FOSTER CAMPBELL: Helping Louisiana is More Important than Loyalty to Party

This week, Congress voted to keep the government running through the end of next year.  The legislation included $28 billion in emergency...

Remember when it wasn’t normal to punch flight attendants?

“It didn’t matter if it was coming from the left or the right, you should condemn violence 100% of the time.” I...

DeSlatte: Ida’s destruction may help Hurricane Laura victims

Hurricane Ida’s thrashing left homes in mangled heaps across southeastern Louisiana, but in an uncomfortable twist, the storm might have been a...

Alexander: Trump really was spied on

In the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, historic inflation, record high gas prices and the inexplicable confusion some people have...

Biden’s Moon Shot: Go Woke or Starve

Sixty years ago, President John F. Kennedy pledged to put a man on the moon. It was an ambitious goal that defined...

Brown: Our nation is turning upside down

I am a positive person by nature. Anyone who knows me would agree with my personal assessment as to my overall attitude...

FEMA bows to the realities of post-storm aid with chainsaws

FEMA isn’t usually known for its flexibility, so it has been a pleasant surprise to see the agency make a temporary change...

Analysis: Edwards reaches global stage on climate change

By MELINDA DESLATTE | Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — With his trip to an international climate change...

DeSlatte: Louisiana braces for flood insurance sticker shock

Hundreds of thousands of Louisiana homeowners, many of them still digging out of Hurricane Ida’s destruction, will soon see rising flood insurance...