Allen Lottinger
Spectacular ending for Super Bowl
We thought the Super Bowl was mainly a sporting event but it turned out to be much more than that Sunday night.
Columns
Allen Lottinger
‘The Artist’ brings back memories of the past
This writer heard a radio talk show host ask the question recently if anyone read newspapers anymore. […]
Allen Lottinger
Plan for coast must move forward
The Louisiana coast has lost 1,883 square miles of land since the 1930s. In another 50 years, it is expected to lose an additional 771 to 1,756 square miles of land . . . unless we go full speed ahead on providing the projects that have already been determined will restore our coast. […]
Columns
Here we go again with assessments
The new year has begun. There will be many new faces in the state legislature that will soon convene to enact and amend laws that will impact our lives. […]
Allen Lottinger
There’s always next year
Oh, when those Saints go marching in!
Columns
Eliminating mid-year budget cuts
Mid-year budget cuts to state agencies in recent years have become chronic. Whenever a problem becomes chronic it is time to do something about it. […]
Columns
The end of the beginning
Winston Churchill’s comments about the Battle of Egypt in 1942 popped into my mind when the Iowa Caucus vote was in: “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. […]
Columns
Good news in fight for Louisiana fraud victims
For the past couple of years, I’ve been leading the fight for fair treatment for thousands of Louisianians who were victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme run by financier Allen Stanford. […]
Columns
New Year thoughts from the bayou state
Did you make a New Year’s resolution yet? I always do. Hope and foreboding are at the top of my list and have been these past few years. […]