Allen Lottinger
North Korea is not on a peaceful path
North Korea is testing the world by its attacks on South Korea and development of nuclear weapons. […]
Allen Lottinger
Allen Lottinger
Prepare for more partisanship in Washington
Many conferees on bipartisanship in the federal government at a meeting in New Orleans last week at Tulane decided the second half of Pres. Barack Obama’s term will be similar to the first half with Democrats and Republicans sharply at odds with one another. […]
Allen Lottinger
Willowdale gets offer from local investors
Willowdale Country Club has received an offer from a group of local investors who live in the area to buy the assets of the club for approximately $660,000. […]
Allen Lottinger
GOP to aim at pork barrel spending
Republicans in Congress reportedly are setting the stage to unite against pork barrel spending. The tradition of Congress to earmark projects for the national budget that benefit only a small area of the country is the cause of much of our national out-of-sight expenditures. […]
Allen Lottinger
Higher education needs some trimming
Gov. Bobby Jindal is right. The answer to financing college education in Louisiana is not higher taxes. It’s cutting down on many of the unnecessary expenses we have.
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Allen Lottinger
Fertilizer not needed in diversions
Dead zones are beginning to show up within the coast of Louisiana as well as offshore due to heavy diversions of Mississippi River water to help push back intrusions of oil from the recent spill in the Gulf. […]
Allen Lottinger
Respect Life month important
An article in this week’s Clarion Herald written by New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond is about Respect Life Month which is being celebrated this month by the Catholic Church. […]
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Loud commercials may come to an end
At last . . . those loud commercials that interrupt television programs may soon come to an end. The U. S. Senate passed a bill last week to keep commercials on TV at the same volume as the rest of the programs. […]
Allen Lottinger
Free trade is an answer to poverty
There is one major way in which we can help reduce poverty in the world. It’s not by raising the taxes on the wealthy and reducing them on the middle class. […]