Editorial: Hate, terrorism and politics
Once again, mass violence has taken the lives of innocents, this time at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. As has happened too often these last few years — at the Boston Marathon in 2012, a Colorado...
View ArticleGuest Column: We can reduce our Medicaid costs
Malcolm Bird was a first-time father with a toddler whose pinky finger was bleeding. He rushed his young daughter to a Connecticut emergency room, where a doctor washed off the finger and put a...
View ArticleFrom the Office of the Parish President
Mosquitos are not just a nuisance anymore. We know that they pose a risk to our families as they carry viruses like West Nile and Zika. In Ascension Parish, our Mosquito Control team remains hard at...
View ArticleEditorial: The verdict on Benghazi
The eighth investigation of the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi ended like all the many investigations targeting Hillary Clinton over more than two decades. Millions in taxpayer dollars...
View ArticleEditorial: Break Congress’ gridlock on guns
In the middle of the last century, as Americans took to the highway in record numbers, the statistics on lives lost in auto accidents set records as well. By 1972, more than 54,000 people were killed...
View ArticleEditorial: Only the facts? – FBI findings leave additional questions
"Only facts matter, and the FBI found them here in an entirely apolitical and professional way," was the way in which FBI Director James Comey wrapped up his extraordinary statement accusing Hillary...
View ArticleEditorial: Made for each other
"I don't wanna kill you! What would I do without you? No, no, no. You you complete me!"— The Joker to Batman in the movie "The Dark Knight."They need each other, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump....
View ArticleEditorial: Clinton needs to get off her high horse
Hillary Clinton has plenty on her mind in preparing to accept her party's coronation tonight. But as she hones her theme for the Clinton-for-President general election campaign, I suggest she look for...
View ArticleOpinion: We still have a spending problem
Louisiana just became a more expensive place to live, work, play, raise a family and own a business. As we all know, legislators watched winter turn into spring and then spring turn into summer at the...
View ArticleEditorial: Women’s soccer in hunt for gold
The U.S. Women's Soccer Team, winners of the World Cup in Canada only last year but coming off some shaky play that ended in a 2-2 tie in the final match of group play in the Olympics this year, enters...
View ArticleEditorial: Red line crossings
Lost amid the past week's hoopla over serial revelations concerning Hillary Clinton's emails and her foundation and Donald Trump's immigration positionings was yet another humiliating indication of the...
View ArticleEditorial: A quarterback’s kneeling protest
Quarterback Colin Kaepernick isn't the first athlete to make a political protest when the spotlight is on him. John Carlos and Tommie Smith famously raised a black power salute as they received their...
View ArticleEditorial: How healthy are the candidates?
Questioning your opponent's health is one of the oldest tricks in the political playbook. Dwight Eisenhower's heart attack was used against him in 1956. Four years later, the John F. Kennedy campaign...
View ArticleLetter: Praise for Gonzales officials
To residents of Gonzales, I would like to thank the mayor for the opportunity to meet and work with two members AWESOME members of his staff on Saturday. Lisa, the mayor’s secretary is a woman with...
View ArticleLetter: Flood water and Zika
Dear Editor, As Louisianans rise to the challenges brought on by heartbreaking, historic flooding, it’s important to be mindful of the risks of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
View ArticleWake up America: Vets must vote
America must wake up. Our country is in a critical period with many divisions in our society and a lack of pride and love of country. It is not the country that many military people shed blood to...
View ArticleLouisiana teachers plan to ensure students get education
Dear Editor, The unprecedented flooding that recently inundated Louisiana was devastating. We appreciate the swift response of Governor Edwards and his administration to the crisis, understanding that...
View ArticleMy experience with the St. Amant Band
St. Amant High School, a tradition of excellence since 1978, is staffed by Craig Millet, Director of Bands, Joseph Nassar, Assistant Director, and Andrew Graham, Assistant Director. Since the flood in...
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