Allen Lottinger
Can the Corps really protect us?
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has had a lot of criticism of late, some deserved, some not so deserved. […]
Editorial
Editorial
Bark at Bridge Park celebrates pets
St. Charles Parish dogs (and cats) will have their day at the first annual ‘Bark at the Bridge Park’ festival, scheduled for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 12 at the West Bank Bridge Park in Luling. […]
Columns
Higher ed commission proposes critical reforms
This past legislative session, Speaker of the House Jim Tucker passed a bill that created a “Postsecondary Education Review Commission” which was charged with studying Louisiana’s higher education system. […]
Editorial
Victory over lust begins with self control
My recent columns on “sexual redemption” continue to spark interest. A conscientious Catholic wrote to me after my last column asking for some practical suggestions for living the redemption of his sexuality. […]
Allen Lottinger
Politics is an entertainment medium, too
Our political system was supposed to give people the ability to run their country by electing their officials. But it does more than that. […]
Columns
Problems with health care legislation
The House of Representatives in Congress recently passed a mammoth health insurance bill by the narrow margin of 220-215. […]
Allen Lottinger
Reagan’s ‘tear down that wall’ message enlightened the world
One of the divisive structures of the last century was the Berlin Wall. This writer looked over it from West Berlin to Communist East Germany before it was torn down by the German people themselves 20 years ago. […]
Columns
Putting property tax into perspective
New data recently released by the Tax Foundation reconfirms the fact that the residential property tax burden in Louisiana is the lowest in the nation. […]
Columns
The forms emerging from the mist
It is appropriate that the Democratic leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled their latest attempt at health care reform shortly before Halloween. […]