Editorial

Kennedy on right track to protect local journalism

Over the past year, local journalism has been more important — and more needed — than ever.

Judges ask citizens to answer jury duty call

Our courts need your help. As judges across our state return to conducting jury trials, we are asking you to answer the call to serve as a juror.

Hail to the punter in chief

He may not be the fastest president on his feet we’ve ever had. He may bore you to death compared to the last president. But I will tell you, if anyone in the NFL is looking for a punter, Joe Biden is your man.

May I sing the housing subdivision blues?

My wife and I would never have met, except that her family fled a densely populated state when she was 11. Given her satisfaction with the simple life (deer in the yard, the neighbors’ ponds and livestock across the road), I dreaded sharing game-changing news with her the other evening.

Evil comes in all colors

The hashtag #White Supremacy is trending this week in the Twitterverse. That is due to the horrific murders of eight Asian Americans in Georgia. They were likely hate crimes, with ample evidence that the shooter of those innocent women was motivated by hostility against Asians.

Cassidy’s Judgment Day Will Come

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy broke with the Republican party in voting with just six other members of his own party to convict President Trump saying, “I voted to convict President Trump because he is guilty.”

Joe Biden goes to war with oil, and will lose

The phrase “war on coal” was always something of a misleading statement. It was political, saying that the nation’s shift away from coal production was some sort of plot. Fact is, the war on coal was perpetrated by cheaper and cleaner-burning natural gas, much of it from Louisiana.

Region jeopardized by president’s action

Dear Editor, I am proud of the people in my district. The residents of Vermilion, Acadia, Lafayette, and St. Landry parishes are hard workers, but without industry, our entire region is in jeopardy.

National Guard ‘interrogation’ unneeded

I would like to mention the actions of Gov. Edwards and his appointed general of the Louisiana National Guard. I am speaking to the choir as I write this letter. I want to remind both of how unprofessional they acted while our troops were in Washington for the purpose of security.