On Nov. 8, Louisiana voters went to the polls to vote. One of the items they would vote on was yet another useless amendment to our bloated constitution.
I strongly disagree with Dominic Marcello's submission about having the LSU Athletic Department pay an additional fine to LSU academics for the fans storming the football field after a big win.
Regarding "Biden, not Trump, should be identified as a 'dictator'" opinion submitted by David Bohnet in the opinion section of The Advocate.
In times of war, governments and their militaries traditionally generate propaganda that demonizes and dehumanizes their enemies to justify killing them.
I see where some of the students at LSU are asking to rename buildings that are named after people whom they deem offensive for a number of reasons, most likely racial reasons.
A number of Black candidates did quite well last week, landing statewide offices — in other states.
When Gov. John Bel Edwards leaves office in January 2024, he will be able to point to a dramatic advance for Louisiana under his watch: expansion of Medicaid insurance coverage for the working poor.
One of the most interesting things about a midterm election is what it tells us about the next presidential election.
It is unfortunate that the Advocate news story Nov. 13 by Marie Fazio reporting that "parents have a more negative perception of public schools in New Orleans" wasn't published side-by-side with the Nov. 10 news report by Will Sentell reporting th…
I went to the grocery today and once again I got frustrated at seeing the jump in prices for food items.
The St. Tammany Public School System should be ashamed.
It was disappointing to see this paper follow up a puff piece on Steve Scalise with a full-throated endorsement of him for speaker of the house.
As a native New Orleanian and lifelong Saints fan, may I please ask the paper to allow me to publicly plead with Ms. Benson and the team's front office to thoughtfully replace the current head coach with someone who can reestablish our team fairly…
Until last week, the last time Hubig’s sold its signature hand-held pies, the president was Barack Obama, the governor of Louisiana was Bobby Jindal and the coach of the Saints … Well, it wasn’t Sean Payton. He had just been suspended for a year b…
Louisiana’s wide-open election system isn’t good for either party, Republican or Democrat.
America has real immigration problems at our southern border. These problems are not new. What is inexcusable is that we continue to implement measures that fail and expect a different result.
I’ve worked at Crescent Care in New Orleans, a federally qualified health center, for 15 years and am in awe of the perseverance and vulnerability of my patients with opioid use disorder. I often treat these patients with buprenorphine, the gold s…
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In the immortal words of Rodney King, "Why can't we all just get along?"
In the early years of our democracy, it was Thomas Jefferson who noted “The government you elect is the government you deserve.”
In a tribute to a well-liked colleague, the late Steve Carter of Baton Rouge, legislators and state education leaders are pushing for more tutoring for students who have reading problems.
Had Marketa Garner Walters resigned in pre-pandemic 2020, the news stories about her leaving the state Department of Children and Family Services would probably have been mostly positive. There likely would have been extensive coverage of successf…
John N. Kennedy won reelection Tuesday with 62% of the vote, after having gotten 61% in the 2016 runoff. Fellow Republican Bill Cassidy won in 2020 with 59%, six years after he defeated longtime Democratic incumbent Mary Landrieu with 56% of the total.
There is a road I have driven down many times. It’s not paved, tree-lined, curved or hilly. Actually, it’s not a real road in the sense that anyone else can be on it.
Dillard University senior Bre'On Perkins marched with a couple of dozen students from the Gentilly campus to the Norman Mayer Library to cast their votes late Tuesday morning. Perkins, 21, was determined to be heard.
Editor’s note: A version of the following editorial has appeared on previous Veterans Days in this newspaper.
Republicans wanting some hope amid the mediocre election results should look at some high-quality people elected or reelected Tuesday who can be major political stars. In no particular order, party strategists should push the following officials (…
His John Doe name was "Goose 2" when he was rushed through the emergency room for surgery at University Medical Center in New Orleans. Just 40 minutes earlier, on his morning exercise walk down Canal Blvd. to the Lake, this unknown victim had been…
I don't know a lot about politics, but I have been told that if you have to announce something bad that you have done, you announce it on a Friday after 5 p.m. or in a big news cycle when nobody will pay attention.
The title of Cal Thomas’ opinion in Sunday’s paper was “Tell Donald Trump he’s not a dictator.” Substitute Joe Biden’s name for Trump and the article would have been more appropriate.
I agree with environmental journalist Bob Marshall on reducing the limit from 25 to 15 speckled trout per day.
Are you kidding me?
The expected majority party in the U.S. House of Representatives isn’t popping corks on bottles of Champagne.
If midterm elections are said to be a referendum on the party in the White House, Republicans thought they had a lock: old Joe Biden, new and soaring inflation, even second thoughts about America’s support for Ukraine.
Local journalism is a cornerstone of democracy and a vital source of information for communities across the country, with newsrooms covering local politics, high school sports, business openings, cultural events and other matters that help a commu…
Research suggests that the most successful kids have parents who hold high expectations and encourage and support their children to meet those expectations. The same principle holds true for our schools that we rely on to educate our kids.
If there is a Holy Grail candidates want to find in an open primary state, it is “clearing the field” of rivals from one’s own party.
If we want better results from our high schools, a critical vote by the state education board on Thursday will tell us whether we’re on the right track.
The Southeastern Conference last week announced it was forming a working group to “address post-game spectator incursion,” which is a euphemism for fans storming the field after a thrilling win over a frustrating opponent.
In his Nov. 1 letter, “Give the unborn as much consideration as likely murderers,” Mark Folse asks if there is anyone who can claim without any doubt that a “just-conceived ‘child’” is not going to become a person.
What do we need from our politicians?
On Oct. 24, death came to pay me a visit. It came in the form of sepsis, AFib and rhabdo (muscle death). For 6 1/2 hours, it taunted me as I pulled myself across the floor trying to reach a phone. My wife arrived home from work before I was able t…
Thank you for your front-page story on child welfare being "sorely underfunded." It is a very old story that should shame every single legislator who goes home today and hugs his/her children.
With the fall elections comes the inevitable flurry of amendments to the Louisiana Constitution, which has been overburdened for years with changes to relatively minor matters that ought to be dealt with through ordinary state laws.
Our natural resources in Louisiana are abundant but not limitless.
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has an opportunity to enact new policies in the state’s accountability system that could dramatically improve the education outcomes of our students. We hope they do it.