Long years later, Percy “Blackie” Trahan still flies the U.S. flag over his single-family home off Kaliste Saloom Road in Lafayette. It’s where he and his wife Shirley reared their lone son, Lex, a jewel of a young man who played football at Comea…
A headline in the paper last week posed the question of whether Rev. Tony Spell is a “man of God or attention-grabbing hustler.”
Viva Cantrell! LaToya Cantrell now fancies herself a revolutionary. During a video town hall hosted by columnist Stephanie Grace on Wednesday, the Democratic mayor called for big changes in New Orleans made possible by the coronavirus pandemic.
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In his spirited attempt to pass legislation that he says will lower auto insurance prices by 25%, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has taken to blaming boogeymen: television lawyers.
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As our community deals with all of what’s horrible about the novel coronavirus, it’s good to know that there are people being helpful, people being kind and people stepping up to serve in some of the most critical jobs.
Tulane University President Michael Fitts may claim that reopening university campuses is “key to our continued recovery from COVID’s health and economic threat,” but in doing so, his administration disregards the Tulane community’s well-being. In…
It appears the chance of surviving the annual flu in the U.S. is around .9998 whereas the chance of surviving coronavirus may be slightly less or .9996.
My wife and I went to the doctor today for our routine health checkup. While going to and from the doctor's office, we stopped to get gas and another time to get a drink. Both times I observed police officers in these facilities and neither one wa…
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There is great pain in the African American community right now. It’s searing through the hearts and minds from the streets in Baton Rouge to the sidewalks of Minneapolis, Minn., and all points in between.
Back in the days when such things were allowed, New Orleans was known for throwing a heck of a party. One extravaganza in particular made a big impression on a limelight-seeking celebrity developer named Donald Trump.
If the effort to contain coronavirus is a war, the nursing homes of Louisiana are the battlefield.
Thank God for video.
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The recent changes to unemployment insurance have temporarily put the requirements to seek job positions on pause for understandable reasons faced today.
Reference is made to your incredible report on Page 1 of The Advocate dated May 20 covering the sad state of affairs of too many of the nursing homes in Louisiana.
Letters have been written implying and stating that systemic racism is the underlying problem in society and the cause of a disproportionate number of minority deaths due to the coronavirus.
The daily bombardment of stupidity continues. Last week, you published a letter telling us that no white people are racist, it's just that black people are bad. (Thanks for clearing that up for us.)
Communities expect their police to protect and serve. They expect fairness and honesty. They want justice to be pursued consistent with police department policies, and the law.
If government giveaways were the path to prosperity, Louisiana’s economy would have been booming for years.
Why is the governor not requiring face covering in all public places?
Earlier this month, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette graduated the largest and most diverse class in its 122-year history, capping an unprecedented semester in momentous fashion.
Yes, test. But with caution. Antibody testing, which determines whether a person has been infected in the past, is an important part of the solution to the problem we currently face: minimizing the possibility of suffering and a second wave, as ac…
The character George Costanza of the '90s sitcom "Seinfeld," goes berserk after an 85-year old man he just met and is having lunch with tells him he’s not afraid of dying.
The global economy is changing because of the coronavirus. In Greater New Orleans, if we act today, these changes can work to all of our benefit tomorrow.
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The most practical advice that legislators can get was provided by Jan Moller, head of the Louisiana Budget Project: If you’re in a hole, stop digging.
You have continually run commentary articles by Eugene Robinson for the past two months and all have been critical of President Donald Trump and his administration. Robinson has not found nor published one redeeming accomplishment by Trump, i.e., …
For many years, several U.S. states have spent money on government programs far in excess of state tax revenues. State politicians knew their dishonest budgeting practices were not sustainable.
Well before COVID-19 impacted our hospitals and communities, the World Health Organization had deemed 2020 to be the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife.” Somehow it seems even more fitting, given all the stories we’ve seen and heard of nurses giving s…
It must gall the pharmaceutical industry that the world’s worst pandemic in a century can be cured by a safe, unpatentable drug costing about $4 a bottle.
Editor's note: This editorial, with variations, has been published on previous Memorial Days in this newspaper:
The scientific process is slow and methodical, not ideal amid a frenzied pandemic. Health care professionals take an oath to do no harm; they need to be careful and precise, and their interventions must be evidence-based.
Since March, COVID-19 has had an immense impact on the health and economic stability of Louisiana’s people. One pronounced example is the sweeping change in food security for many of our friends, family and neighbors.
There’ve been times in recent years when following Jefferson Parish public school politics felt like attending a sporting event; the sides were clearly defined, the atmosphere was tense, and everyone was keeping score.
On March 21, this newspaper published a story headlined, “Louisiana hospitals could be overwhelmed by surge of coronavirus patients: It’s frightening.”
The scientific process is slow and methodical, not ideal amid a frenzied pandemic. Health care professionals take an oath to do no harm; they need to be careful and precise, and their interventions must be evidence-based.
Since March, COVID-19 has had an immense impact on the health and economic stability of Louisiana’s people. One pronounced example is the sweeping change in food security for many of our friends, family and neighbors.
Oil and gas companies must figure they could not win in court, else they wouldn't have gone to such extraordinary lengths to avoid facing lawsuits filed by seven Louisiana parishes.
There’ve been times in recent years when following Jefferson Parish public school politics felt like attending a sporting event; the sides were clearly defined, the atmosphere was tense, and everyone was keeping score.
On March 21, this newspaper published a story headlined, “Louisiana hospitals could be overwhelmed by surge of coronavirus patients: It’s frightening.”
Community activist Edgar Cage threw up his hands.
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Last week, Gov. John Bel Edwards got the education superintendent he wanted. We mostly know this not because he openly favored a candidate, as previous governors have done, but because Cade Brumley had the support of Edwards’ three Board of Elemen…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy often talks a good partisan game, like when he trashed the latest House Democratic stimulus proposal — which echoed his own call to help states and localities cover revenue lost from the coronavirus shutdown — as a “socialis…
Luke Dupre’s heart was set on a moment that never happened.
My touchstone these days is a small woman who works one of the checkout lines where I grocery shop. I will stand in her line rather than jump to a shorter line or check myself out. Self-checkout is often not an option, anyway, for every other shop…