Editorial
People aren’t cattle
Gov. Blanco and Louisiana Homeland Security need to firm up the details of the state evacuation plan. […]
Editorial
Editorial
Voters to decide on controversial amendments Sept. 30
On September 30th, you will have 13 amendments to vote on, with an additional 8 amendments on the November 7th ballot. […]
Columns
St. Charles could ‘disproportionately gain’ from hurricane diaspora
BATON ROUGE — By now, most folks in south Louisiana have seen the maps. They’re generated by government agencies, private groups and newspapers, and usually include clusters of dots or circles depicting where hurricane evacuees are now located. […]
Allen Lottinger
Jindal talks here, delivers own baby
When Cong. Bobby Jindal finished his very enlightening talk at the St. Charles Rotary Club meeting last week, he announced that his wife was expecting a baby.
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Columns
Politics not the answer
As the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, too much of the landscape in the hardest hit areas of Louisiana remains devastated. […]
Allen Lottinger
$3 not that expensive for a gallon of gas
Let’s look at it this way. You pay almost $3 for a gallon bottle of water – – H2O – – that stuff that is the most plentiful liquid in the universe. […]
Allen Lottinger
Senate bill would be little help to Louisiana
We would get about $2 billion a year thereafter. Problem with the House bill is that it could, in the end, allow drillling off the east and west coasts, which some states do not want. […]
Columns
A man with a plan
Michael Leavitt knows the clock is ticking on his tenure as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Before he leaves in less than three years, there are certain things he is keen on accomplishing. […]
Allen Lottinger
Veto of stem cell bill right choice
Pres. George W. Bush took the right action in vetoing the bill to provide federal financial support to stem cell research in which living embryos are killed. […]