Columns
House moves forward to the past
Representative “Chuckle” Kleckley is clearly the worst Speaker of the House in Louisiana history.
Editorial
Columns
Special session was called only 18 months ago
There are many recent media reports regarding Rep. Dee Richard’s initiating a petition for the leges to call themselves into a special session.
Columns
Jindal’s lap dogs don’t bite
Recently, various members of the lege have been whining about Bobby Jindal closing hospitals and prisons in their districts.
Editorial
School vouchers are only the beginning
Of Louisiana’s 700,000 public school students back in class, 7,000, 1 percent, are attending private or church schools on state-funded vouchers. […]
Editorial
Political storm lingers after Isaac
Citizens hardly seem to mind that Gov. Bobby Jindal travels a lot to other states, so long as he is home for the hurricanes. […]
Columns
Isaac brings misery and hope
Hurricane Isaac brought danger, misery and hope with it when it ambled on shore early Wednesday morning below Houma. Mercifully, its sustained winds never exceeded 80 miles per hour.
Columns
State’s UC trust fund solvency would win a silver medal
The 2012 Summer Olympics recently concluded in London and are now consigned to the annals of history. Yet, the awarding of gold, silver and bronze to the best in anything are laurels we all understand and routinely apply. […]
Business
Obama has problem when it comes to employment
President Obama has a problem. After 40 months of unemployment above the 8 percent level, he needs a marketable plan to convince American voters that his re-election is their best bet for employment, economic growth, and fiscal stability. […]
Editorial
Exorcism nothing to get exorcised over
As parents prepare to send their kids off to college (or, rather, drive them there and move them into dorms), no doubt they worry about what dangers lurk on and off campus: binge drinking, drugs, unprotected sex, psychotic roommates, Communist professors–hazards abound. […]