropolitan New Orleans’ levee system, now almost complete, is a potentially huge win for the state.
When the latest abomination from the state Supreme Court cried out for a rebuke from the voice of reason and compassion, retired judge Calvin Johnson, inevitably, was there to provide it.
John Adams, during his term as George Washington’s vice president, wrote in 1790 in his “Papers on Political History” that the vice presidency was “the most insignificant … that ever the invention of man contrived or the imagination conceived.”
COVID-19 is spreading like wildfire through our nation’s nursing homes. With the resurgence of the novel coronavirus in Louisiana, our nursing homes are at risk. Congress must take meaningful action to protect nursing home residents now.
Michael Cowan in his July 30 op-ed piece about coalitions seems to me to be setting up a false dichotomy. In order to change policies and laws, he claims that anti-racist activists sometimes refuse to work with “a large majority of decent people […
As a mom of two, I have a lot on my mind as we approach the start of school. COVID-19 has affected my family in multiple ways. In mid-March, my husband suddenly lost his income as a wedding photographer: No weddings, no work for photographers.
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Now, as the virus wreaks havoc across the country, peaking and continuing to spread in a majority of states, laid-off workers have yet another burden to face: the end of the $600 unemployment benefits provided by the CARES Act. This stipend has gi…
Why can't certain government and political leaders see that there are bad representatives in every walk of life.
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On my den table there is a copy of “ Walking With The Wind,” the life story of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia.
I read the editorial in Sunday's paper, "A doctor speaks from the heart about our crisis," with great interest. I agree with Dr. Henry Kaufman's plea for our community to wear masks and practice social distancing. But it is not enough.
During a July 20 virtual Town Hall meeting, which had been organized by the Service Employees International Union, presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden stated Donald Trump was the “first racist” to be elected president of the…
I’ve known Sidney Pulitzer for many years as a successful businessman. But I respectfully disagree with his letter to the editor in which he decries the city administration’s leadership as it relates to our tourism industry.
Restrictions on gathering. Libraries. Schools. It is a choice made to protect a small, unknown, variable proportion of the population. It’s a choice developed by countless committees made up of individuals who are undoubtedly honest, hard-working,…
The article in Saturday's Advocate regarding the use of medical information by parish officials contained inaccurate information about hydroxychloroquine. Your reporter wrote that a doctor in Houston claimed that hydroxychloroquine was a cure for …
It is hard to get through August and September without thinking about hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
It’s disheartening to watch Lafayette’s local government lurch from issue to issue during a global health crisis, seeking little input from citizens and offering them little solace or support.
The ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis demands sensitive, thoughtful, and bold leadership from many sectors, including all branches of government. On behalf of the deans of Louisiana’s four law schools (Loyola, LSU, Southern and Tulane) and at …
Good lawyers don’t make legal arguments personal. Given that your editorial Sunday makes no mention of and expresses no apparent concern for the rule of law, an in-kind response is appropriate to your personalized attack on me, while feigning symp…
Many individuals and businesses are hurting badly these days, and each segment of the economy faces its own particular challenges. So the demands for congressional attention and aid can seem overwhelming.
Cancer patients in Louisiana face an enormous, additional threat from COVID-19. Louisiana is already grappling with one of the nation's highest cancer rates and this new health enemy is life-threatening to thousands of patients in our state, with …
I am writing as a current teacher in New Orleans. I am urging the School Board to make Orleans the parish where students and teachers don’t die of COVID-19.
The Associated Press article "Trump floats idea of election delay" by Zeke Miller and Colleen Long in Friday's paper is a perfect example of why the media is so mistrusted and reviled in today's society.
Thank you for the affirming editorial about the work of volunteers and non-profits such as Rebuilding Together, Catholic Charities, the United Way of Acadiana and the Order of Malta in Acadiana for work done to restore homes and families affected …
I found Alex Granier’s letter to the editor interesting and informative. He is apparently well informed and paying attention to what is happening in our country. I commend you for printing it.
I read that LSU plans for 50% capacity in Tiger Stadium if the state is in Phase 2.
The Lafayette City Council has the power of the vote to challenge and change the process of funding Lafayette Consolidated Government.
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The entry of a viable Democrat into the race for U.S. Senate may not make the contest LSU-Alabama competitive, but Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins’ candidacy certainly means the Nov. 3 election is no longer a mere coronation for U.S. Sen. Bill Cas…
In his hit song "Telephone Road," Steve Earle tells of three barhopping brothers from Lafayette who make their way to Houston because there are no jobs for them in Louisiana.
Who is U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and whose interests is he representing?
It was interesting reading Bob Marshall's column on land loss. As a person who flew over the marsh from 1953 to 1984, I may have designed and built more oil and gas process equipment in that marsh than anyone.
We cannot obliterate history, but we can learn from it. We have a great teaching moment in our midst. Let us not blow it by overreacting and demonizing as so many cultures have done for us.
Louisiana's unemployment trust fund, a healthy $1.1 billion account before the coronavirus pandemic, is on track to run out of money by mid-September, with hundreds of thousands of people out of work and collecting benefits because of the outbreak.
Who do you want to believe, Jimmy Faircloth or Henry Kaufman?
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Good news isn’t exactly easy to find these days, certainly not on the college campuses where leaders are trying to figure out how to educate their students this fall while protecting them from the coronavirus.
“There's no fool like an old fool” goes a proverb that has been around for centuries but may constitute unacceptable ageism in these hypersensitive times.
Last month, supporters of Democratic Montana Gov. Steve Bullock’s bid to unseat Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Steve Daines were invited to a virtual fundraiser featuring a couple of special guests from down south: outspoken New Orleans-based cons…
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Good news isn’t exactly easy to find these days, certainly not on the college campuses where leaders are trying to figure out how to educate their students this fall while protecting them from the coronavirus.
Add to the list of those going to war with swamp rats the names of U.S. Sens. John N. Kennedy, of Louisiana, and Diane Feinstein, of California. They’re going to need their luck in a war against the nutria.
Turnout was unexpectedly high for the much-delayed July 11 presidential primaries in Louisiana, what with both parties’ nominees long since determined and not much else of note on the ballot.
This newspaper is giving readers whiplash. On June 21, editors stated that Black Lives Matter and that “not enough” is being done to dismantle systemic racism.
There was a time when I thought pecan trees waited for me to get up in the morning, then they would shed just enough pecans for me to easily fill a grit box for sale before 7 a.m.
I note that the NFL and the players have agreed on daily COVID-19 testing for at least the first two weeks of training camp. I applaud those safety precautions for the valuable players.
If all stays as it is and Joe Biden and his gang get elected, he will be the first president elected without having to debate his opponent, without having a platform except hatred of his opponent, AOC's Green New Deal, anti-gun laws and abortion o…
This is something to make us all pause and consider. Any group today can gather to protest any and everything — President Donald Trump, law enforcement, you name it.
Since March, COVID-19 has sickened millions and killed over 150,000 in the U.S. alone, particularly in communities of color. It has forced an economic crisis disproportionately impacting our most vulnerable. And it has contributed to the exhaustio…