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What cuts?
The latest enactment of kicking the fiscal can down the road in Washington is drawing to a close.
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Election abuse lowers voter turnout
Secretary of State Tom Schedler, in a column in Thursday’s Baton Rouge paper bemoaned the poor turnout (36 percent) in our most recent statewide election. […]
Allen Lottinger
Occupying Wall St. not helpful
Protests that have been going on in big cities around the country are a waste of time and energy. […]
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Fiscal plight of European Union, euro
The words from the poem of the early 17th century poet, John Donne, are apt when applied today toward the fiscal plight of the European Union members who share a common currency, the euro. […]
Allen Lottinger
Would-be governors lie in wait
The word is out – Gov. Bobby Jindal will run for a third term. So watch out, Dardene, Vitter and Kennedy. […]
Allen Lottinger
Coastal restoration can help stop oil spills, too
There has been criticism of the building of berms along the Louisiana coast following the oil spill last year, claiming they failed to stop the oil flowing into the coast and are beginning to break up. […]
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Democrats have major say in Republican elections
The recent state elections gave a little more clarity to political trends in Louisiana. It is disappointing that only 35 percent of the registered voters in the state exercised their right to select their leaders in government, but that 35 percent is a good sample to help analyze the political landscape in the Bayou State as it currently exists. […]
Allen Lottinger
Lunches for Learning helps Hondurans get through school
Two officials of Lunches for Learning Inc. told members of the St. Charles Rotary Club at their meeting last week about their program that helps school children in poverty-ridden Honduras stay in school. […]
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What the Occupation Wall Street crowd should focus on
The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) crowd has ensconced itself in New York City and doesn’t appear to be going home anytime soon.
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