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Analysis: Hope persists for Louisiana names in Trump cabinet

President-elect Donald Trump still has some top jobs to fill and there are a few Louisiana politicians who are about to be jobless. So it’s only natural that the rumor mill is still churning out possibilities, starting with outgoing U.S. Sen. David Vitter.

What’s in the medicine cabinet?

When New Orleans wholesaler Hugh Kennedy bought out his partner in January 1849, he gave us an interesting picture of what we could find at the drug store in pre-Civil War south Louisiana.

Trump campaign like reading a novel

Let me tell you just how Donald Trump became the nation’s president-elect.  It’s really quite simple.

Eat well, it’s a heritage thing

At Thanksgiving, we celebrate the bounty of our harvest, and there is plenty to celebrate here. The cornucopia overflows in south Louisiana; we can fill our holiday tables with nothing but home-grown foods and eat like royalty.

Hillary Clinton’s forever problem

Hillary Clinton is probably going to win — and win big — on Election Night. But then she’ll have to wake up on Nov.

The treasure is still there

According to a spooky tale I heard some years ago, there is a trove of what might have been pirate’s treasure buried next to a cemetery somewhere in Acadia Parish.

Sorting out the immigration outcomes

Sorting out the immigration outcomes Despite controversies that rage over immigration, it is hard to see how anyone could be either for or against immigrants in general. First of all, there are no immigrants in general.