Football
Tigers, Wildcats will join forces in Nicholls’ all-star game
Ten Hahnville and Destrehan football players will team up and take the field together in the 13th annual HTV-Lions Club Bayou vs. River Region All-Star Showdown. […]
Opinions & Responses
Football
Saints find out worth of head coach
Before the start of the 2012 NFL season most of us thought the loss of Sean Payton would be significant to the New Orleans Saints throughout the year, but none of us had a good measuring stick on just how much his presence would be missed. […]
Columns
State’s budget crisis explained
As the state of Louisiana faces its next annual revenue shortfall (a.k.a. the “fiscal cliff”), apparently, it is necessary to explain the obvious to our politicians.
Columns
Louisiana ‘fiscal cliff’ redux
It’s that time of year when Team Jindal tells us the horror story about the “fiscal cliff.”
Football
Saints get back into the playoff hunt with win
After getting thumped by the Denver Broncos 34-14 a few weeks ago, any hopes that the New Orleans Saints could get back into the playoff picture seemed all but lost. […]
Columns
Is civics taught anymore?
There used to be a course taught in the 10th grade in Louisiana high schools called civics. I don’t know if it is even being taught today. […]
Football
Saints make it 2 in a row
There was no doubt it was a “must” win for the New Orleans Saints. A 1-5 start would all but eliminate them from any talk of making a run to get to the .500 mark in 2012 and it took every ounce of football strength for the team to pull out a 35-28 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. […]
Columns
Doing the Jindal shuffle
Allegedly due to revenue shortfalls, Gov. Bobby Jindal has issued hiring freezes, pay freezes and the elimination of per diems for those in the Executive Branch of government. […]
Columns
House moves forward to the past
Representative “Chuckle” Kleckley is clearly the worst Speaker of the House in Louisiana history.