Editorial
Parish lays out plans for 8 building projects
Parish administrators recently laid out plans for eight new building projects poised to move the parish even further into the 21st Century. […]
Editorial
Allen Lottinger
Elmer’s Island is a great asset for state
There are not many beaches along Louisiana’s coast accessible to automotive traffic by a public roadway. […]
Columns
Keeping manufacturing alive innovates technology
Some of the highest paying jobs in America are created by companies that make things. Manufacturing has been a mainstay in the U.S. economy since the beginning of the industrial revolution. […]
Columns
Tax structure should enhance economy
This comment by a long-time, respected, state fiscal expert indicates that our state officials are looking at the state’s financial problems from the wrong angle: […]
Allen Lottinger
House bill would hurt small farms
The federal government will step more into our lives if bill HR875, guised under the nickname “food safety law,” passes in Congress. […]
Editorial
As creatures, we aren’t able to love God ourselves
A friend of mine – I’ll call him “Joe” – recently came to me in distress asking me to help him process the counsel he had been receiving from a Catholic therapist. […]
Columns
Opposition to health care reform not coming from ‘naysayers’
According to the latest public opinion polls, most Americans are not in favor of the proposals in Congress to “reform” our health care system. […]
Editorial
Celibacy Today
Many in the world today, and even in the Church, do not understand the gift of celibacy. It can seem like a foreign, unhealthy concept. Even many celibates are floundering in their understanding of it. […]
Columns
New initiatives can lead to new jobs
Last year, at the urging of Louisiana’s business community, legislation was enacted to change the way the state assists employers in obtaining the workers needed to keep their shops and plants operating. […]