Allen Lottinger
Utah deserves No. 1 ranking
Friday’s Sugar Bowl was a treat to watch, and it’s not because we hold a grudge against Nick Saban for leaving LSU. […]
Editorial
Editorial
Playboy vs. the Vatican
Playboy magazine has sunken to knew lows in mocking the holy. Of course, every edition offers a mockery of the holy – the holy, in this case, being the female body. […]
Columns
Anatomy of a deficit
The Revenue Estimating Conference (REC) met on December 15 to do its constitutionally required task of giving the official estimate for state revenues for both the current budget and the one for the fiscal year beginning next July. […]
Allen Lottinger
Work to replace plans, studies in coastal restoration
Hopefully this new year will be a happy one for folks in south Louisiana where we are faced with the washing away of our land into the Gulf of Mexico unless restoration gets a big boost in the months ahead. […]
Baseball
Nice guys don’t have to finish last
Leo Durocher, a legend of his time as a baseball player and manager, once said, “Nice guys finish last.” […]
Allen Lottinger
Feds need to get tough on bringing life to dead zone
The feds in Washington have made many mistakes during the past four years. One of them has been efforts to control the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico just off the Louisiana coast. […]
Editorial
Mission Church is a classic that should be saved
Several concerned residents met last Thursday to discuss ways to “save St. Anthony Mission Church” in Luling and find ways to direct its marketability as a St. Charles Parish icon. […]
Editorial
Almost a White Christmas here
Jack Frost’s early, infrequent visit was the big story across the parish last week. Parish government offices stayed open. Though the snow fascinated us, work continued as usual. […]
Editorial
The ‘Spousal Mystery’ of Christmas
Christmas celebrates the marvels of the birth of the Son of God from the virgin womb of Mary. […]