Opinions and Editorials

CAL THOMAS: British to be forced to drive electric

7 hrs ago

LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, after first announcing a mandate requiring all fossil fueled vehicles sold in the UK after 2030 to be electric, succumbed to pressure from the Cons…

Ron Faucheux: What issues do Americans care about?

BY RON FAUCHEUX
16 hrs ago

Which issue do you care most about? And how does that compare to what most Americans think? The best way to answer the second question is with polls that measures issue importance.

James Gill: Senate dress code controversy a sign of coarse times

BY JAMES GILL | Contributing writer
Updated 20 hrs ago

Ask any class of bright American kids to picture the beau ideal of a United States senator, and chances are that a dignified and middle-aged personage will appear in the collective mind's eye.

Will Sutton: New Orleans City Council holds the key to street repairs

BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist
Updated 16 hrs ago

As New Orleanians focus on whether the City Council will confirm Mayor LaToya Cantrell's choice for the permanent police chief position, they might also look closely at who's going to fix thei…

Editorial: The Times-Picayune endorses for attorney general and lieutenant governor

STAFF EDITORIAL
Sep 29, 2023

For Attorney General: John Stefanski

Letters: President Biden is failing us by focusing on the wrong things

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 29, 2023

Where in the world is Joe Biden? He promised on national TV during the 2020 presidential debates that he could unite the country. In the middle of the budget process, he goes MIA — politicking…

Editorial: With surveillance technology, a leg up for peace officers fighting crime

STAFF EDITORIAL
Sep 29, 2023

No human invention is perfect. There have been rare cases of mistaken identity, or even outright arrests, by persons identified via anti-crime cameras.

Letters: Never underestimate the power of your vote

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 29, 2023

There are some things money cannot buy, like manners, morals and integrity. Money can buy advertisements, plea deals and power. Money doesn’t always produce the best political candidates.

Letters: Candidates parrot slogans supporting police despite recent news

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 29, 2023

It is election time, and we are seeing local candidates swearing to support “The Blue,” i.e. the Baton Rouge Police Department. Considering recent reports in The Advocate, however, those candi…

Letters: Council keeps badgering LaToya Cantrell; time to move on

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 29, 2023

The recent effort by citizens to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans is over. The effort to recall the mayor by some City Council members is ongoing. It seems to me that they are truly…

Letters: Homeless and addicted, I got help; here's how you can help others like me

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 29, 2023

Housing stability, safety and a network of kindness and support can be hard to come by. When I left an unsafe housing situation out of state and returned home to New Orleans, I found that safe…

Letters: Trash pickup once a week creates crazy kitchen routine

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 29, 2023

The city sanitation director suggests that thinking about trash should be in the back of peoples’ minds.

Letters: Communication of EBR school schedule changes was severely lacking

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 29, 2023

East Bston Rouge school system's communication department has gone from one person to 12 people, and they still can't communicate.

Walt Handelsman: Water Woes

BY WALT HANDELSMAN | Staff editorial cartoonist
Sep 28, 2023

Editorial: A no-show candidate for governor doesn't offer voters a real choice

STAFF EDITORIAL
Sep 28, 2023

Fans in the stands don’t like it when a team is ahead and decides to sit on its lead while time runs out.

Editorial: The Times-Picayune endorses Nancy Landry for secretary of state, Scott McKnight for treasurer

STAFF EDITORIAL
Sep 28, 2023

For Secretary of State: Nancy Landry

Editorial: Baton Rouge needs a new head of police Civil Service board

STAFF EDITORIAL
Sep 28, 2023

While the problems besetting the chair of Baton Rouge’s police and fire civil service board relate to his private business conduct, not his public role, the Baton Rouge Union of Police has thi…

Letters: Governor, pardon board should hear clemency cases from death row inmates

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 28, 2023

As a personal friend and longtime supporter of East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore, it gives me no pleasure to object to his recent filing of a lawsuit and holding multiple press c…

Letters: Thankful BCBS sale delayed so it can get sufficient review

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 28, 2023

I oppose the sale of the non-profit BCBSLA to the for-profit Elevance, formerly Anthem Health, because it does not serve the best interests of policyholders, members and the general public.

Letters: The Archbishop's astounding obtuseness shows he's not fit to lead

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Updated Sep 28, 2023

Archbishop Gregory Aymond’s brashness in requiring parishioners to help pay for lawsuits of victims that in some cases he is absolutely responsible for creating is incredible.

Editorial: The Times-Picayune makes these recommendations for Jefferson, St. Tammany, Orleans parishes

STAFF EDITORIAL
Sep 27, 2023

Jefferson Parish Council At-Large Division A: Jennifer Van Vrancken

Editorial: We're following Alabama on defiance of courts, and it won't end well

STAFF EDITORIAL
Sep 27, 2023

For the second time, the U.S. Supreme Court has rebuffed an effort by Alabama officials to draw political districts that courts have found discriminated against Black voters in that state.

Editorial: National Chicken Festival is growing its wings

STAFF EDITORIAL
Sep 27, 2023

In Louisiana, we good people love good music, good times and good food — and that includes chicken.

Letters: Choose candidates who focus on issues that will move state forward

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Sep 27, 2023

Recently I attended a fundraiser in Madisonville for Basket of Hope Louisiana benefiting Kleefstra syndrome. Shoutout to Ann “Mimi” Ollendike and her many helpers for organizing Tailgates and …

Mayor Broome: Accountability means getting to the facts on the 'BRAVE Cave'

BY SHARON WESTON BROOME
Sep 26, 2023

Created in 1865, the Baton Rouge Police Department has existed to protect and serve for over 150 years. Parallel to its mission of service are decades of systematic discrimination, poor traini…

Walt Handelsman: Shutdown

Sep 26, 2023

Will Sutton: The time for a Louisiana civil rights museum -- for now. But later?

BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist
Sep 26, 2023

The civil rights era was a movement, not a single day, month or year.

Guest column: When it comes to U.S. News ranking, cany you hear me now?

BY WALTER KIMBROUGH
Sep 26, 2023

In the movie, “I, Robot,” Will Smith’s character Detective Spooner worries that robots are not to be trusted. When the central artificial intelligence computer takes control of the robots and …