Editorial
Mary Landrieu takes aim at ‘Jindal Gap’
Even though she’s busy running her own race, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu is lending a hand to the policy campaign being undertaken by state Sen. Ben Nevers, D-Bogalusa. […]
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Editorial
To give life or to take it
For some women, becoming pregnant is the happiest day of their lives. For others, it can become one of the saddest days. Why is there such a divergence in emotions? […]
Editorial
A very different hayride for Edwards
Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, 86, is traveling a campaign trail that’s dissimilar in many ways from the one he successfully maneuvered last in 1991. […]
Columns
Hard to be humble when you’re perfect
I wonder if the seeds of pride are not sown right after our birth. Though we might not be able to think that far back, it’s probable that people were telling our parents what a beautiful baby we were. […]
Columns
Angelle still feeling out statewide races
Friends of Public Service Commissioner Scott Angelle say the Breaux Bridge Republican is continuing to consider a potential run for governor, with an eye to lieutenant governor as a possible back-up plan. He currently represents both Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes on the PSC. […]
Editorial
Bernhard making rounds for governor
Jim Bernhard, who engineered the sale The Shaw Group for $3 billion, recently has told several people involved in Democratic politics that he intends to run for governor in 2015. […]
Columns
I’m sorry, will you forgive me?
How many of us have done something for which we should have asked forgiveness, but haven’t? […]
Editorial
Race for attorney general has many facets
Former Congressman Jeff Landry announced Monday that he wants to be Louisiana’s top lawyer and will be challenging incumbent Attorney General Buddy Caldwell in 2015. […]
Columns
Conservatives in state House forming new coalition
The last legislative session drove the point home to many Republican legislators that the more their majority grows the less they are unified around core GOP values. […]