Columns
What cuts?
The latest enactment of kicking the fiscal can down the road in Washington is drawing to a close.
Editorial
Columns
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. […]
Editorial
Change in higher education
Formation of yet another state commission to study the governance of higher education should induce such yawns as elicited by your most boring professor. […]
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. […]
Editorial
Education races start to matter
Years ago, an aspiring young legislator contemplating his next move was advised to run for the Board of Elementary Secondary Education as a stepping stone, perhaps, for Congress or statewide office. […]
Columns
Amendment recommendations
Many of you have been emailing to ask how you should vote on the five proposed Constitutional Amendments on the Oct. 22 ballot.
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Columns
Are we all spiritually derailed?
God has created each of us with a very special purpose and mission in life; and if we strive to live it, we will find fulfillment and contentment no matter how bad things seem around us.*
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Columns
Putting the BESE races into perspective
The elections for members of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or BESE, are usually ho-hum affairs that do little to capture the attention of voters. Most individuals know little about the role BESE plays in K-12 education in Louisiana. […]