Opinions and Editorials

Ron Faucheux: At age 100, Jimmy Carter is in rarified company

BY RON FAUCHEUX
21 mins ago

Jimmy Carter celebrated his 100th birthday this past week. He was born when Calvin Coolidge was president and William Howard Taft was still alive; it was 17 years before the U.S. entered World…

Stephanie Grace: Jeff Landry's tax proposal could head off one fiscal crisis, but create another

BY STEPHANIE GRACE | Staff columnist
Updated 1 hr ago

I don’t know about any of you, but I didn’t have “renew the temporary state .45 cent sales tax” on my 2024 bingo card.

Letters log: Environmental issues draw concerns from across Gulf Coast

BY ARNESSA GARRETT | Managing editor
5 hrs ago

As summer comes to a close, I hope everyone has had a chance to take a break from their normal routine and spend time enjoying outdoor activities. Here on the Gulf Coast, we have many places t…

Will Sutton: Louisiana has thousands of inactive voters purged. You must know one of them.

BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist
7 hrs ago

It's not unusual for Louisiana — or any other state — to have inactive voters.

Guest column: IVF at center of latest battle over what women can do with their bodies

BY CASSIE CONDREY
13 hrs ago

I read an article in The New York Times recently about ultraconservative Christian groups coming for in vitro fertilization. This came on the heels of the February decision by the Alabama Supr…

Guest column: Polluting industries — and the banks that fund them — harming minority communities

BY ROISHETTA OZANE
14 hrs ago

I did not need a report to tell me about the health impacts of polluting projects and the inherent racism behind the decisions about where to put them.

Secretary of State Nancy Landry: Louisiana elections are safe and secure. Here's why.

BY NANCY LANDRY
14 hrs ago

As Election Day draws near, voters are bound to hear plenty of sensational rhetoric surrounding election administration. Accusations and assumptions based on other states’ elections will no do…

Editorial: Louisiana's insurance crisis is a policy problem. But even more, it's a human one.

STAFF EDITORIAL
Updated 1 hr ago

Officials talk a lot about Louisiana's insurance crisis. When they do, they often toss around terms like market dynamics, subsidy and actuarially-justified.

Editorial: Now's the time to make sure you can vote in November

STAFF EDITORIAL
Oct 3, 2024

It’s something voters hear a lot this time of the election cycle: Make a plan to vote.

Letters: Risher's column gives much needed morning boost

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 3, 2024

I am so happy that the newspaper is publishing Jan Risher's column every Tuesday. It is so refreshing to read something other than the devastation of Helene, crime in the city, the wars in Ukr…

Letters: Harris' celebrity endorsements mean little

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 3, 2024

A celebrity endorsement in the presidential race is irrelevant. Our celebrity-obsessed culture is nothing more than herd mentality and propaganda , ?so never mind if celebrities endorse Kamala…

Letters: U.S. Surgeon General takes important stand on parental stress

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 3, 2024

The recent advisory by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy highlights the significant stress faced by parents, impacting family stability and child welfare. This stress, often overlooked, st…

Letters: Resignation of prisons chief is a loss for state

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 3, 2024

The Aug. 24 front-page article titled "State prisons chief LeBlanc resigns" is somewhat misleading. If one reads the article without turning to the inside page for the rest, it would appear Ji…

Letters: LSU football fan and doctor worries about heat risk in Tiger Stadium

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 3, 2024

Tiger fans sweltered with heat-related problems during the recent game against UCLA. Let’s prevent a death by banning day games in the heat, risking fans' lives for what? The almighty dollar? …

Walt Handelsman: Still undecided?!

BY WALT HANDELSMAN | Staff editorial cartoonist
Oct 2, 2024

Faimon Roberts: In Pineville's sordid sex scandal, place blame where it belongs

BY FAIMON A. ROBERTS III | Staff columnist
Oct 2, 2024

Sunday will mark the last day in office for Pineville Mayor Rich Dupree.?

Editorial: State surgeon general’s empty prescription for public health

STAFF EDITORIAL
Oct 2, 2024

Four years later, it’s easy to forget the fear and confusion that accompanied the early days of the COVID pandemic. It was a time when we looked to our public health officials and political le…

Letters: Harris is right to say tax cuts don't work

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 2, 2024

A recent letter, “Harris’ tax proposals will erase gains by American workers,” laments that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris does not intend to extend the expiring Trump corporate…

Letters: Don't accept gun violence as 'fact of life' for America's schoolchildren

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 2, 2024

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance says that children being shot and dying in schools is just a “fact of life.” What? Well, I guess so if you’re going to make it legal for every T…

Letters: A poem for polarized times

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 2, 2024

If I were you, and you were me,

Letters: Ads purporting to represent seniors should be questioned

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 2, 2024

The newspaper has run several half-page ads encouraging its readers to contact their representative and/or senator to oppose Biden-supported legislation that would hamper healthcare of the eld…

Letters: New teacher evaluation system sets impossible standards

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 2, 2024

I read the editorial from Aug. 24 on teacher evaluations, and there are some points that need clarification. I have been a public school teacher for 22 years and this new evaluation system is …

Walt Handelsman: Wider War

BY WALT HANDELSMAN | Staff editorial cartoonist
Oct 1, 2024

Will Sutton: New Orleans Mayor Cantrell is so close to leaving a police reform legacy

BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist
Oct 1, 2024

Federal District Court Judge Susie Morgan will decided whether the New Orleans Police Department moves beyond a federal consent decree in place since 2012 and into a sustainability period. If …

Editorial: Helene's tragic message is that no place is safe from extreme weather

STAFF EDITORIAL
Oct 1, 2024

After an unexpectedly sleepy summer, the tropics have now woken up. And what a wake-up call the latest storm, Hurricane Helene, was.

Letters: In recent elections, people have proven wiser than Electoral College

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 1, 2024

Contrary to a recent letter to the editor, the Electoral College is a vestige from the era of slavery. The slave states said that they would not ratify the Constitution of the United States if…

Letters: Arguments against solar farms unfounded

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 1, 2024

The recent letter decrying solar farms made about as much sense as a warning that first responders dousing a burning building might drown someone. Carbon in the atmosphere from fossil fuels ha…

Letters: There is only one overriding issue voters should consider in November

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Oct 1, 2024

In his letter to the editor, Robert Hebert asserted that the key issue in the race for the presidency is the country's financial condition. He couldn't be more wrong. The key issue in the 2024…