Nov
14
2022
In the early years of our democracy, it was Thomas Jefferson who noted “The government you elect is the government you deserve.”
Well, last week most Louisiana voters in coastal parishes apparently felt they deserve a government that doesn’t care...
Jul
25
2022
With his book “The Greatest Generation,” TV journalist Tom Brokaw bestowed a lasting coronation upon Americans born between the early 1900s and the mid-1920s.
Who could argue? They weathered the hardships of the Great Depression, paid with their blood and...
Jul
10
2022
In the national screaming and cheering June 30 when the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court ruled only Congress can regulate greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants, Louisianans might have missed another sound.
It was the hammering of...
Jun
27
2022
As the world reels from record high fuel prices, everyone is looking for scapegoats. Common theories include:
It’s because President Joe Biden is caving to the climate alarmists and killing the oil industry by canceling drilling leases and ordering layers...
Jun
13
2022
How are climate change, Winston Churchill and pay-go related?
I promise you’ll understand.
Recently a growing number of conservative states have been seeking billions in taxpayer funding to “adapt” to the growing impacts of climate change.
For example, solid-red Texas is getting...
May
30
2022
What do you call people who hire employees to drive up their insurance rates, sink their property values and increase their risk of contracting terminal diseases?
Louisiana voters.
How else to explain the election of Jeff Landry as their attorney general?
While...
May
16
2022
Lately some readers have asked me how they can become “mosquitoes” for Louisiana’s coast.
That question was prompted by my use of an aphorism credited to the Dalai Lama about the importance of individual action even when confronted with a...
May
02
2022
And now some headlines: The New Orleans Saints are moving to San Antonio. The price of crawfish dropped below $1 a pound. A new state law bans concealed carry of firearms in public places.Obviously, none of that is true....
Apr
18
2022
Do Louisianans think the way schools teach the nation’s history with slavery is the reason soaring flood insurance rates might soon make home ownership impossible in some communities?
Do they believe that teachers mentioning gay couples is why Lake Charles,...
Apr
04
2022
What do Mardi Gras, mosquitoes, and plastics have in common?
I’ll start with the calls I heard from krewe members and parade-goers at this year’s Mardi Gras.
You know, the ones that went like this:
“Hey, Mister! Throw me some higher sea...
