Columns
Move over Saudi Arabia
Throughout my 40 years representing the business community—first with the Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce and then with LABI—I have been a student of energy issues and energy economics. […]
Editorial
Columns
Spending is a bipartisan obsession
If you engage with government long enough, as I have, it is hard not to become cynical. Then again, cynics often see an unfiltered version of the truth. At this moment, politics weigh heavily upon voters who care. […]
Columns
Doing the Jindal shuffle
Allegedly due to revenue shortfalls, Gov. Bobby Jindal has issued hiring freezes, pay freezes and the elimination of per diems for those in the Executive Branch of government. […]
Editorial
Louisiana, Alabama compete for BP dollars
Here near the peak of both football and election seasons, it seems strange for a Louisiana senator to side with one from Alabama in a dispute in which Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration is agreeing with President Barack Obama’s. […]
Columns
How our state stacks up nationally
The Tax Foundation has released its 2013 State Business Tax Climate Index. It ranks Louisiana in the bottom half of states at 32nd (the lower the number, the better the score in this index). […]
Editorial
Exercise your spiritual senses
The spiritual reality surrounding us is even so much more real than the natural, physical, tangible realm that we can see, hear and feel each day. […]
Editorial
Politicians argue over who pays for Isaac
Following Hurricane Isaac, after most of the debris has been removed, power restored and extra food stamps distributed, political squalls continue over who should pay how much of the bill. […]
Business
What manufacturing means to state
Oct. 5 has been designated “Manufacturing Day” in the U.S. It is appropriate to reflect upon the role manufacturing plays in our economy nationally and here in Louisiana.
Allen Lottinger
Water must be kept healthy
Water is perhaps one of the most important substances in keeping the world healthy. And the name of Nancy Rabalais has been prominent in southeast Louisiana for almost three decades in her studies of it. […]