Columns
Things that caught my eye
Add $239 more to the budget hole: If things weren’t bleak enough for the state’s fiscal outlook, more bad news came this week in the form of a $239 million federal court judgment against Louisiana. […]
Dan Juneau
Columns
Sequester would trigger $1.2 trillion in cuts
Unless the unlikely happens, on March 1 the much cussed and discussed federal sequester will automatically trigger, cutting some $1.2 trillion over 10 years across the board in both defense and discretionary (non-entitlement) spending. […]
Columns
Obama’s appointments violate constitution, judge says
The National Labor Relations Board (board) is the federal agency responsible for ensuring the rights of employers and unions under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). President Obama appoints the board’s five members to five-year, staggered terms. […]
Business
State of American business
One of America’s strongest and most influential business leaders, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue, recently gave his report on the state of business in America (view it online at uschamber.com). […]
Columns
Does anyone care about debts and deficits?
“Fiscal Cliff, Part One” is over. President Obama wins the round. He wanted to raise the income tax rates on the top two percent of taxpayers and he got his way. […]
Columns
The cat and the lizard
I had a cat once that deemed itself a mighty hunter. His choice of prey was lizards. […]
Columns
There is a blue civil war coming
Walter Russell Meade made a very interesting observation on his blog in The American Interest magazine. […]
Columns
Status quo defenders challenge education reforms
In state court this week, Judge Tim Kelley of the 19th JDC heard a suit filed by the Louisiana Association of Educators, the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, the Louisiana School Boards Association, and 43 local school districts challenging Act 2, which passed during the recent legislative session.
Columns
Behind fiscal cliff lies fiscal swamp
The nation’s long election ordeal is over. While that may be good news, we must temper it with the fact that Congress is now back in session.