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. […]
Editorial
Editorial
Film spreads negative message about oil, gas industry
Yet again, another negative film has been released regarding the oil and natural gas shale revolution that is sweeping across our nation. […]
Editorial
Year ahead crowded with unfinished business
With no elections in 2013 nor much in the way of bold new initiatives put forward by anybody, the state’s agenda for the new year is crowded nonetheless with the unfinished business of the old. […]
Columns
The cat and the lizard
I had a cat once that deemed itself a mighty hunter. His choice of prey was lizards. […]
Columns
It’s a financing scheme, not a plan
Gov. Bobby Jindal believes that Louisiana needs to privatize the antiquated Charity Hospital System. To that extent we agree.
Editorial
God writes love letter with his flesh and blood
We will never fully comprehend the extent of the sacrifice God made by coming down to earth in such a concrete, tangible way, in human form.
Columns
State revenues down by $336 million
The state Revenue Estimating Conference just concluded its meeting. State General Fund revenue estimates have been reduced by $129 million for the current fiscal year and by $207 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013. […]
Editorial
Landrieu seeks to turn Medicaid to her advantage
Roll Call, the political magazine of Washington, D.C., recently handicapped Sen. Mary Landrieu’s 2014 re-election chances at 50-50. […]
Columns
There is a blue civil war coming
Walter Russell Meade made a very interesting observation on his blog in The American Interest magazine. […]