Allen Lottinger
Egypt gets off the beaten path
My wife and I were scheduled to go to Egypt on February 12. It was to be a glorious affair with several days in Cairo and then a cruise down the Nile River.
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Editorial
Columns
Renewable energy creates Obama paradox
In my column last week, I dwelled on how desperately President Obama wants a renewable energy bill as part of his legacy – – perhaps the defining accomplishment in that legacy (especially considering the lack of popularity of ObamaCare). […]
Columns
Jindal continues to ignore state’s problems
Wednesday, at the Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, “The Roads Scholar” missed a perfect opportunity to assure the public and especially the business community that he has a plan for addressing the state’s $1.6 billion “fiscal cliff.”
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Editorial
Are we heading towards socialism?
According to a dynamic Cuban lady who now lives in Kenner, we are well on our path to socialism.
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Columns
Several government trends to watch in 2011
Trends in government and economics don’t begin or end with a new year. They are a trail that moves through past and present into the future. […]
Allen Lottinger
Senate leaders show respect
It was good to see John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi holding hands as they convened the opening of the 112th Congress in Washington last week. And after so many fierce words in the year just past.
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Editorial
This New Year, make plans to be a better person
As 2010 comes to a close and we welcome in 2011, a new year, I’m reminded that one day our life on earth will end and we will enter eternity and a new life. […]
Editorial
Year’s top stories to be continued in 2011
Oftentimes, the bright side of many of the year’s top political stories is that they are behind us, and the bad memories will fade with time. […]
Columns
Louisiana now facing a fiscal train wreck
The latest U.S. Census figures indicate that despite all the grandiose talk by Bobby Jindal as to how well the economy in Louisiana compares to that of other states, it’s simply a lie.
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