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From Father’s Day: Political lessons from my dad
(A version of this ran June 15) On this Father’s Day, please permit a look at some political lessons I learned…
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Gulf Coast Politics
LA congressional delegation should restore river study
(A version of this ran as an official Advocate/Times-Picayune editorial on June 15) Perhaps no state in the union faces as many…
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Sports and Culture
Groups promoting truly civil society deserve support
(June 19) Where, pray tell, is common ground? Almost everybody agrees that American politics, which always have been rambunctious, have devolved into…
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Gulf Coast Politics
Rep. Julia Letlow should welcome LSU presidency
(June 11) If U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow truly is in the running to be the new president or chancellor of LSU…
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Gulf Coast Politics
Ivermectin over the counter? Deadly dumb!
(June 4, 2025) The Louisiana state Senate today has one last chance to stop what is surely the single worst…
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Gulf Coast Politics
Senate must examine levee board leadership
(June 8) The Louisiana State Senate should not just rubber-stamp the appointment of Roy Carubba, the acting president of the…
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National Politics
Deroy Murdock: How to roll back spending
(Column by Deroy Murdock, June 6) Fiscal conservatives lately have argued that the federal government should spend as it did before…
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National Politics
George Will: Trump and Co. refuse to understand Putin’s evil
(Column by George Will, June 6) Recently, 20,000 people were evacuated from the center of the German city of Cologne because…
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Gulf Coast Politics
No need for LA students to stop taking LEAP
(May 23) A state senator’s bill on Louisiana’s statewide student tests is well-intentioned but ill-advised. At best, it’s superfluous, and…
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National Politics
For most Americans, ‘No tax on tips’ is a great big gyp
(May 30) All the Republican members of Congress from Louisiana should explain why they are giving the economic equivalent of a…
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