Allen Lottinger
State coast getting share of plastics
Perhaps we should change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of Plastics,” according to a survey made by Mark Benfield, an LSU oceanographer. […]
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Jesus’ commandment: ‘Love one another as I have loved you’
Two weekends ago, citizens in our country and around the world experienced something that we thought was in our past: torch-bearing white supremacists shouting racist and anti-Semitic slogans at the citizens of Charlottesville, VA; a car driven by a Nazi sympathizer killing one person and seriously injuring 19 others; people carrying Nazi flags and giving the Nazi salute. […]
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Some lawmakers considering departmental reforms
When lawmakers debate taxes and spending during the next session another budget issue should be added to the mix. […]
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Oil spill claims process nearing end
After five years, nearly 400,000 claims and more than $9 billion in payment offers, BP’s massive settlement program may be coming to a close within the next five months. […]
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Being alone with the Lord each day can help us get our priorities straight
In one of his daily meditation Bishop Sam Jacobs make a distinction between aloneness and loneliness. […]
Allen Lottinger
There’s good and bad in St. Charles Parish
There has been good news and bad news about the safety of being in St. Charles Parish lately. […]
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Is race for Senate president starting early?
One of the more substantive issues looming over the next term of the Louisiana Legislature is who will succeed Senate President John Alario to lead the upper chamber. […]
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All types of laws govern our everyday actions
A reader sent me the following article entitled the “Laws of Occurrences.” […]
Allen Lottinger
Peacefulness should be the way of our lives
Terror struck the world again when as a motor vehicle steered off the road on London Bridge and plowed into more than 20 people, turning an area of bars and restaurants into a scene of human screams, injuries and deaths. […]