Columns

What? Change the state song?

Gov. Jimmie Davis must be rolling over in his grave right now. Louisiana’s internationally acclaimed official state song is under attack by the Louisiana Legislature. There is an effort by some south Louisiana legislators to designate the Cajun classic "Jambalaya" as an official public ballad.

Erasing Kate Smith won’t cover America’s hypocrisy

We have become a society that demands the utmost purity from our members. No flaws, no past errors, no gaffes in the distant past. We must all be like Caesar’s wife, completely beyond reproach. Well, not all of us, actually.

We have been misled on Medicaid expansion

State Representative Rick Edmonds recent article stated that there has been a great deal of misleading reports surrounding the state’s Medicaid Expansion program and Medicaid Fraud, and that Louisiana taxpayers deserve the facts since “we have only scratched the surface.

Trump and the media: A mutual obsession

President Trump and the media have an interesting relationship. Each is the object of the other’s obsession, though neither seems willing to admit it. I’m not sure what this says about me because I’m obsessed with the relationship.

Hugged a volunteer firefighter lately?

The tragic fire that engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral compels me to write about services that we take for granted, right up until the moment we suddenly need them ourselves.

Notre Dame Cathedral stayed the same as the world changed

The first time I saw it, I could barely breathe. It was so beautiful against the cerulean sky. Our Lady of Paris. It looked like a mass of lace, draped over scaffolding, with giant crystal kaleidoscope windows. I fell in love with a building that was the heart of a country.

Forget Trump’s tax returns, what about mine?

I don’t care about President Trump’s tax returns. With the filing deadline approaching, I’m far more interested in my tax return. Because as fascinating as the contents of the president’s returns might be, it’s my own that give me agita.

Immigration issue stuck following Nielsen’s ouster

Over the weekend President Trump — frustrated with her ineffectiveness — asked for and received the resignation of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

The guillotine of public opinion comes for Joe Biden

About the time that the #MeToo movement really started to get traction in 2017, I compared it to the Salem witch trials.

Hope ‘springs’ eternal for civil discourse

Spring has finally arrived in all its glory. In Pittsburgh, the weather has warmed, the trees are blossoming and the birds are singing cheerfully. Sure, we Pittsburghers get plenty of rain this time of year, but as English poet Thomas Tusser reminds us, “Sweet April showers do spring May flowers.