I worked for Gov. Dave Treen back in the late 1970s. My dad, a lifetime Democrat and Esso union worker, was not happy. The Republican Party was much different then and had many honorable representatives and ideals.
I have been visiting New Orleans for more than 30 years and love the city. However, my most recent trip has me rethinking my travel plans. The city has always had its gritty side, but it was out of control. Never have the homeless been so evident,…
After reading Froma Harrop's recent column, it’s pretty clear that the left is so intent on removing President Donald Trump from office that facts don’t matter. Just put forth opinions, theories, and innuendo, and it will likely stick, and be acce…
Louisiana's Nov. 16 runoff election will not only determine who will lead the state for the next four years, but it also will answer questions about President Donald Trump's influence in the state and Democrats' role in government and politics.
It’s not news that our roads are bumpy and bad. Just how bad?
The late great political commentator John Maginnis wrote that Louisiana voters like their scoundrels going back to the pirate Jean Lafitte.
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It was upsetting to me that the NFL decided to schedule the Saints/Cowboys Game on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
I feel it is important that we, the people, recognize the travesty that President Donald Trump did to our allies, the Kurds, when he pulled our troops out of Syria. They fought alongside of us against ISIS, our common enemy. Thousands of them died…
“It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.” While these words of Helen Keller should ring true for all, they may have a different meaning to those of us who are legally blind. I am currently employed, working with — and for — people with d…
New, lower rates for Entergy customers are expected to be set Wednesday by the New Orleans City Council as a result of a year of testimony, hearings, filings, and evidence gathered. Setting gas and electric rates is an authority provided to the co…
For a minute, think double-chocolaty-chip crème frappuccino. Why? That will be explained as you read on.
A three-way runoff doesn’t happen every day, but for a few days it looked like that’s what the voters of Baton Rouge’s Senate District 16 faced.
Across the nation, once a little-noticed section of the 2017 tax cut was signed into law by President Donald Trump, state and local officials had to act to select Census tracts for the new tax breaks authorized for investors. The tax incentives we…
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What is the future of mosquito control? It might just be genetic modification.
It’s hard to think of a serious candidate for governor who has as little official experience as Eddie Rispone, the Baton Rouge tycoon whose millions invested in ads pushed him into second place in the primary election.
It’s finally fall, and for many, that means the return of football and, of course, tailgating.
Reading the recent article about bad roads in the area, it occurred to me that since the year 2000, we have spent more than $2 billion on "capacity projects" in East Baton Rouge Parish alone.
James Gill’s column (“How Thunberg could reduce her carbon footprint”) was fine entertainment but tended to grate in places. We read: “It is idiotic to drive your car, air-condition your house and use any of a billion plastic products while demoni…
Dillard University and Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans and Philander Smith College in Little Rock are historically black colleges and universities striving for excellence as they educate predominantly African American students. Colle…
Although Louisiana native and nationally acclaimed journalist Cokie Roberts died last month, her voice is back in the public conversation, thanks to an interview with her included in a new book, “The American Story.” What Roberts had to say is esp…
Among cases on the U.S. Supreme Court docket for the term that began this month, two Louisiana cases stand out — one because of its implications for criminal justice in the state, the other because of what it portends for abortion rights and acces…
Recently, the Department of Homeland Security announced a government bailout of the CG Offshore Patrol Cutter program because of “national security interests.” It seems the United States Coast Guard and DHS are the only groups of people on the pla…
This concerns our hometown Little Miss Sunshine (Ellen DeGeneres) and columnist Dan Fagan’s piece on her and the Woke Party’s vilification of her for hanging out with George W. Bush.
Having seen the precinct level map The Advocate published on the St. George vote, it’s now obvious there was a much simpler solution to this entire issue. Given that almost all the precincts that voted in favor of forming St. George were those at …
In a book is about Josef Stalin's reign of terror, a book reviewer sums up what is the kernel of justification for mass injustice.
No one wants to lose a loved one, especially not as a result of a shooting. We see news reports about shootings involving anger, fights and jealousy. The reasons do not matter when someone we love is killed. Then there’s the senseless, incomprehen…
The excitement of advocates for a proposed new city of St. George in East Baton Rouge Parish was obvious.
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All the pollsters had Gov. John Bel Edwards outpolling his two opponents, U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham and businessman Eddie Rispone, even when adding together the Republicans' totals. They were wrong, every last one of them.
The federal, state and local governments have identified a serious traffic concern along Interstate 12 in St. Tammany Parish. A project is planned to expand from two lanes to three lanes in each direction from La. 1077 (Madisonville/Goodbee exit) …
Recently, amid spooky sounds of clanking chains and werewolf howls, an audience ranging in age from young children to those in the winter of their lives, sat in the Orpheum Theater in New Orleans, which was at near capacity, anxiously awaiting for…
The collapse of the Hard Rock building under construction on Canal Street in downtown New Orleans is a horrible disaster, one leaving families of victims hurting and a city with lots of questions.
The governor’s race goes to a November runoff that is already featuring a feast of mutual criticism between frontrunning incumbent John Bel Edwards and challenger Eddie Rispone.
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I have a theory about Donald Trump. I believe that he is trying his very best to get out of the White House as soon as possible. I’m serious, and here is why.
In his recent column, Cal Thomas states that the Ukraine inquiry is just a re-run of the Russian collusion story. If President Donald Trump had been taped soliciting favors from Putin, like he did with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, he wo…
Editor's note: This letter is from the parents of Baton Rouge Fire Department Captain Bryan Bozeman, who died in an apparent drowning accident earlier this month.
As you walk up the steps of the Orleans Parish Criminal Courthouse, you see engraved above the entrance, “The impartial administration of justice is the foundation of liberty.” But the city’s persistent refusal to sufficiently fund the office resp…
Last year, Louisiana voters rejected the state’s nearly singular practice of allowing criminal convictions from divided juries. By a decisive 64-36 margin, they said that the rule, rooted in the Jim Crow past and an apparent factor in unequal outc…
As a country, we must seek to look for the best in others and that includes understanding that we all seek to honor our ancestors. My maternal grandfather was a Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus. By 1934, the Knights had done so much…
In what may be the stupidest defense of President Donald Trump so far, Ohio U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan tells ABC News that Trump was "not serious" when he suggested that China, a major adversary, should initiate an investigation into his political oppon…
The Turkish invasion into northeast Syria is appalling and should not be happening. The Kurds, along with their Christian allies, were instrumental in defeating ISIS in northern Syria. Now they are holding 11,000 to 12,000 ISIS fights as prisoners…
The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat experienced in Saturday’s primary election was only the beginning.
Gubernatorial candidates danced around all sorts of issues during the campaign, but never spoke directly about persistent poverty — the key reason why the state scores so low on so many rankings.
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Born Uptown, raised in the Lower Nine and the Seventh, Sutton went to Jones and Semmes elementary schools, Kohn Junior High and St. Aug. He left for college, visiting family regularly. He has returned, as a columnist for The Times-Picayune | The Advocate and NOLA.com.
It’s a big Election Day in Louisiana, including key races across the state. Our recommendations to voters follow.
It’s a big Election Day in Louisiana, including key races across the state. Our recommendations to voters follow.